Statistical Notes

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary

www.rrb.gov

No. 2 - 2010

July 2010

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2009

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 2009, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2009. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

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

Alaska 100 100 * 100 200 * 

Arizona 2,800 5,000 2,600 2,500 9,900 700

Arkansas 3,300 5,200 2,500 2,200 9,800 400

California 12,500 14,600 6,900 8,000 29,000 1,700

Colorado 3,200 3,900 1,900 1,900 7,600 400

Connecticut 2,000 1,400 600 800 2,700 200

Delaware 1,100 900 400 500 1,900 100

District of Columbia 300 200 100 200 500 * 

Florida 6,400 15,600 8,100 7,100 30,100 2,200

Georgia 7,200 8,300 4,200 3,900 16,100 700

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

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

Illinois 15,700 17,300 8,300 9,100 34,200 2,500

Indiana 7,100 8,000 4,000 4,300 16,100 1,000

Iowa 3,700 4,300 2,300 2,400 8,900 600

Kansas 5,500 6,900 3,900 3,300 13,800 800

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

Louisiana 3,300 3,700 1,800 2,100 7,500 300

Maine 600 1,400 700 800 2,800 200

Maryland 4,000 4,600 2,000 2,600 9,100 700

Massachusetts 2,800 2,000 900 1,300 4,200 400

Michigan 3,500 7,100 3,500 3,700 14,200 900

Minnesota 4,300 7,500 4,000 4,100 15,400 1,100

Mississippi 1,800 3,000 1,700 1,600 6,300 300

Missouri 7,200 9,500 4,800 4,900 19,000 1,100

Montana 2,600 3,000 1,400 1,400 5,700 300

Nebraska 11,600 6,000 3,300 2,500 11,600 700

Nevada 700 1,700 800 800 3,300 200

New Hampshire 300 400 200 300 900 100

New Jersey 6,600 4,400 2,100 2,800 9,200 700

New Mexico 1,700 2,200 1,100 1,300 4,500 200

New York 14,800 11,800 5,000 6,300 22,900 1,800

North Carolina 2,600 5,100 2,600 2,900 10,500 500

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

Ohio 7,700 13,000 6,600 8,100 27,500 2,000

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

Oregon 2,300 4,000 2,100 2,200 8,100 500

Pennsylvania 10,800 16,700 8,400 11,500 36,200 2,400

Rhode Island 400 300 100 200 500 100

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

South Dakota 900 700 300 300 1,400 100

Tennessee 4,200 6,000 3,100 3,300 12,300 600

Texas 16,900 16,900 8,500 8,700 33,600 1,600

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

Vermont 200 400 200 300 800 100

Virginia 6,300 8,700 4,500 4,900 17,700 1,100

Washington 4,400 5,700 2,800 3,000 11,400 700

West Virginia 3,000 4,200 2,100 2,800 9,000 400

Wisconsin 3,200 4,900 2,500 2,700 10,100 800

Wyoming 2,800 1,600 800 700 3,000 200

Outside United States:

 Canada 700 1,000 600 1,000 2,600 * 

 Mexico * 100 * 200 300 * 

 All others * 300 100 300 700 * 

Total5 220,100 274,400 137,100 148,500 552,600 33,800

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2009

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2009. 2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2009 average employment based on 2008 address reports

submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.1 percent of employees who worked in 2008

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.