Table 5. Number and Memebership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State: Fiscal Year 1995 - 1996 Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ---------------------------------------- periodic Number of Active Inactive benefit State and type of government systems Total members members payments United States 2,285 15,155,820 13,017,910 2,137,910 5,129,107 State administered systems 203 13,169,683 11,121,324 2,048,359 4,166,221 Locally administered systems 2,082 1,986,137 1,896,586 89,551 962,886 Counties 151 808,271 781,488 26,783 191,643 Municipalities 1,683 1,011,237 960,104 51,133 692,022 Townships 159 30,163 28,168 1,995 17,435 Special districts 73 60,537 56,636 3,901 25,705 School districts 16 75,929 70,190 5,739 36,081 Alabama 15 211,496 211,349 147 76,360 Alaska 3 45,459 37,518 7,941 15,865 Arizona 6 188,225 187,995 230 60,476 Arkansas 40 107,433 104,471 2,962 28,908 California 66 1,551,881 1,350,282 201,599 683,053 Colorado 122 240,902 179,558 61,344 58,776 Connecticut 65 134,860 127,255 7,605 62,629 Delaware 6 37,279 36,720 559 16,704 District of Columbia 3 11,974 11,949 25 12,162 Florida 170 665,545 632,741 32,804 212,676 Georgia 33 448,452 336,368 112,084 85,882 Hawaii 1 59,275 56,985 2,290 26,926 Idaho 4 64,642 56,847 7,795 19,985 Illinois 378 695,637 576,218 119,419 278,356 Indiana 88 272,137 231,888 40,249 80,070 Iowa 15 232,669 153,035 79,634 62,060 Kansas 11 159,320 143,936 15,384 49,485 Kentucky 19 216,926 180,787 36,139 65,139 Louisiana 40 258,562 223,415 35,147 95,854 Maine 1 98,860 47,494 51,366 29,020 Maryland 11 231,736 198,229 33,507 86,997 Massachusetts 107 345,397 283,180 62,217 148,746 Michigan 143 524,403 500,519 23,884 216,303 Minnesota 199 340,825 283,882 56,943 98,545 Mississippi 4 235,966 144,793 91,173 43,975 Missouri 42 256,187 232,754 23,433 84,192 Montana 11 63,873 48,119 15,754 21,486 Nebraska 19 79,819 65,524 14,295 13,198 Nevada 3 71,524 68,178 3,346 17,639 New Hampshire 2 42,772 39,102 3,670 12,574 New Jersey 11 442,677 401,914 40,763 155,717 New Mexico 5 132,463 109,998 22,465 29,632 New York 24 1,129,838 1,023,982 105,856 581,598 North Carolina 10 433,154 386,260 46,894 117,035 North Dakota 12 29,764 26,601 3,163 9,116 Ohio 6 873,707 666,194 207,513 280,661 Oklahoma 14 150,897 144,520 6,377 59,810 Oregon 2 180,970 148,261 32,709 69,154 Pennsylvania 371 829,639 779,766 49,873 260,263 Rhode Island 11 89,908 36,723 53,185 18,718 South Carolina 6 348,893 220,987 127,906 58,260 South Dakota 7 40,486 33,729 6,757 13,520 Tennessee 17 223,810 211,772 12,038 83,981 Texas 55 1,158,450 1,059,689 98,761 242,903 Utah 4 84,987 84,987 0 23,601 Vermont 5 25,803 21,982 3,821 6,723 Virginia 14 387,655 320,286 67,369 102,072 Washington 33 280,498 265,810 14,688 97,332 West Virginia 40 35,581 35,557 24 37,843 Wisconsin 3 347,043 256,131 90,912 104,287 Wyoming 8 35,561 31,670 3,891 12,840