Statistical Notes

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

www.rrb.gov

No. 1 - 2020

August 2020

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2019

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 2019, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2019. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 3,200 4,400 2,700 2,000 9,100 100

Alaska 100 100 * * 200 * 

Arizona 2,900 5,000 2,900 2,000 9,700 200

Arkansas 3,300 4,900 2,900 1,900 9,600 100

California 11,600 12,700 6,800 5,400 24,500 300

Colorado 2,800 4,500 2,600 1,400 8,400 100

Connecticut 2,500 1,400 700 500 2,600 100

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

District of Columbia 300 200 100 100 300 * 

Florida 6,200 15,500 9,000 5,600 29,000 500

Georgia 7,000 8,500 5,200 3,200 16,700 200

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

Idaho 1,400 2,200 1,300 800 4,300 100

Illinois 16,300 15,900 8,500 6,500 30,300 600

Indiana 7,200 7,300 4,100 3,200 14,500 200

Iowa 3,100 4,300 2,600 1,800 8,600 100

Kansas 5,000 6,500 4,100 2,500 12,800 300

Kentucky 3,100 6,600 3,900 3,000 13,500 200

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

Maine 500 1,100 600 500 2,200 100

Maryland 3,600 4,500 2,200 1,700 8,200 100

Massachusetts 2,900 1,900 1,000 700 3,600 100

Michigan 3,000 6,000 3,300 2,800 11,900 200

Minnesota 4,300 6,600 3,900 2,700 12,900 300

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

Missouri 7,300 9,200 5,500 3,600 18,000 300

Montana 3,100 3,000 1,700 1,000 5,700 100

Nebraska 10,500 7,900 4,800 2,200 14,500 200

Nevada 700 1,700 900 600 3,100 * 

New Hampshire 400 400 200 200 800 * 

New Jersey 7,500 4,500 2,400 1,800 8,500 200

New Mexico 1,700 2,000 1,100 900 3,900 * 

New York 15,300 10,900 5,700 4,200 20,600 400

North Carolina 2,500 4,800 2,900 2,200 9,800 100

North Dakota 1,700 1,500 900 600 3,000 * 

Ohio 6,700 10,500 5,900 5,500 21,600 500

Oklahoma 2,000 2,300 1,400 1,100 4,700 100

Oregon 2,000 3,600 2,100 1,500 7,100 100

Pennsylvania 10,600 14,500 8,300 6,800 29,200 500

Rhode Island 400 300 200 100 600 * 

South Carolina 1,700 3,500 2,100 1,400 7,000 100

South Dakota 700 900 600 300 1,700 * 

Tennessee 3,600 5,800 3,500 2,500 11,600 100

Texas 18,100 17,100 10,200 6,900 33,600 400

Utah 1,600 2,300 1,500 1,000 4,700 100

Vermont 300 300 200 100 600 * 

Virginia 5,200 7,700 4,500 3,400 15,200 300

Washington 5,100 5,100 2,800 2,200 9,900 200

West Virginia 2,000 3,500 1,900 1,800 7,100 100

Wisconsin 3,300 4,600 2,600 1,900 9,100 200

Wyoming 2,100 2,000 1,100 500 3,500 * 

Outside United States:

 Canada 600 800 500 600 1,900 * 

 Mexico . . . * * 100 200 * 

 All others * 200 100 200 500 * 

Total5 213,900 258,600 148,200 106,600 505,200 7,900

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2019

Beneficiaries1

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2019. 2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2019 average employment based on 2018 address reports

submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.3 percent of employees who worked in 2018

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.