The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Table 5a.  Number and Membership of State and Local
Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State:
Fiscal Year 2005-2006
           
State and type of
Government		 Number of Systems Membership Total
beneficiaries
receiving periodic
benefit payments
Total Active
Members		 Inactive
Members
United States 2,654 18,484,089 14,529,112 3,954,977 7,300,978
    State 221 16,649,401 12,871,241 3,778,160 6,183,645
    Local 2,433 1,834,688 1,657,871 176,817 1,117,333
        County 161 533,102 468,211 64,891 260,162
        Municipality 1,747 1,103,768 1,012,070 91,698 758,837
        Township 401 37,152 34,250 2,902 21,599
        Special District 111 51,977 49,339 2,638 30,282
        School District 13 108,689 94,001 14,688 46,453
Alabama 12 259,758 235,108 24,650 105,843
Alaska 5 71,325 49,044 22,281 38,506
Arizona 7 427,883 262,240 165,643 98,395
Arkansas 38 165,127 143,860 21,267 51,229
California 61 2,203,523 1,738,758 464,765 992,717
Colorado 65 344,922 214,204 130,718 93,306
Connecticut 63 134,302 129,611 4,691 86,647
Delaware 6 44,476 43,173 1,303 23,076
District of Columbia 6 12,572 11,774 798 3,078
Florida 158 799,524 718,841 80,683 320,732
Georgia 31 581,940 402,999 178,941 136,053
Hawaii 1 69,233 64,069 5,164 34,304
Idaho 4 73,772 64,816 8,956 28,558
Illinois 371 951,022 650,175 300,847 369,078
Indiana 76 281,012 232,687 48,325 106,356
Iowa 9 230,024 167,961 62,063 86,519
Kansas 8 183,311 151,219 32,092 65,357
Kentucky 21 302,003 216,241 85,762 110,982
Louisiana 34 296,717 217,668 79,049 135,567
Maine 1 59,423 52,282 7,141 32,833
Maryland 13 284,446 232,550 51,896 136,603
Massachusetts 100 391,063 315,201 75,862 179,981
Michigan 140 463,372 430,492 32,880 284,415
Minnesota 147 526,832 308,586 218,246 154,033
Mississippi 4 276,711 158,893 117,818 69,717
Missouri 62 325,261 274,125 51,136 130,606
Montana 9 72,901 51,933 20,968 29,181
Nebraska 13 81,541 60,493 21,048 21,553
Nevada 2 108,571 98,248 10,323 33,323
New Hampshire 3 54,506 53,318 1,188 20,317
New Jersey 10 533,763 467,389 66,374 222,873
New Mexico 5 149,573 120,932 28,641 49,154
New York 14 1,296,151 1,162,451 133,700 737,769
North Carolina 10 623,897 553,066 70,831 186,855
North Dakota 12 35,017 28,956 6,061 12,993
Ohio 6 1,170,174 708,959 461,215 363,540
Oklahoma 12 177,496 157,268 20,228 81,910
Oregon 4 189,358 142,369 46,989 108,765
Pennsylvania 925 564,613 492,065 72,548 343,163
Rhode Island 13 47,501 40,856 6,645 27,429
South Carolina 6 353,846 205,272 148,574 107,853
South Dakota 5 50,970 37,112 13,858 18,615
Tennessee 14 269,521 239,750 29,771 114,569
Texas 48 1,465,544 1,284,460 181,084 426,589
Utah 6 126,943 97,906 29,037 36,445
Vermont 5 33,166 25,639 7,527 10,656
Virginia 14 505,796 394,183 111,613 156,535
Washington 25 301,749 263,400 38,349 127,288
West Virginia 41 49,431 38,069 11,362 21,188
Wisconsin 3 419,159 280,193 138,966 149,823
Wyoming 6 43,348 38,248 5,100 18,101
Note:  The standard error is a measure of the variation among the estimates from all 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.  CV's for estimates in this table are displayed in table 5b.

__
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: July 01 2008
Last Revised: July 01 2008