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Table 5b.  Coefficient of Variation for Number and Membership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State:  Fiscal Year 2003-04
State and type of
Government
Number of Systems Membership Total
beneficiaries
receiving periodic
benefit payments
Total Active
members
Inactive
members
United States 2,659 0.08% 0.10% 0.03% 0.09%
    State 220 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Local 2,439 0.78% 0.83% 0.56% 0.56%
        County 163 0.40% 0.44% 0.40% 0.25%
        Municipality 1,748 1.18% 1.23% 0.99% 0.67%
        Township 404 13.67% 14.97% 2.57% 16.57%
        Special District 110 1.37% 1.32% 3.63% 1.22%
        School District 14 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Alabama 12 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Alaska 5 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Arizona 7 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Arkansas 38 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0.07%
California 59 0.09% 0.10% 0.02% 0.10%
Colorado 65 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.13%
Connecticut 63 0.41% 0.41% 0.40% 0.28%
Delaware 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
District of Columbia 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Florida 157 1.51% 1.60% 0.70% 0.63%
Georgia 31 0.07% 0.10% 0.00% 0.25%
Hawaii 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Idaho 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Illinois 371 0.10% 0.14% 0.06% 0.15%
Indiana 76 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.23%
Iowa 12 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Kansas 8 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Kentucky 21 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.10%
Louisiana 35 0.02% 0.03% 0.00% 0.32%
Maine 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Maryland 13 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Massachusetts 99 0.14% 0.20% 0.12% 0.22%
Michigan 141 0.19% 0.18% 0.39% 0.12%
Minnesota 146 0.28% 0.46% 0.31% 0.46%
Mississippi 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Missouri 63 0.20% 0.22% 0.15% 0.30%
Montana 9 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Nebraska 14 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Nevada 2 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
New Hampshire 3 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
New Jersey 10 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
New Mexico 5 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
New York 15 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
North Carolina 10 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
North Dakota 12 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Ohio 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Oklahoma 12 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Oregon 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Pennsylvania 927 0.64% 0.72% 0.44% 0.98%
Rhode Island 11 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
South Carolina 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
South Dakota 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Tennessee 14 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Texas 49 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.10%
Utah 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Vermont 5 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Virginia 14 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Washington 27 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
West Virginia 41 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.15%
Wisconsin 3 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Wyoming 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Note:  The standard error is a measure of the variation among the estimates from all possible samples and thus is a measure of the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average results of all possible samples.  The coefficient of variation (CV) is the estimated standard error expressed as a percent of the estimated total or proportion.  Each column in this table contains the coefficients of variation that have been computed for the estimated amounts in table 5a. 
Created: September 28 2005
Last Revised: March 25 2010