Table 5a. Number and Membership of State and Local Public-Employee Retirement System by State Fiscal Year 2008 Source: 2008 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 . Total beneficiaries Membership receiving Number -------------------------------------------------- periodic State and level of Active Inactive benefit of government systems Total members members payments ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States 2,550 19,101,926 14,709,681 4,392,245 7,744,548 State 218 17,224,354 13,086,240 4,138,114 6,595,721 Local 2,332 1,877,572 1,623,441 254,131 1,148,827 County 160 576,381 482,936 93,445 275,771 Municipality 1,659 1,150,375 1,006,523 143,851 780,037 Township 395 38,623 35,106 3,517 21,983 Special District 106 40,180 36,767 3,413 25,733 School District 12 72,013 62,109 9,904 45,303 Alabama 11 272,338 244,494 27,844 113,373 Alaska 5 52,227 44,080 8,147 40,617 Arizona 7 499,386 271,826 227,560 115,904 Arkansas 35 158,064 131,055 27,009 58,073 California 59 2,330,989 1,779,729 551,260 1,033,167 Colorado 60 376,148 222,679 153,469 99,526 Connecticut 61 146,109 133,598 12,511 89,704 Delaware 6 46,573 43,918 2,655 24,480 District of Columbia 6 12,436 11,399 1,037 3,591 Florida 162 723,968 640,744 83,224 333,463 Georgia 31 599,042 390,005 209,037 149,020 Hawaii 1 72,436 66,589 5,847 36,260 Idaho 4 76,933 66,842 10,091 31,040 Illinois 370 959,531 627,950 331,581 390,025 Indiana 73 291,464 232,608 58,856 111,917 Iowa 9 237,496 172,821 64,675 91,959 Kansas 8 197,572 155,996 41,576 69,266 Kentucky 21 327,389 225,870 101,519 124,187 Louisiana 33 311,322 221,484 89,838 138,360 Maine 1 59,595 51,402 8,193 34,257 Maryland 13 295,464 240,310 55,154 146,599 Massachusetts 100 379,515 312,878 66,637 183,139 Michigan 138 426,726 393,771 32,954 300,452 Minnesota 88 511,164 293,867 217,298 161,057 Mississippi 4 292,703 166,576 126,127 76,474 Missouri 62 330,751 275,618 55,133 141,239 Montana 9 73,672 52,308 21,364 31,478 Nebraska 13 99,767 74,938 24,829 23,305 Nevada 2 117,794 106,168 11,626 38,197 New Hampshire 4 57,483 52,640 4,843 23,552 New Jersey 10 583,366 512,015 71,351 239,221 New Mexico 5 153,627 120,475 33,152 56,551 New York 9 1,378,378 1,257,961 120,417 767,870 North Carolina 10 609,312 510,093 99,219 202,598 North Dakota 12 35,107 30,206 4,901 13,703 Ohio 6 1,199,602 695,178 504,424 383,430 Oklahoma 12 173,664 159,209 14,455 88,250 Oregon 4 215,474 169,059 46,415 108,358 Pennsylvania 903 631,921 497,917 134,004 359,762 Rhode Island 13 47,374 40,224 7,150 28,532 South Carolina 6 378,679 214,096 164,583 112,298 South Dakota 4 53,214 38,752 14,462 19,901 Tennessee 14 281,184 247,939 33,245 123,978 Texas 48 1,566,136 1,354,081 212,055 450,494 Utah 6 134,191 102,009 32,182 40,510 Vermont 5 34,156 26,312 7,844 13,240 Virginia 14 442,764 393,591 49,173 166,679 Washington 23 301,785 258,512 43,273 131,599 West Virginia 41 76,416 59,082 17,334 48,555 Wisconsin 3 424,075 278,904 145,171 155,887 Wyoming 6 45,443 39,903 5,540 19,453 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data Created: March 23, 2010 Data Last Revised: September 29, 2011