Table 5. Number and Memebership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State: Fiscal Year 1998 - 1999 Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ---------------------------------------- periodic Number of Active Inactive benefit State and type of government systems Total members members payments United States 2,209 16,195,303 13,472,315 2,722,988 5,501,810 State administered systems 213 14,335,604 11,757,108 2,578,496 4,522,178 Locally administered systems 1,996 1,859,699 1,715,207 144,492 979,632 Counties 148 496,784 458,420 38,364 210,108 Municipalities 1,618 1,090,687 1,046,087 44,600 685,480 Townships 156 87,865 85,505 2,360 18,282 Special districts 60 102,463 50,778 51,685 27,928 School districts 14 81,900 74,417 7,483 37,834 Alabama 15 241,102 214,779 26,323 76,925 Alaska 5 58,873 43,503 15,370 21,773 Arizona 7 283,221 222,443 60,778 67,498 Arkansas 40 195,498 122,467 73,031 33,972 California 62 1,782,715 1,489,866 292,849 712,243 Colorado 100 265,184 193,270 71,914 59,332 Connecticut 65 195,524 184,409 11,115 68,707 Delaware 6 39,514 39,470 44 18,284 District of Columbia 3 11,666 11,641 25 12,366 Florida 168 685,593 640,810 44,783 199,461 Georgia 32 566,294 384,354 181,940 97,914 Hawaii 1 61,164 58,387 2,777 27,950 Idaho 4 59,351 59,306 45 21,864 Illinois 377 805,991 609,584 196,407 281,715 Indiana 82 301,168 246,709 54,459 56,396 Iowa 12 251,330 158,809 92,521 68,715 Kansas 9 173,807 151,629 22,178 54,449 Kentucky 19 230,453 186,340 44,113 77,669 Louisiana 39 279,431 230,962 48,469 112,369 Maine 1 51,624 49,765 1,859 28,509 Maryland 12 373,481 201,443 172,038 94,840 Massachusetts 104 307,762 291,217 16,545 155,205 Michigan 141 476,337 460,220 16,117 225,672 Minnesota 181 375,438 291,801 83,637 113,714 Mississippi 4 247,933 149,644 98,289 51,616 Missouri 42 290,857 255,045 35,812 95,027 Montana 9 72,825 51,728 21,097 23,676 Nebraska 16 78,447 64,940 13,507 14,849 Nevada 2 82,548 77,315 5,233 21,081 New Hampshire 2 44,299 43,695 604 14,420 New Jersey 11 439,312 410,811 28,501 175,026 New Mexico 5 118,572 112,444 6,128 35,747 New York 24 1,147,212 1,111,193 36,019 627,952 North Carolina 10 462,729 417,576 45,153 135,214 North Dakota 13 31,801 27,851 3,950 9,678 Ohio 6 1,052,095 686,926 365,169 304,758 Oklahoma 13 162,312 146,467 15,845 65,093 Oregon 4 195,865 156,144 39,721 84,235 Pennsylvania 360 492,179 436,884 55,295 276,157 Rhode Island 14 38,413 38,352 61 23,512 South Carolina 7 342,618 215,881 126,737 66,772 South Dakota 6 43,309 34,771 8,538 14,942 Tennessee 19 223,893 223,107 786 92,165 Texas 50 1,227,670 1,134,765 92,905 267,130 Utah 5 105,920 89,723 16,197 16,945 Vermont 5 28,301 23,492 4,809 8,352 Virginia 14 367,806 344,317 23,489 112,968 Washington 31 331,646 307,954 23,692 106,560 West Virginia 41 80,648 66,101 14,547 41,334 Wisconsin 3 374,984 267,487 107,497 114,947 Wyoming 8 38,588 34,518 4,070 14,112