Finances of Selected State and Local Government

Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems

Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems is a quarterly survey that provides national summary data on the revenues, expenditures, and composition of assets of the largest defined benefit public employee retirement systems for state and local governments. This survey currently consists of a panel of 100 retirement systems, which comprise 89.4 percent of financial activity among such entities, based on the 2007 Census of Governments.

After a census has been taken, it is considered best practice to reselect the largest 100 retirement systems. The first quarter for 2009 presents data from the new universe of the 100 largest systems. The previous quarters represent data from the old universe. Five of the 100 units from the old universe were replaced with new retirement systems. We have provided a report that contains the bridge between the old and new units for the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009. You can access this publication, #2009-03, here [PDF, 41.2KB] or at the following Web page: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/govern.html

State & Local Government – 2011 Fourth Quarter

Quarterly Retirement Information Sheet [PDF, 629KB]

Table	Description	File Formats
1	Cash and Security Holdings of Major Public Employee Retirement Systems, by Type	[XLS, 37KB]
2	Earnings on Investments, Contributions, and Payments of Major Public Employee Retirement Systems	[XLS, 37KB]
3	Percent Distribution of the Cash and Security Holdings of Major Public Employee Retirement Systems Shown in Table 1	[XLS, 38KB]