Statistical Notes 

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary 

www.rrb.gov 

No. 1 - 2002 

May 2002 

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State 

Calendar Year 2001 

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 2001, and 

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2001. 
Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2001 

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 

3,600 4,600 2,300 3,500 10,400 1,100 

100 100 * 100 200 * 

2,600 5,600 3,100 3,200 11,700 1,500 

3,900 4,700 2,100 2,800 9,600 1,000 

13,800 17,800 8,500 11,800 37,500 4,900 

3,400 3,900 2,000 2,700 8,600 1,100 

1,900 1,600 700 1,100 3,400 600 

1,300 900 400 600 1,900 300 

400 400 100 300 800 100 

8,300 17,100 9,100 9,700 35,300 5,300 

7,200 7,600 3,800 5,000 16,100 1,800 

* 200 100 100 300 100 

1,500 2,300 1,200 1,400 4,900 600 

18,000 19,500 9,400 12,500 40,900 5,900 

7,300 8,300 4,300 5,600 18,100 2,400 

3,900 4,500 2,600 3,100 10,200 1,400 

6,400 6,900 4,000 4,300 15,000 1,900 

4,800 7,500 3,700 4,800 15,800 1,600 

3,600 4,000 1,900 2,900 8,800 1,000 

800 1,600 900 1,100 3,600 500 

4,800 5,400 2,700 3,700 11,600 1,600 

3,000 2,700 1,300 2,000 5,900 1,000 

5,200 7,800 3,900 4,700 16,200 2,200 

5,200 8,600 4,900 5,400 18,800 2,600 

1,900 3,000 1,500 2,100 6,500 600 

7,900 10,100 5,200 6,700 21,700 2,800 

2,700 3,200 1,600 1,900 6,600 800 

10,500 5,200 2,900 3,100 11,200 1,400 

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

400 500 300 400 1,100 200 

7,000 5,400 2,700 4,000 11,900 2,000 

1,800 2,600 1,300 1,600 5,400 500 

14,500 13,300 6,200 9,500 28,700 4,700 

2,700 5,300 2,600 3,600 11,300 1,300 

1,700 1,500 900 1,100 3,500 400 

8,800 15,400 8,100 11,100 34,300 4,600 

1,600 2,700 1,300 1,900 5,900 600 

2,500 4,500 2,400 2,800 9,600 1,400 

13,300 21,100 11,700 16,600 48,900 6,500 

400 300 200 300 700 100 

2,000 3,200 1,500 2,200 6,800 700 

700 600 300 500 1,400 200 

4,400 5,800 2,900 4,500 13,100 1,500 

16,000 16,800 8,500 11,300 36,100 4,000 

1,900 2,800 1,600 2,000 6,200 1,000 

200 500 300 400 1,200 200 

7,200 9,500 4,900 6,400 20,500 2,600 

4,500 6,000 3,100 3,600 12,500 1,700 

3,000 4,900 2,700 3,800 11,200 1,100 

3,900 5,400 3,000 3,600 11,900 1,800 

2,900 1,600 800 900 3,200 400 

900 1,400 900 1,300 3,600 * 

. . . 200 100 200 500 * 

* 300 100 400 900 100 

237,300 298,700 153,400 201,300 645,600 84,300 

1 Individuals in current payment status on December 31, 2001. 

2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2001 average employment based on 2000 address reports 

submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 97 percent of employees who worked in 2000 

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.