Pension data, U.S. Census

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This page contains statistics used across various Pension Policy pages. The information on this page was taken from the U.S. Census Bureau.

General pension system information

General pension system information, 2016
State	Systems		Total members	Active members		Inactive members
	State	Local		Members	Percent of total	Members	Percent of total
Alabama	7	17	262,612	236,550	90.08%	26,061	9.92%
Alaska	4	2	36,706	25,704	70.03%	11,002	29.97%
Arizona	4	95	487,795	257,183	52.72%	230,612	47.28%
Arkansas	7	176	172,888	138,606	80.17%	34,282	19.83%
California	10	77	2,519,484	1,813,942	72.00%	705,542	28.00%
Colorado	10	65	478,955	240,329	50.18%	238,627	49.82%
Connecticut	6	206	176,674	154,380	87.38%	22,294	12.62%
Delaware	8	17	50,958	46,494	91.24%	4,464	8.76%
Florida	1	476	736,993	605,108	82.10%	131,885	17.90%
Georgia	11	45	630,350	403,940	64.08%	226,409	35.92%
Hawaii	1	N/A	75,118	67,377	89.69%	7,741	10.31%
Idaho	3	3	100,437	68,572	68.27%	31,865	31.73%
Illinois	6	654	972,667	597,507	61.43%	375,160	38.57%
Indiana	9	239	321,915	219,157	68.08%	102,757	31.92%
Iowa	4	8	240,589	173,269	72.02%	67,320	27.98%
Kansas	4	11	206,896	155,588	75.20%	51,308	24.80%
Kentucky	6	26	391,735	209,401	53.45%	182,334	46.55%
Louisiana	14	17	310,419	199,702	64.33%	110,717	35.67%
Maine	1	N/A	61,361	51,221	83.47%	10,140	16.53%
Maryland	7	72	310,489	251,758	81.08%	58,731	18.92%
Massachusetts	14	92	398,124	316,427	79.48%	81,698	20.52%
Michigan	6	142	325,344	290,101	89.17%	35,242	10.83%
Minnesota	12	584	587,975	315,565	53.67%	272,410	46.33%
Mississippi	4	N/A	297,545	154,767	52.01%	142,778	47.99%
Missouri	12	78	392,449	291,051	74.16%	101,399	25.84%
Montana	9	92	83,483	53,703	64.33%	29,780	35.67%
Nebraska	5	26	110,356	78,024	70.70%	32,333	29.30%
Nevada	3	0	120,999	105,317	87.04%	15,682	12.96%
New Hampshire	2	3	60,896	49,483	81.26%	11,413	18.74%
New Jersey	8	9	553,464	448,524	81.04%	104,940	18.96%
New Mexico	5	N/A	175,002	118,188	67.54%	56,814	32.46%
New York	3	6	1,400,494	1,210,864	86.46%	189,630	13.54%
North Carolina	7	63	705,930	496,487	70.33%	209,444	29.67%
North Dakota	4	14	42,570	35,254	82.81%	7,316	17.19%
Ohio	7	1	1,315,652	661,497	50.28%	654,155	49.72%
Oklahoma	7	14	190,853	158,936	83.28%	31,916	16.72%
Oregon	2	17	310,340	264,309	85.17%	46,031	14.83%
Pennsylvania	3	2258	677,508	503,644	74.34%	173,864	25.66%
Rhode Island	5	34	49,527	39,399	79.55%	10,128	20.45%
South Carolina	4	6	394,983	214,599	54.33%	180,384	45.67%
South Dakota	2	2	58,579	40,957	69.92%	17,622	30.08%
Tennessee	2	39	401,425	252,143	62.81%	149,282	37.19%
Texas	7	135	1,900,598	1,352,302	71.15%	548,296	28.85%
Utah	8	2	147,005	103,140	70.16%	43,865	29.84%
Vermont	3	7	32,882	26,896	81.80%	5,986	18.20%
Virginia	4	30	580,392	406,682	70.07%	173,710	29.93%
Washington	10	50	429,599	333,578	77.65%	96,021	22.35%
West Virginia	8	57	97,675	76,546	78.37%	21,129	21.63%
Wisconsin	1	3	443,785	273,015	61.52%	170,770	38.48%
Wyoming	9	N/A	69,608	42,524	61.09%	27,084	38.91%
United States	299	5,977	20,924,361	14,650,891	70.02%	6,273,470	29.98%
Source: United States Census Bureau

