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Table 5b. Number and Membership of State and Local Public-
Employee Retirement Systems by State
Fiscal Year 2009
Coefficient of Variation Values for Table 5a
 
Source: 2009 Annual Survey of Public-Employee Retirement Systems.
Data users who create their own estimates using data from this report
should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data
only. The data in this table is from a sample of public employee retirement
systems, and as such are subject to sampling variability. Additionally,
the data are subject to coverage, response and processing errors as well
as errors of nonresponse. For more information on the data limitations,
definitions and methodology, see http://www.census.gov/govs/retire/how_data_collected.html.

State and level of government Number
of
systems
Membership Total
beneficiaries
receiving
periodic
benefit
payments
Total Active
members
Inactive
members
United States 3,418 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.08%
   State 222 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
   Local 3,196 0.13% 0.14% 0.16% 0.49%
      County 168 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
      Municipality 2,176 0.15% 0.17% 0.15% 0.20%
      Township 634 3.20% 3.22% 8.65% 17.02%
      Special District 206 0.98% 1.11% 0.08% 1.16%
      School District 12 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Alabama 11 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 36 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
California 62 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
Colorado 67 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.19%
Connecticut 61 0.25% 0.25% 0.45% 0.17%
Delaware 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
District of Columbia 7 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Florida 303 0.14% 0.16% 0.02% 0.23%
Georgia 34 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Hawaii 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Idaho 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Illinois 457 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.29%
Indiana 72 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.03%
Iowa 9 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% 0.00%
Louisiana 35 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Maine 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Maryland 16 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Massachusetts 100 0.14% 0.19% 0.35% 0.23%
Michigan 138 0.09% 0.09% 0.13% 0.10%
Minnesota 145 0.05% 0.08% 0.02% 0.11%
Mississippi 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Missouri 66 0.24% 0.26% 0.24% 0.13%
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 4 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 10 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
North Carolina 8 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 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Pennsylvania 1,425 0.27% 0.31% 0.22% 1.51%
Rhode Island 13 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 15 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Texas 75 0.03% 0.04% 0.00% 0.05%
Utah 7 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Vermont 5 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Virginia 18 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Washington 26 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
West Virginia 41 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Wisconsin 3 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Wyoming 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Data Created: September 29, 2011
Data Last Revised: September 29, 2011


Source: U.S. Census Bureau | State & Local Public Retirement Systems | 1 (888) 529-1963 | govs.retire@census.gov |  Last Revised: May 09, 2011