Table 5b. Number and Membership of State and Local Public-Employee Retirement System by State Fiscal Year 2008 Coefficient of Variation (CV) Values for Table 5a 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 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% State 218 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Local 2,332 0.35% 0.35% 0.46% 0.25% County 160 0.45% 0.51% 0.40% 0.31% Municipality 1,659 0.51% 0.49% 0.77% 0.35% Township 395 2.64% 2.76% 3.34% 1.76% Special District 106 1.70% 1.66% 3.01% 2.06% School District 12 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Alabama 11 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 35 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.08% California 59 0.08% 0.10% 0.01% 0.05% Colorado 60 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% Connecticut 61 0.50% 0.51% 0.63% 0.33% Delaware 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% District of Columbia 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Florida 162 0.67% 0.64% 0.97% 0.69% Georgia 31 0.11% 0.15% 0.02% 0.14% Hawaii 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Idaho 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Illinois 370 0.10% 0.14% 0.08% 0.12% Indiana 73 0.01% 0.02% 0.00% 0.19% 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% 0.06% Louisiana 33 0.02% 0.03% 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 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Michigan 138 0.23% 0.21% 0.68% 0.14% Minnesota 88 0.36% 0.41% 0.30% 0.27% Mississippi 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Missouri 62 0.21% 0.21% 0.19% 0.30% 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 4 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 9 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 903 0.47% 0.56% 0.32% 0.34% Rhode Island 13 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% South Carolina 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% South Dakota 4 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Tennessee 14 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Texas 48 0.03% 0.03% 0.01% 0.09% 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 23 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% West Virginia 41 0.09% 0.11% 0.01% 0.14% Wisconsin 3 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Wyoming 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data Created: March 23, 2010 Data Last Revised: September 29, 2011