Table 5a. Number and Membership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State: Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ---------------------------------------- periodic State and type Number of Active Inactive benefit of Government Systems Total Members Members payments United States 2,656 18,050,245 14,193,043 3,857,202 6,946,488 State 222 16,245,289 12,569,872 3,675,417 5,846,569 Local 2,434 1,804,956 1,623,171 181,785 1,099,919 County 161 527,196 464,832 62,364 249,727 Municipality 1,749 1,100,725 1,002,889 97,836 754,523 Township 401 36,998 34,632 2,366 21,251 Special District 110 53,430 48,266 5,164 29,861 School District 13 86,607 72,552 14,055 44,557 Alabama 12 255,562 221,650 33,912 94,435 Alaska 5 69,425 47,402 22,023 30,882 Arizona 7 406,037 253,770 152,267 96,307 Arkansas 38 140,628 120,523 20,105 46,512 California 61 2,146,588 1,708,003 438,585 893,520 Colorado 64 330,667 209,907 120,760 88,559 Connecticut 63 141,404 127,736 13,668 81,660 Delaware 6 43,277 42,057 1,220 22,278 District of Columbia 6 11,803 11,572 231 3,211 Florida 158 781,534 702,323 79,211 267,848 Georgia 31 557,216 386,097 171,119 130,268 Hawaii 1 67,948 63,010 4,938 33,300 Idaho 4 72,913 64,445 8,468 27,372 Illinois 371 925,930 622,642 303,288 359,733 Indiana 76 279,699 232,574 47,125 99,894 Iowa 9 231,513 165,708 65,805 83,835 Kansas 8 191,357 149,907 41,450 71,278 Kentucky 21 302,577 216,787 85,790 108,321 Louisiana 34 296,484 225,591 70,893 132,574 Maine 1 49,107 42,859 6,248 24,388 Maryland 13 278,924 228,953 49,971 130,920 Massachusetts 100 382,430 308,852 73,578 176,205 Michigan 140 478,817 446,417 32,400 268,991 Minnesota 147 507,857 301,344 206,513 143,835 Mississippi 4 282,286 157,900 124,386 66,915 Missouri 62 316,423 269,564 46,859 125,698 Montana 9 73,607 51,905 21,702 28,300 Nebraska 13 78,990 60,452 18,538 19,843 Nevada 2 103,253 94,057 9,196 28,521 New Hampshire 3 53,346 52,660 686 19,539 New Jersey 10 526,872 459,717 67,155 215,937 New Mexico 5 155,868 127,142 28,726 47,931 New York 14 1,286,501 1,153,311 133,190 732,864 North Carolina 10 537,774 466,943 70,831 178,595 North Dakota 12 35,006 28,971 6,035 12,436 Ohio 6 1,178,882 683,872 495,010 353,660 Oklahoma 12 172,322 152,024 20,298 79,937 Oregon 4 199,579 151,526 48,053 107,274 Pennsylvania 925 563,616 492,795 70,821 332,482 Rhode Island 14 46,923 40,795 6,128 26,324 South Carolina 6 372,147 215,760 156,387 104,201 South Dakota 5 50,352 36,792 13,560 18,355 Tennessee 14 251,487 230,296 21,191 109,740 Texas 48 1,340,225 1,216,684 123,541 394,240 Utah 6 124,020 97,404 26,616 34,577 Vermont 5 33,188 25,408 7,780 10,045 Virginia 14 489,724 385,182 104,542 149,163 Washington 27 301,468 265,558 35,910 124,745 West Virginia 41 68,634 57,136 11,498 47,355 Wisconsin 3 414,885 281,754 133,131 144,206 Wyoming 6 43,170 37,306 5,864 17,479 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: September 22, 2006 Last Revised: May 30, 2008