Statistical Notes

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary

www.rrb.gov

No. 2 - 2011

May 2011

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2010

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 2010, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2010. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 3,600 4,800 2,500 2,500 9,700 400

Alaska 100 100 100 100 200 * 

Arizona 2,800 5,000 2,600 2,400 9,800 600

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

California 12,200 14,500 6,900 7,600 28,500 1,500

Colorado 3,200 4,000 1,900 1,800 7,700 400

Connecticut 2,200 1,300 600 800 2,700 200

Delaware 1,300 1,000 500 500 1,900 100

District of Columbia 300 200 100 100 500 * 

Florida 6,200 15,600 8,100 6,900 29,900 1,900

Georgia 7,100 8,500 4,300 3,800 16,400 600

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

Idaho 1,400 2,300 1,100 1,100 4,500 300

Illinois 16,100 17,200 8,200 8,800 33,800 2,200

Indiana 7,200 8,000 4,000 4,200 16,000 900

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

Kansas 5,500 7,000 3,900 3,300 13,800 700

Kentucky 4,400 7,500 3,800 3,700 14,900 600

Louisiana 3,200 3,700 1,800 2,000 7,400 300

Maine 600 1,400 700 800 2,800 200

Maryland 4,100 4,500 2,000 2,500 8,900 600

Massachusetts 2,800 2,000 900 1,200 4,100 300

Michigan 3,500 7,100 3,500 3,600 14,000 800

Minnesota 4,300 7,400 4,000 4,000 15,100 1,000

Mississippi 1,800 3,000 1,700 1,600 6,200 200

Missouri 7,200 9,600 4,900 4,700 19,000 1,000

Montana 2,700 3,000 1,400 1,400 5,700 300

Nebraska 11,700 6,300 3,400 2,500 11,900 600

Nevada 700 1,700 800 800 3,200 200

New Hampshire 300 400 200 300 900 100

New Jersey 6,900 4,400 2,100 2,600 8,900 600

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

New York 15,200 11,800 5,000 5,900 22,600 1,600

North Carolina 2,600 5,100 2,600 2,800 10,400 500

North Dakota 1,700 1,400 700 900 3,000 200

Ohio 7,500 12,800 6,600 7,900 27,000 1,800

Oklahoma 1,900 2,600 1,300 1,300 5,100 200

Oregon 2,200 4,000 2,100 2,100 8,100 500

Pennsylvania 11,200 16,500 8,200 11,100 35,400 2,200

Rhode Island 400 300 100 200 500 100

South Carolina 1,900 3,400 1,700 1,700 6,800 300

South Dakota 900 700 400 300 1,400 100

Tennessee 4,300 6,000 3,200 3,200 12,300 500

Texas 16,500 17,100 8,700 8,400 33,600 1,400

Utah 1,900 2,500 1,400 1,400 5,200 400

Vermont 200 400 200 200 800 100

Virginia 6,300 8,600 4,600 4,700 17,400 900

Washington 4,400 5,700 2,900 2,900 11,300 700

West Virginia 3,000 4,100 2,100 2,700 8,800 400

Wisconsin 3,200 4,900 2,500 2,600 9,900 700

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

Outside United States:

 Canada 600 1,000 600 1,000 2,500 * 

 Mexico . . . 100 * 200 300 * 

 All others * 300 100 300 700 * 

Total5 221,100 273,900 137,600 143,600 547,500 29,900

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2010

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2010. 2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2010 average employment based on 2009 address reports

submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.3 percent of employees who worked in 2009

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.