Table 5a. Number and Membership of State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems by State: Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Total beneficiaries Membership receiving ---------------------------------------- periodic State and type Number of Active Inactive benefit of Government Systems Total Members Members payments United States 2,654 18,484,089 14,529,112 3,954,977 7,300,978 State 221 16,649,401 12,871,241 3,778,160 6,183,645 Local 2,433 1,834,688 1,657,871 176,817 1,117,333 County 161 533,102 468,211 64,891 260,162 Municipality 1,747 1,103,768 1,012,070 91,698 758,837 Township 401 37,152 34,250 2,902 21,599 Special District 111 51,977 49,339 2,638 30,282 School District 13 108,689 94,001 14,688 46,453 Alabama 12 259,758 235,108 24,650 105,843 Alaska 5 71,325 49,044 22,281 38,506 Arizona 7 427,883 262,240 165,643 98,395 Arkansas 38 165,127 143,860 21,267 51,229 California 61 2,203,523 1,738,758 464,765 992,717 Colorado 65 344,922 214,204 130,718 93,306 Connecticut 63 134,302 129,611 4,691 86,647 Delaware 6 44,476 43,173 1,303 23,076 District of Columbia 6 12,572 11,774 798 3,078 Florida 158 799,524 718,841 80,683 320,732 Georgia 31 581,940 402,999 178,941 136,053 Hawaii 1 69,233 64,069 5,164 34,304 Idaho 4 73,772 64,816 8,956 28,558 Illinois 371 951,022 650,175 300,847 369,078 Indiana 76 281,012 232,687 48,325 106,356 Iowa 9 230,024 167,961 62,063 86,519 Kansas 8 183,311 151,219 32,092 65,357 Kentucky 21 302,003 216,241 85,762 110,982 Louisiana 34 296,717 217,668 79,049 135,567 Maine 1 59,423 52,282 7,141 32,833 Maryland 13 284,446 232,550 51,896 136,603 Massachusetts 100 391,063 315,201 75,862 179,981 Michigan 140 463,372 430,492 32,880 284,415 Minnesota 147 526,832 308,586 218,246 154,033 Mississippi 4 276,711 158,893 117,818 69,717 Missouri 62 325,261 274,125 51,136 130,606 Montana 9 72,901 51,933 20,968 29,181 Nebraska 13 81,541 60,493 21,048 21,553 Nevada 2 108,571 98,248 10,323 33,323 New Hampshire 3 54,506 53,318 1,188 20,317 New Jersey 10 533,763 467,389 66,374 222,873 New Mexico 5 149,573 120,932 28,641 49,154 New York 14 1,296,151 1,162,451 133,700 737,769 North Carolina 10 623,897 553,066 70,831 186,855 North Dakota 12 35,017 28,956 6,061 12,993 Ohio 6 1,170,174 708,959 461,215 363,540 Oklahoma 12 177,496 157,268 20,228 81,910 Oregon 4 189,358 142,369 46,989 108,765 Pennsylvania 925 564,613 492,065 72,548 343,163 Rhode Island 13 47,501 40,856 6,645 27,429 South Carolina 6 353,846 205,272 148,574 107,853 South Dakota 5 50,970 37,112 13,858 18,615 Tennessee 14 269,521 239,750 29,771 114,569 Texas 48 1,465,544 1,284,460 181,084 426,589 Utah 6 126,943 97,906 29,037 36,445 Vermont 5 33,166 25,639 7,527 10,656 Virginia 14 505,796 394,183 111,613 156,535 Washington 25 301,749 263,400 38,349 127,288 West Virginia 41 49,431 38,069 11,362 21,188 Wisconsin 3 419,159 280,193 138,966 149,823 Wyoming 6 43,348 38,248 5,100 18,101 Note: The standard error is a measure of the variation among the estimates from all samples and thus is a measure of the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average results of all possible samples. The coefficient of variation (CV) is the estimated standard error expressed as a percent of the estimated total or proportion. CV's for estimates in this table are displayed in table 5b. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division Created: September 26, 2007 Last Revised: June 25, 2008