Table 5. Number and Membership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ----------------------------------------- periodic State and type Number of Active Inactive benefit of government systems Total members members payments United States 2,670 17,466,168 14,150,973 3,315,195 6,200,928 State 219 15,614,408 12,434,391 3,180,017 5,182,921 Local 2,451 1,851,760 1,716,582 135,178 1,018,007 County 164 532,235 478,896 53,339 225,665 Municipality 1,761 1,136,623 1,073,760 62,863 705,304 Township 404 38,208 34,928 3,280 20,330 Special District 108 60,260 52,867 7,393 26,572 School District 14 84,434 76,131 8,303 40,136 Alabama 13 254,141 222,913 31,228 87,321 Alaska 5 65,483 46,421 19,062 26,110 Arizona 6 333,331 230,637 102,694 73,716 Arkansas 36 125,920 109,373 16,547 40,438 California 60 2,040,239 1,709,652 330,587 835,775 Colorado 69 313,488 214,329 99,159 76,450 Connecticut 63 152,861 140,885 11,976 73,780 Delaware 6 41,047 39,977 1,070 19,992 District of Columbia 6 11,604 11,589 15 1,060 Florida 158 717,870 658,824 59,046 226,134 Georgia 31 542,696 358,713 183,983 110,102 Hawaii 1 66,043 62,208 3,835 30,330 Idaho 4 69,770 62,431 7,339 24,143 Illinois 371 902,466 643,583 258,883 309,305 Indiana 76 270,187 240,460 29,727 95,911 Iowa 12 262,975 164,336 98,639 76,463 Kansas 7 187,877 156,486 31,391 59,339 Kentucky 19 245,885 197,409 48,476 93,479 Louisiana 35 284,557 228,213 56,344 115,451 Maine 1 55,443 52,480 2,963 30,122 Maryland 13 278,811 232,261 46,550 116,908 Massachusetts 98 342,380 321,579 20,801 159,294 Michigan 142 494,204 462,293 31,911 243,507 Minnesota 146 474,911 297,084 177,827 129,045 Mississippi 4 263,725 152,892 110,833 57,563 Missouri 63 315,433 269,006 46,427 112,669 Montana 9 78,350 53,131 25,219 26,052 Nebraska 14 84,856 66,348 18,508 19,100 Nevada 2 92,263 85,285 6,978 25,591 New Hampshire 2 54,149 46,365 7,784 16,740 New Jersey 10 496,604 434,620 61,984 199,670 New Mexico 5 140,989 118,300 22,689 42,110 New York 15 1,286,634 1,180,765 105,869 678,122 North Carolina 10 526,699 456,813 69,886 155,696 North Dakota 12 33,499 28,598 4,901 10,982 Ohio 6 1,181,846 737,794 444,052 333,218 Oklahoma 12 163,113 153,526 9,587 72,084 Oregon 4 217,454 168,687 48,767 92,735 Pennsylvania 931 532,543 468,826 63,717 300,992 Rhode Island 13 43,597 39,581 4,016 22,835 South Carolina 6 365,039 226,910 138,129 86,866 South Dakota 4 47,502 36,016 11,486 16,338 Tennessee 17 249,137 229,199 19,938 99,615 Texas 49 1,364,092 1,231,517 132,575 327,636 Utah 6 115,366 93,743 21,623 30,776 Vermont 5 31,531 23,841 7,690 9,134 Virginia 14 469,172 369,239 99,933 130,506 Washington 27 270,199 241,793 28,406 114,484 West Virginia 41 80,416 65,955 14,461 29,885 Wisconsin 3 386,409 272,361 114,048 119,764 Wyoming 8 41,362 35,726 5,636 15,590