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Annual Survey of Public Pensions Response Rates
Annual Survey of Public Pensions Response Rates
Overall Response Rate
The overall response rate for the Census of Governments: Finance—Survey of Public Pensions: State- and Locally-Administered Defined Benefit Data was 77.0 percent. The response rate was calculated as the number of responses received divided by the number of parent governments mailed minus the number of governments that were determined to be out of scope.
Total Quantity Response Rate
The Total Quantity Response Rate for Total Cash and Investments (RZ01) of the Census of Governments: Finance—Survey of Public Pensions: State- and Locally-Administered Defined Benefit Data was 99.1 percent. The Total Quantity Response Rate was calculated as the value of “total holdings and investments” reported divided by the estimated total value of “total holdings and investments” of those units mailed minus those systems that were determined to be out of scope.
Year |
URR |
TQRR |
2017 |
64% |
99% |
2018 |
68% |
97% |
2019 |
66% |
99% |
2020 |
67% |
97% |
2021 |
70% |
98% |
2022 |
66% |
99% |
2023 |
82% |
99% |
2024 |
77% |
99% |
Page Last Revised - May 23, 2025
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