Statistical Notes

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

www.rrb.gov

No. 1 - 2019

July 2019

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2018

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 2018, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2018. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 3,400 4,500 2,700 2,000 9,200 100

Alaska 100 100 * * 200 * 

Arizona 3,000 4,900 2,900 2,000 9,600 200

Arkansas 3,400 4,900 2,900 1,900 9,600 100

California 11,800 13,000 6,900 5,600 25,000 400

Colorado 2,900 4,500 2,500 1,500 8,300 100

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

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

District of Columbia 300 200 100 100 400 * 

Florida 7,100 15,600 8,900 5,700 29,200 600

Georgia 7,400 8,600 5,100 3,300 16,700 200

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

Idaho 1,500 2,200 1,300 900 4,400 100

Illinois 16,700 16,100 8,500 6,700 30,800 700

Indiana 7,600 7,500 4,100 3,300 14,700 300

Iowa 3,200 4,400 2,600 1,800 8,700 200

Kansas 5,000 6,600 4,100 2,600 13,000 300

Kentucky 3,500 6,800 4,000 3,100 13,700 200

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

Maine 600 1,100 600 600 2,300 100

Maryland 4,000 4,600 2,200 1,700 8,300 200

Massachusetts 3,100 1,900 1,000 800 3,700 100

Michigan 3,200 6,200 3,400 2,900 12,200 300

Minnesota 4,400 6,700 3,900 2,900 13,200 300

Mississippi 2,000 2,600 1,600 1,300 5,400 100

Missouri 7,600 9,400 5,600 3,600 18,200 300

Montana 3,200 3,100 1,700 1,100 5,700 100

Nebraska 11,000 7,800 4,700 2,200 14,300 200

Nevada 700 1,700 900 600 3,200 100

New Hampshire 400 400 200 200 900 * 

New Jersey 7,800 4,500 2,300 1,800 8,500 200

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

New York 16,400 11,000 5,600 4,300 20,700 500

North Carolina 2,700 4,900 2,900 2,300 10,000 100

North Dakota 1,700 1,500 900 600 3,000 100

Ohio 7,300 10,800 6,100 5,700 22,300 500

Oklahoma 2,000 2,300 1,300 1,100 4,800 100

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

Pennsylvania 11,100 14,800 8,300 7,200 29,800 600

Rhode Island 500 300 200 100 600 * 

South Carolina 1,900 3,500 2,100 1,400 7,000 100

South Dakota 800 900 500 300 1,700 * 

Tennessee 3,800 5,800 3,500 2,500 11,700 100

Texas 18,200 17,200 10,100 7,000 33,600 400

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

Vermont 300 300 200 200 700 * 

Virginia 5,600 7,900 4,500 3,500 15,600 300

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

West Virginia 2,200 3,500 1,900 1,900 7,300 100

Wisconsin 3,300 4,700 2,700 1,900 9,200 200

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

Outside United States:

 Canada 500 800 500 600 1,900 * 

 Mexico . . . * * 100 200 * 

 All others * 200 100 200 500 * 

Total5 223,200 261,700 148,100 109,800 511,300 9,400

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2018

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2018. 2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2018 average employment based on 2017 address reports

submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.6 percent of employees who worked in 2017

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.