Table 5. Number and Membership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ----------------------------------------- periodic State and type Number of Active Inactive benefit of government systems Total members members payments United States 2,657 17,649,702 14,248,692 3,401,010 6,448,030 State 218 15,788,945 12,538,604 3,250,341 5,420,937 Local 2,439 1,860,757 1,710,088 150,669 1,027,093 County 163 531,233 476,890 54,343 227,849 Municipality 1,752 1,147,762 1,072,054 75,708 708,405 Township 402 39,494 35,218 4,276 20,765 Special District 108 57,471 52,669 4,802 28,237 School District 14 84,797 73,257 11,540 41,837 Alabama 12 254,706 228,999 25,707 91,666 Alaska 5 67,691 46,752 20,939 27,763 Arizona 6 367,274 242,051 125,223 84,591 Arkansas 36 126,372 110,136 16,236 42,248 California 59 2,108,033 1,738,852 369,181 881,733 Colorado 67 319,881 216,042 103,839 80,025 Connecticut 63 151,032 138,552 12,480 78,375 Delaware 6 41,244 40,164 1,080 20,813 District of Columbia 6 11,600 11,585 15 1,078 Florida 158 737,553 667,639 69,914 233,559 Georgia 31 523,981 380,452 143,529 116,901 Hawaii 1 66,442 62,292 4,150 31,389 Idaho 4 70,403 62,497 7,906 25,694 Illinois 371 891,141 628,799 262,342 325,963 Indiana 76 281,425 233,695 47,730 95,773 Iowa 12 204,701 165,094 39,607 79,264 Kansas 7 190,885 150,274 40,611 63,391 Kentucky 21 275,785 220,339 55,446 96,934 Louisiana 35 273,658 228,841 44,817 119,309 Maine 1 56,904 51,848 5,056 30,774 Maryland 13 279,945 232,053 47,892 119,567 Massachusetts 99 349,815 321,848 27,967 159,897 Michigan 140 487,439 455,647 31,792 254,881 Minnesota 146 490,179 295,815 194,364 133,173 Mississippi 3 268,288 155,590 112,698 60,131 Missouri 61 330,499 298,106 32,393 115,172 Montana 9 77,066 53,387 23,679 26,754 Nebraska 14 73,239 57,256 15,983 17,764 Nevada 2 85,311 77,610 7,701 27,312 New Hampshire 3 57,658 51,088 6,570 17,076 New Jersey 10 504,831 441,358 63,473 201,634 New Mexico 5 146,089 120,955 25,134 42,217 New York 15 1,307,680 1,179,672 128,008 685,237 North Carolina 10 536,457 455,647 80,810 163,392 North Dakota 12 34,370 28,755 5,615 11,258 Ohio 6 1,206,108 741,631 464,477 337,334 Oklahoma 12 159,863 149,166 10,697 74,491 Oregon 4 215,219 161,372 53,847 98,395 Pennsylvania 928 556,347 478,422 77,925 309,021 Rhode Island 12 37,459 33,462 3,997 24,027 South Carolina 6 349,909 219,181 130,728 93,203 South Dakota 4 48,542 36,119 12,423 16,937 Tennessee 16 256,057 233,381 22,676 102,476 Texas 49 1,385,442 1,246,053 139,389 355,031 Utah 6 118,113 94,833 23,280 31,982 Vermont 5 32,627 24,618 8,009 9,872 Virginia 14 457,240 367,749 89,491 135,483 Washington 27 261,114 230,964 30,150 117,933 West Virginia 41 80,412 65,948 14,464 29,903 Wisconsin 3 396,251 282,210 114,041 133,339 Wyoming 5 39,422 33,893 5,529 15,895