The U.S. Census Bureau

Table 5. Number and Membership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State

Fiscal Year: 1993-1994
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,233 13,685,330 12,099,212 1,586,118 4,888,393
     State 192 12,055,512 10,545,461 1,510,051 3,979,371
     Local 2,041 1,629,818 1,553,751 76,067 909,022
          County 152 448,557 426,302 22,255 180,032
          Municipality 1,658 1,006,242 962,023 44,219 657,525
          Township 154 27,965 25,383 2,582 16,527
          Special District 63 61,093 57,748 3,345 23,072
          School District 14 85,961 82,295 3,666 31,866
Alabama 15 206,663 206,538 125 59,388
Alaska 3 55,161 41,619 13,542 14,259
Arizona 6 48,058 27,260 20,798 53,586
Arkansas 40 144,939 116,573 28,366 26,772
California 62 1,501,340 1,331,409 169,931 633,676
Colorado 117 179,172 173,537 5,635 54,156
Connecticut 62 129,271 119,044 10,227 62,349
Delaware 4 35,082 34,526 556 16,011
District of Columbia 3 12,563 12,563 0 11,096
Florida 170 649,026 619,165 29,861 197,056
Georgia 33 341,648 297,570 44,078 72,197
Hawaii 1 61,082 58,890 2,192 28,880
Idaho 4 60,792 53,812 6,980 18,762
Illinois 376 651,672 570,498 81,174 256,314
Indiana 85 256,041 230,706 25,335 77,346
Iowa 12 165,059 143,574 21,485 58,927
Kansas 11 148,296 135,334 12,962 46,156
Kentucky 19 202,725 173,447 29,278 58,738
Louisiana 35 237,773 207,117 30,656 81,945
Maine 1 89,788 48,147 41,641 25,810
Maryland 10 230,446 196,825 33,621 60,491
Massachusetts 99 294,402 270,328 24,074 147,542
Michigan 142 479,233 462,835 16,398 183,884
Minnesota 192 320,725 265,301 55,424 392,153
Mississippi 3 201,597 139,675 61,922 40,036
Missouri 42 203,421 188,424 14,997 68,954
Montana 10 61,130 46,276 14,854 20,505
Nebraska 17 52,784 43,322 9,462 11,944
Nevada 3 64,930 62,301 2,629 15,710
New Hampshire 2 42,653 39,703 2,950 11,638
New Jersey 13 444,626 402,746 41,880 143,538
New Mexico 5 124,241 103,813 20,428 27,164
New York 24 1,128,143 1,026,719 101,424 546,720
North Carolina 10 431,053 364,865 66,188 105,887
North Dakota 12 28,519 25,891 2,628 8,559
Ohio 6 768,926 646,290 122,636 267,598
Oklahoma 13 144,416 140,569 3,847 55,391
Oregon 2 171,914 143,115 28,799 64,267
Pennsylvania 368 466,336 418,279 48,057 243,465
Rhode Island 11 38,244 33,280 4,964 15,681
South Carolina 5 320,552 202,941 117,611 53,651
South Dakota 8 39,331 34,427 4,904 12,460
Tennessee 15 214,247 204,474 9,773 75,924
Texas 54 1,033,815 935,252 98,563 96,486
Utah 4 118,608 118,608 0 21,083
Vermont 5 25,934 21,479 4,455 6,465
Virginia 14 318,241 315,132 3,109 92,257
Washington 34 297,631 286,273 11,358 94,701
West Virginia 40 74,167 71,844 2,323 40,144
Wisconsin 3 329,548 251,001 78,547 99,197
Wyoming 8 39,366 35,895 3,471 11,474
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

Created: September 13,2001
Last revised: March 31 2004