Table 5. Number and Memebership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State: Fiscal Year 1999 - 2000 Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ---------------------------------------- periodic Number of Active Inactive benefit State and type of government systems Total members members payments United States 2,209 16,833,698 13,916,706 2,916,992 6,292,329 State administered systems 218 15,077,009 12,281,004 2,796,005 4,786,433 Locally administered systems 1,991 1,756,689 1,635,702 120,987 1,505,896 Counties 145 512,866 462,962 49,904 220,036 Municipalities 1,617 1,068,587 1,015,566 53,021 1,101,872 Townships 156 32,353 29,567 2,786 18,788 Special districts 59 57,866 51,539 6,327 126,319 School districts 14 85,017 76,068 8,949 38,881 Alabama 15 247,766 219,524 28,242 80,954 Alaska 5 61,099 45,417 15,682 23,389 Arizona 7 314,261 227,713 86,548 73,993 Arkansas 40 121,109 108,341 12,768 38,369 California 62 1,824,276 1,556,598 267,678 834,076 Colorado 100 280,184 190,998 89,186 68,992 Connecticut 65 147,176 136,327 10,849 119,119 Delaware 6 40,134 39,506 628 31,061 District of Columbia 3 11,069 9,530 1,539 12,475 Florida 168 686,011 640,888 45,123 592,899 Georgia 32 564,254 382,177 182,077 98,399 Hawaii 1 232,297 229,191 3,106 28,715 Idaho 4 60,490 60,447 43 28,868 Illinois 377 851,240 618,286 232,954 280,496 Indiana 82 365,723 316,221 49,502 86,247 Iowa 12 251,931 160,515 91,416 71,184 Kansas 9 177,963 152,720 25,243 56,525 Kentucky 19 242,165 191,090 51,075 84,614 Louisiana 39 282,946 234,191 48,755 111,030 Maine 1 53,022 51,003 2,019 29,033 Maryland 13 266,507 222,205 44,302 108,690 Massachusetts 105 327,548 308,691 18,857 157,968 Michigan 141 448,224 424,267 23,957 233,051 Minnesota 181 450,674 292,782 157,892 119,069 Mississippi 4 259,919 152,834 107,085 53,946 Missouri 42 275,188 233,563 41,625 97,310 Montana 9 75,988 52,756 23,232 23,856 Nebraska 16 82,513 65,656 16,857 16,122 Nevada 2 86,510 80,897 5,613 22,694 New Hampshire 2 44,007 43,482 525 15,288 New Jersey 11 459,111 407,974 51,137 178,894 New Mexico 5 133,669 114,953 18,716 37,664 New York 24 1,196,615 1,111,152 85,463 665,000 North Carolina 10 494,158 437,204 56,954 142,374 North Dakota 13 104,333 100,022 4,311 10,098 Ohio 6 1,086,938 705,923 381,015 312,978 Oklahoma 13 161,983 152,743 9,240 68,803 Oregon 4 203,494 160,530 42,964 86,666 Pennsylvania 360 510,576 446,426 64,150 291,236 Rhode Island 14 38,914 38,855 59 23,829 South Carolina 7 354,271 216,893 137,378 69,541 South Dakota 6 44,739 35,283 9,456 15,498 Tennessee 19 226,467 225,689 778 95,204 Texas 50 1,279,606 1,167,390 112,216 263,000 Utah 6 113,955 96,450 17,505 29,235 Vermont 5 29,051 23,230 5,821 8,486 Virginia 14 440,579 355,376 85,203 119,456 Washington 31 323,665 298,457 25,208 109,201 West Virginia 41 80,548 66,043 14,505 29,966 Wisconsin 3 383,828 273,330 110,498 121,914 Wyoming 8 35,481 35,444 37 15,524