Statistical Notes

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary

www.rrb.gov

No. 1 - 2009

May 2009

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

Calendar Year 2008

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 2008, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2008. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 4,000 4,800 2,400 2,600 9,700 500

Alaska 100 100 * 100 200 * 

Arizona 3,100 5,000 2,600 2,600 10,000 700

Arkansas 3,600 5,100 2,400 2,200 9,700 400

California 13,500 14,700 6,900 8,300 29,400 1,900

Colorado 3,400 3,900 1,900 2,000 7,700 500

Connecticut 2,000 1,400 600 800 2,800 300

Delaware 1,200 900 400 500 1,900 100

District of Columbia 300 300 100 200 500 * 

Florida 7,000 15,700 8,100 7,300 30,300 2,400

Georgia 7,600 8,200 4,000 4,000 16,000 800

Hawaii * 100 100 100 200 * 

Idaho 1,500 2,300 1,100 1,200 4,500 300

Illinois 16,600 17,400 8,300 9,300 34,600 2,700

Indiana 7,500 8,000 4,000 4,500 16,200 1,200

Iowa 4,000 4,300 2,300 2,500 9,000 700

Kansas 5,800 6,800 3,800 3,400 13,800 900

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

Louisiana 3,500 3,600 1,700 2,100 7,400 400

Maine 600 1,400 700 900 2,900 300

Maryland 4,200 4,600 2,100 2,800 9,300 700

Massachusetts 2,900 2,100 900 1,300 4,300 400

Michigan 3,800 7,100 3,500 3,900 14,300 1,100

Minnesota 4,500 7,600 4,000 4,200 15,700 1,200

Mississippi 1,900 3,000 1,600 1,700 6,300 300

Missouri 7,400 9,500 4,800 5,000 19,000 1,300

Montana 2,800 3,000 1,400 1,500 5,800 400

Nebraska 12,400 5,900 3,100 2,600 11,400 700

Nevada 800 1,800 800 800 3,300 200

New Hampshire 400 400 200 300 900 100

New Jersey 7,000 4,500 2,100 2,900 9,400 800

New Mexico 1,800 2,300 1,100 1,300 4,600 200

New York 15,300 11,900 5,000 6,500 23,300 2,000

North Carolina 2,800 5,100 2,600 3,000 10,600 600

North Dakota 1,800 1,500 800 900 3,100 200

Ohio 8,200 13,200 6,800 8,500 28,200 2,300

Oklahoma 2,000 2,600 1,300 1,400 5,200 200

Oregon 2,500 4,100 2,000 2,300 8,200 600

Pennsylvania 11,500 17,000 8,600 12,100 37,200 2,800

Rhode Island 400 300 100 200 500 100

South Carolina 2,100 3,400 1,700 1,800 6,700 300

South Dakota 900 700 300 400 1,400 100

Tennessee 4,400 5,900 3,100 3,400 12,300 600

Texas 18,200 16,800 8,400 8,900 33,600 1,800

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

Vermont 200 400 200 300 900 100

Virginia 6,400 8,700 4,600 5,000 17,900 1,200

Washington 4,800 5,800 2,800 3,000 11,500 800

West Virginia 3,000 4,200 2,100 2,900 9,100 500

Wisconsin 3,400 5,000 2,500 2,800 10,200 900

Wyoming 3,000 1,600 700 700 2,900 200

Outside United States:

 Canada 700 1,000 600 1,100 2,700 * 

 Mexico * 100 100 200 300 * 

 All others * 300 100 300 700 * 

Total5 233,800 275,100 136,600 153,500 558,000 38,100

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2008

1

 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2008.

2

 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2008 average employment based on 2007 address reports

 submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.4 percent of employees who worked in 2007

 were included.

3

 Includes 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.