The U.S. Census Bureau

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

Fiscal Year: 1997-1998
State and type of Government Number of systems Membership Total beneficiaries receiving periodic benefit payments
Total Active members Inactive members
United States 2,203 16,153,946 13,050,942 3,103,004 5,376,489
     State 214 14,368,496 11,358,499 3,009,997 4,423,600
     Local 1,989 1,785,450 1,692,443 93,007 952,889
          County 146 483,631 448,653 34,978 200,914
          Municipality 1,616 1,076,915 1,033,882 43,033 669,701
          Township 156 87,738 85,602 2,136 17,933
          Special District 56 56,882 51,221 5,661 27,197
          School District 15 80,284 73,085 7,199 37,144
Alabama 15 236,519 214,317 22,202 71,638
Alaska 4 57,130 43,668 13,462 19,343
Arizona 7 269,863 210,422 59,441 68,638
Arkansas 38 111,167 106,804 4,363 31,405
California 62 1,646,650 1,415,463 231,187 687,096
Colorado 103 261,967 190,138 71,829 63,523
Connecticut 65 191,182 181,067 10,115 64,616
Delaware 6 37,793 37,751 42 17,480
District of Columbia 3 11,666 11,641 25 12,366
Florida 164 690,917 648,871 42,046 189,578
Georgia 33 471,185 338,787 132,398 88,684
Hawaii 1 60,447 57,797 2,650 27,403
Idaho 4 78,765 57,586 21,179 20,141
Illinois 377 1,332,735 601,417 731,318 285,939
Indiana 83 301,488 245,091 56,397 85,522
Iowa 14 243,831 154,743 89,088 66,412
Kansas 10 167,972 146,728 21,244 52,849
Kentucky 19 226,251 182,267 43,984 72,931
Louisiana 37 253,827 231,000 22,827 103,712
Maine 1 49,995 48,551 1,444 27,873
Maryland 11 379,203 207,078 172,125 97,928
Massachusetts 104 304,041 287,695 16,346 153,231
Michigan 142 475,450 451,446 24,004 214,064
Minnesota 183 370,513 288,938 81,575 106,417
Mississippi 4 234,885 146,069 88,816 47,862
Missouri 42 280,179 247,074 33,105 90,989
Montana 10 68,094 48,442 19,652 24,107
Nebraska 16 80,604 64,603 16,001 14,639
Nevada 2 79,292 74,756 4,536 19,895
New Hampshire 2 44,097 40,060 4,037 14,377
New Jersey 11 431,388 404,680 26,708 166,059
New Mexico 5 140,487 113,115 27,372 34,750
New York 24 1,164,512 1,087,200 77,312 614,680
North Carolina 10 447,320 405,720 41,600 127,485
North Dakota 13 30,909 27,249 3,660 9,549
Ohio 6 1,029,968 675,652 354,316 295,882
Oklahoma 13 161,639 145,945 15,694 64,131
Oregon 2 186,857 148,894 37,963 80,547
Pennsylvania 361 480,220 429,540 50,680 272,409
Rhode Island 11 90,120 36,962 53,158 18,980
South Carolina 7 351,037 221,435 129,602 63,685
South Dakota 6 42,459 34,005 8,454 14,611
Tennessee 16 219,678 219,104 574 88,049
Texas 50 1,194,319 1,030,808 163,511 262,235
Utah 5 101,785 87,595 14,190 39,124
Vermont 5 25,584 21,970 3,614 8,092
Virginia 14 340,308 335,203 5,105 107,920
Washington 34 307,409 286,640 20,769 103,843
West Virginia 40 80,575 66,083 14,492 41,374
Wisconsin 3 271,203 258,385 12,818 108,033
Wyoming 8 38,461 34,487 3,974 14,393
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division

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