Total cash and investment holdings

Total cash and investment holdings, fiscal year 2016 (dollars in thousands)
State	Grand total	Total cash and short-term investments	Total securities	Total other investments
Alabama	$35,734,586	$1,312,352	$31,061,079	$3,361,155
Alaska	$13,691,129	$106,646	$7,781,199	$5,803,284
Arizona	$45,029,742	$1,326,378	$35,857,123	$7,846,241
Arkansas	$25,574,432	$863,842	$13,285,998	$11,424,592
California	$761,443,651	$40,171,780	$648,485,818	$72,786,053
Colorado	$51,562,223	$1,004,472	$45,394,634	$5,163,118
Connecticut	$38,896,388	$1,904,441	$32,438,889	$4,553,058
Delaware	$9,648,772	$327,202	$7,306,730	$2,014,841
Florida	$177,360,518	$2,480,897	$161,224,092	$13,655,530
Georgia	$93,547,192	$2,053,404	$90,622,306	$871,482
Hawaii	$14,160,626	$524,141	$12,669,354	$967,131
Idaho	$14,368,152	$408,606	$13,482,889	$476,657
Illinois	$155,817,713	$6,220,160	$128,350,389	$21,247,164
Indiana	$31,467,696	$1,926,267	$20,192,963	$9,348,466
Iowa	$31,403,369	$816,604	$26,606,248	$3,980,517
Kansas	$18,928,321	$383,177	$16,126,215	$2,418,929
Kentucky	$28,514,597	$755,688	$24,031,338	$3,727,571
Louisiana	$44,656,295	$2,251,637	$35,850,308	$6,554,349
Maine	$12,408,641	$87,898	$2,839,195	$9,481,548
Maryland	$68,197,392	$2,711,585	$63,532,853	$1,952,955
Massachusetts	$74,135,018	$1,352,584	$57,364,479	$15,417,954
Michigan	$83,458,541	$3,138,515	$77,215,191	$3,104,836
Minnesota	$59,363,817	$1,377,676	$54,465,133	$3,521,009
Mississippi	$25,257,079	$1,323,800	$21,480,509	$2,452,770
Missouri	$71,224,105	$4,181,085	$54,889,358	$12,153,661
Montana	$10,025,265	$297,118	$9,213,855	$514,292
Nebraska	$16,009,688	$261,541	$7,510,272	$8,237,875
Nevada	$34,931,255	$209,395	$33,137,483	$1,584,377
New Hampshire	$7,735,542	$133,252	$6,746,923	$855,367
New Jersey	$73,173,395	$5,852,372	$49,642,670	$17,678,353
New Mexico	$25,777,278	$847,045	$23,016,166	$1,914,067
New York	$452,988,711	$12,997,052	$393,243,651	$46,748,008
North Carolina	$87,703,405	$1,325,063	$64,836,696	$21,541,646
North Dakota	$5,103,732	$97,800	$3,996,956	$1,008,976
Ohio	$175,253,319	$5,379,018	$135,842,032	$34,032,269
Oklahoma	$30,058,380	$665,891	$27,591,485	$1,801,004
Oregon	$70,564,979	$2,751,690	$62,929,041	$4,884,248
Pennsylvania	$99,906,853	$9,663,340	$77,760,502	$12,483,010
Rhode Island	$8,821,192	$212,147	$7,024,954	$1,584,091
South Carolina	$29,513,757	$4,756,493	$19,461,258	$5,296,006
South Dakota	$10,999,708	$3,260,689	$5,751,891	$1,987,128
Tennessee	$53,042,292	$2,714,132	$46,313,033	$4,015,127
Texas	$239,499,001	$7,657,055	$175,428,196	$56,413,750
Utah	$27,240,224	$2,240,405	$13,662,331	$11,337,488
Vermont	$4,096,541	$60,743	$3,818,806	$216,992
Virginia	$82,711,198	$1,038,679	$69,346,689	$12,325,830
Washington	$79,748,995	$258,421	$63,906,967	$15,583,607
West Virginia	$13,625,030	$76,282	$12,108,728	$1,440,019
Wisconsin	$98,152,527	$3,151,259	$91,786,009	$3,215,259
Wyoming	$7,403,669	$518,874	$5,144,995	$1,739,800
United States	$3,739,194,940	$145,617,533	$3,100,191,413	$493,385,994
Source: United States Census Bureau

See also

• Public pensions
• Public pension health by state

External links

• Pension data - U.S. Census