Statistical Notes

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary

www.rrb.gov

No. 1 - 2012

May 2012

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2011

The attached table shows active employees and Railroad Retirement Act beneficiaries by State. 

Active employee counts are the average number of employees covered by the Railroad

Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts during calendar year 2011, and

are preliminary. Beneficiary counts, including beneficiaries receiving vested dual benefits,

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2011. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 3,800 4,800 2,500 2,400 9,600 300

Alaska 100 100 * 100 200 * 

Arizona 2,800 5,000 2,600 2,300 9,700 500

Arkansas 3,400 5,200 2,600 2,100 9,800 300

California 12,300 14,400 6,900 7,300 28,100 1,300

Colorado 3,200 4,100 2,000 1,800 7,800 300

Connecticut 2,300 1,300 600 700 2,700 200

Delaware 1,400 1,000 500 500 1,900 100

District of Columbia 300 200 100 100 400 * 

Florida 6,600 15,600 8,200 6,700 29,600 1,700

Georgia 7,600 8,600 4,500 3,700 16,500 500

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

Idaho 1,400 2,300 1,200 1,000 4,500 200

Illinois 16,900 17,200 8,300 8,500 33,500 1,900

Indiana 7,600 8,000 4,100 4,100 15,900 800

Iowa 3,800 4,300 2,400 2,300 8,900 500

Kansas 5,500 7,000 3,900 3,200 13,700 600

Kentucky 4,500 7,500 3,900 3,600 14,900 500

Louisiana 3,400 3,600 1,800 1,900 7,300 300

Maine 700 1,300 700 800 2,700 200

Maryland 4,400 4,500 2,000 2,400 8,700 500

Massachusetts 3,000 1,900 900 1,100 3,900 300

Michigan 3,600 7,100 3,500 3,500 13,900 700

Minnesota 4,500 7,400 3,900 3,800 14,900 900

Mississippi 1,900 2,900 1,700 1,600 6,100 200

Missouri 7,400 9,600 5,100 4,500 18,900 900

Montana 2,800 3,000 1,400 1,300 5,600 300

Nebraska 11,900 6,500 3,600 2,400 12,200 500

Nevada 700 1,700 800 800 3,200 200

New Hampshire 400 400 200 200 900 100

New Jersey 7,700 4,400 2,100 2,500 8,800 600

New Mexico 1,700 2,200 1,100 1,100 4,400 100

New York 15,600 11,700 5,000 5,600 22,200 1,400

North Carolina 2,800 5,100 2,700 2,800 10,400 400

North Dakota 1,800 1,400 800 800 3,000 200

Ohio 7,900 12,500 6,500 7,500 26,400 1,600

Oklahoma 1,900 2,500 1,300 1,300 5,100 200

Oregon 2,200 3,900 2,000 2,100 7,900 400

Pennsylvania 11,900 16,300 8,200 10,500 34,600 1,900

Rhode Island 500 300 100 200 500 * 

South Carolina 2,000 3,400 1,800 1,600 6,800 200

South Dakota 900 800 400 300 1,400 100

Tennessee 4,400 6,000 3,200 3,100 12,200 400

Texas 17,200 17,200 8,900 8,100 33,600 1,300

Utah 1,800 2,500 1,400 1,300 5,100 300

Vermont 200 400 200 200 800 100

Virginia 6,800 8,500 4,500 4,500 17,200 800

Washington 4,500 5,600 2,800 2,800 11,000 600

West Virginia 3,000 4,000 2,000 2,600 8,500 300

Wisconsin 3,300 4,900 2,500 2,500 9,800 600

Wyoming 2,800 1,700 800 600 3,000 100

Outside United States:

 Canada 600 1,000 600 900 2,400 * 

 Mexico . . . 100 * 200 300 * 

 All others * 300 100 300 600 * 

Total5 230,000 273,100 138,900 138,300 542,400 26,300

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2011

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2011. 2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2011 average employment based on 2010 address reports

 submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.3 percent of employees who worked in 2010

 were included. 3 Includes surviving spouses and surviving divorced spouses receiving a legal partition payment. 4 Beneficiaries are only counted once, even though they may have received more than one type of benefit. 5 Detail may not add to total due to rounding.

* - Fewer than 50.