Statistical Notes 

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary 

www.rrb.gov 

No. 1 - 2001 

June 2001 

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State 

Calendar Year 2000 

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 2000, and 

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2000. 
Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2000 

Beneficiaries1 

Receiving 

Alabama 

Alaska 

Arizona 

Arkansas 

California 

Colorado 

Connecticut 

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida 

Georgia 

Hawaii 

Idaho 

Illinois 

Indiana 

Iowa 

Kansas

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Maine 

Maryland 

Massachusetts 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Mississippi 

Missouri 

Montana 

Nebraska 

Nevada 

New Hampshire 

New Jersey 

New Mexico 

New York 

North Carolina 

North Dakota 

Ohio 

Oklahoma 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania 

Rhode Island 

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee 

Texas 

Utah 

Vermont 

Virginia 

Washington 

West Virginia 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming

Outside United States:

Canada 

Mexico 

All others 

Total4 

Active Retired Vested Dual 

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors Total3 Benefits 

3,700 4,700 2,400 3,700 10,700 1,200 

100 100 * 100 200 * 

2,700 5,700 3,200 3,400 12,100 1,700 

4,100 4,700 2,200 2,900 9,800 1,100 

14,000 18,500 8,900 12,400 39,200 5,600 

3,600 4,000 2,000 2,800 8,800 1,200 

1,900 1,600 800 1,200 3,500 700 

1,200 900 500 700 2,000 300 

400 400 100 300 900 200 

8,400 17,700 9,600 10,100 36,700 6,000 

7,300 7,700 3,900 5,200 16,500 2,100 

* 200 100 100 400 100 

1,700 2,400 1,300 1,400 5,100 700 

18,500 20,100 9,900 13,100 42,500 6,600 

7,300 8,500 4,400 5,800 18,500 2,600 

4,100 4,600 2,700 3,200 10,500 1,500 

6,900 7,100 4,100 4,500 15,400 2,100 

5,000 7,500 3,800 5,100 16,200 1,700 

3,500 4,100 2,000 3,100 9,100 1,100 

800 1,700 900 1,100 3,700 600 

4,600 5,600 2,900 3,800 12,100 1,800 

3,000 2,800 1,400 2,100 6,200 1,200 

5,600 8,000 4,000 4,800 16,700 2,500 

5,500 9,000 5,200 5,600 19,500 2,900 

1,900 3,000 1,500 2,200 6,600 700 

8,400 10,300 5,300 7,000 22,300 3,100 

3,000 3,200 1,700 1,900 6,700 900 

11,100 5,300 3,000 3,200 11,400 1,500 

800 2,000 900 1,000 3,800 500 

400 500 300 400 1,100 200 

6,900 5,600 2,800 4,200 12,400 2,200 

1,900 2,600 1,400 1,600 5,600 600 

15,000 13,800 6,500 9,900 29,900 5,300 

2,800 5,400 2,700 3,700 11,600 1,500 

1,800 1,600 900 1,200 3,700 500 

9,200 15,900 8,500 11,600 35,700 5,100 

1,800 2,800 1,400 2,000 6,000 600 

2,700 4,600 2,400 3,000 9,900 1,500 

13,900 22,000 12,400 17,300 51,100 7,200 

400 300 200 300 800 200 

2,100 3,200 1,600 2,200 6,900 800 

800 600 400 500 1,500 200 

4,500 5,800 3,000 4,700 13,500 1,700 

16,800 17,300 8,800 11,800 37,400 4,500 

2,000 2,900 1,700 2,000 6,500 1,100 

200 600 300 400 1,300 200 

7,600 9,700 5,000 6,700 21,100 2,900 

4,800 6,100 3,200 3,700 12,800 1,900 

3,100 5,100 2,800 3,900 11,700 1,200 

4,000 5,600 3,100 3,700 12,300 2,000 

3,100 1,600 800 1,000 3,300 500 

700 1,400 900 1,300 3,700 * 

. . . 200 100 300 500 * 

* 300 100 400 900 100 

245,500 306,800 160,000 209,700 668,400 93,900 

1 Individuals in current payment status on December 31, 2000. 

2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2000 average employment based on 1999 address reports submitted 

voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 96 percent of employees who worked in 1999 were included. 3 Beneficiaries are only counted once, even though they may have received more than one type of benefit. 

4 Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 

* - Fewer than 50.