Table 5. Number and Memebership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State: Fiscal Year 2000 - 2001 Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ---------------------------------------- periodic Number of Active Inactive benefit State and type of government systems Total members members payments United States 2,208 16,987,719 13,937,429 3,050,290 5,974,373 State administered systems 220 15,210,686 12,283,791 2,926,895 4,952,929 Locally administered systems 1,988 1,777,033 1,653,638 123,395 1,021,444 Counties 145 520,615 468,673 51,942 218,080 Municipalities 1,613 1,081,065 1,026,565 54,500 718,792 Townships 153 32,931 30,044 2,887 18,744 Special districts 63 58,056 51,369 6,687 26,400 School districts 14 84,366 76,987 7,379 39,428 Alabama 15 251,262 221,068 30,194 83,820 Alaska 5 61,643 45,802 15,841 24,850 Arizona 7 349,436 248,247 101,189 75,225 Arkansas 40 121,787 107,786 14,001 39,316 California 62 1,925,761 1,631,233 294,528 754,693 Colorado 97 286,366 195,872 90,494 72,351 Connecticut 65 149,871 138,316 11,555 72,574 Delaware 6 40,532 39,925 607 19,367 District of Columbia 7 11,286 10,615 671 14,156 Florida 168 718,475 661,674 56,801 217,265 Georgia 31 526,968 353,249 173,719 106,932 Hawaii 1 59,992 59,992 0 33,074 Idaho 4 68,470 62,170 6,300 23,366 Illinois 377 877,715 626,711 251,004 299,186 Indiana 82 255,508 241,925 13,583 86,936 Iowa 12 256,958 160,429 96,529 73,461 Kansas 9 183,625 154,547 29,078 56,670 Kentucky 19 254,429 194,955 59,474 88,172 Louisiana 40 285,641 232,237 53,404 113,249 Maine 1 54,199 51,908 2,291 29,566 Maryland 13 271,719 226,496 45,223 113,141 Massachusetts 104 342,336 321,838 20,498 159,796 Michigan 141 493,415 465,187 28,228 239,735 Minnesota 179 464,460 297,438 167,022 125,082 Mississippi 4 260,306 152,158 108,148 56,580 Missouri 42 306,872 263,903 42,969 107,294 Montana 9 78,531 53,082 25,449 27,115 Nebraska 16 82,836 65,678 17,158 25,229 Nevada 2 89,250 82,953 6,297 24,136 New Hampshire 2 48,545 47,892 653 15,469 New Jersey 11 481,526 432,418 49,108 184,928 New Mexico 5 136,921 116,287 20,634 40,542 New York 24 1,236,713 1,141,525 95,188 674,971 North Carolina 10 508,262 448,920 59,342 149,048 North Dakota 13 33,212 28,600 4,612 10,307 Ohio 6 1,113,943 728,592 385,351 320,576 Oklahoma 13 161,697 151,984 9,713 69,998 Oregon 4 212,045 165,557 46,488 86,059 Pennsylvania 357 521,581 457,204 64,377 292,310 Rhode Island 14 43,909 39,876 4,033 22,458 South Carolina 7 363,607 222,137 141,470 82,353 South Dakota 5 46,320 35,980 10,340 15,955 Tennessee 19 230,614 229,940 674 98,530 Texas 50 1,322,235 1,203,310 118,925 308,662 Utah 6 113,915 94,349 19,566 29,557 Vermont 5 29,623 23,445 6,178 8,554 Virginia 14 455,084 362,906 92,178 124,921 Washington 32 291,413 265,191 26,222 112,235 West Virginia 41 80,577 66,070 14,507 29,988 Wisconsin 3 386,633 273,388 113,245 119,333 Wyoming 8 39,531 34,302 5,229 15,114