Table 5b. Coefficient of Variation for Number and Membership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State: Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ------------------------------------- periodic State and type Number of Active Inactive benefit of Government Systems Total Members Members payments United States 2,654 0.08% 0.09% 0.03% 0.08% State 221 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Local 2,433 0.79% 0.82% 0.64% 0.54% County 161 0.46% 0.48% 0.28% 0.30% Municipality 1,747 1.20% 1.23% 1.21% 0.63% Township 401 13.81% 14.97% 3.84% 15.98% Special District 111 1.46% 1.41% 3.58% 1.29% School District 13 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Alabama 12 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 38 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.11% California 61 0.07% 0.09% 0.01% 0.05% Colorado 65 0.01% 0.00% 0.02% 0.11% Connecticut 63 0.52% 0.51% 1.51% 0.36% Delaware 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% District of Columbia 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Florida 158 1.33% 1.38% 0.88% 0.56% Georgia 31 0.12% 0.13% 0.10% 0.02% Hawaii 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Idaho 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Illinois 371 0.09% 0.14% 0.07% 0.11% Indiana 76 0.01% 0.02% 0.00% 0.23% 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% 0.08% Louisiana 34 0.03% 0.04% 0.00% 0.40% Maine 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Maryland 13 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Massachusetts 100 0.33% 0.31% 0.41% 0.18% Michigan 140 0.21% 0.20% 0.39% 0.11% Minnesota 147 0.31% 0.45% 0.30% 0.35% Mississippi 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Missouri 62 0.19% 0.21% 0.18% 0.27% Montana 9 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Nebraska 13 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Nevada 2 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% New Hampshire 3 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 14 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% North Carolina 10 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 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Pennsylvania 925 0.68% 0.75% 0.39% 0.90% Rhode Island 13 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% South Carolina 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% South Dakota 5 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Tennessee 14 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Texas 48 0.03% 0.03% 0.00% 0.08% Utah 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Vermont 5 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Virginia 14 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Washington 25 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% West Virginia 41 0.13% 0.16% 0.07% 0.31% Wisconsin 3 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Wyoming 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Note: The standard error is a measure of the variation among the estimates from all possible 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. Each column in this table contains the coefficients of variation that have been computed for the estimated amounts in table 5a. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division Created: September 26, 2007 Last Revised: June 25, 2008