Statistical Notes

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary and Research

www.rrb.gov

No. 1 - 2018

July 2018

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2017

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 2017, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2017. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 3,500 4,600 2,700 2,100 9,400 100

Alaska 100 100 * * 200 * 

Arizona 2,900 4,900 2,900 2,100 9,600 200

Arkansas 3,400 5,000 2,900 2,000 9,700 100

California 11,600 13,300 7,000 5,800 25,600 500

Colorado 3,000 4,400 2,400 1,500 8,300 100

Connecticut 2,500 1,400 600 500 2,500 100

Delaware 1,400 1,300 700 400 2,300 * 

District of Columbia 300 200 * 100 400 * 

Florida 6,800 15,700 8,900 5,800 29,300 700

Georgia 7,600 8,600 5,100 3,300 16,700 200

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

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

Illinois 16,700 16,400 8,600 6,900 31,300 900

Indiana 7,600 7,500 4,100 3,400 14,900 300

Iowa 3,200 4,400 2,600 1,900 8,800 200

Kansas 5,100 6,800 4,100 2,600 13,200 300

Kentucky 3,700 6,900 4,000 3,200 13,900 200

Louisiana 3,400 3,500 2,000 1,600 7,100 100

Maine 500 1,200 600 600 2,300 100

Maryland 4,000 4,500 2,100 1,800 8,300 200

Massachusetts 3,200 1,900 1,000 800 3,600 100

Michigan 3,300 6,300 3,400 2,900 12,400 300

Minnesota 4,500 6,900 3,900 3,000 13,600 400

Mississippi 2,000 2,600 1,600 1,300 5,500 100

Missouri 7,600 9,400 5,500 3,800 18,400 400

Montana 3,100 3,000 1,600 1,100 5,600 100

Nebraska 11,200 7,700 4,500 2,200 14,100 300

Nevada 600 1,700 900 700 3,200 100

New Hampshire 400 400 200 200 900 * 

New Jersey 7,600 4,500 2,200 1,900 8,400 200

New Mexico 1,700 2,000 1,200 900 4,100 100

New York 16,000 11,000 5,600 4,500 20,900 600

North Carolina 2,700 4,900 2,900 2,300 10,000 200

North Dakota 1,900 1,500 800 700 2,900 100

Ohio 7,600 11,100 6,200 5,900 23,000 600

Oklahoma 2,000 2,400 1,400 1,100 4,800 100

Oregon 2,100 3,700 2,100 1,600 7,300 200

Pennsylvania 11,200 15,000 8,300 7,500 30,500 700

Rhode Island 500 300 200 100 600 * 

South Carolina 2,000 3,500 2,100 1,400 6,900 100

South Dakota 800 900 500 300 1,700 * 

Tennessee 4,000 5,900 3,500 2,600 11,900 200

Texas 17,800 17,200 9,900 7,100 33,600 500

Utah 1,600 2,300 1,400 1,000 4,800 200

Vermont 200 300 200 200 700 * 

Virginia 5,800 8,000 4,500 3,700 15,900 400

Washington 5,100 5,200 2,900 2,300 10,200 200

West Virginia 2,400 3,600 1,900 2,000 7,500 100

Wisconsin 3,200 4,800 2,600 2,000 9,300 300

Wyoming 2,200 1,900 1,000 500 3,400 100

Outside United States:

 Canada 500 800 500 700 2,000 * 

 Mexico . . . * * 100 200 * 

 All others * 200 100 200 500 * 

Total5 223,100 264,300 147,400 113,400 516,800 11,100

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2017

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2017. 2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2017 average employment based on 2016 address reports

submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.6 percent of employees who worked in 2016

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.