Statistical Notes 

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary 

www.rrb.gov 

No. 1 - 2014 

March 2014

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State 

Calendar Year 2013
 

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 2013, and 

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2013. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2013 

Beneficiaries1 

 Receiving 

Active Retired Vested Dual 

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits 

Alabama 3,900 4,700 2,600 2,300 9,600 200 

Alaska 100 100 100 * 200 * 

Arizona 2,900 4,900 2,600 2,200 9,600 400 

Arkansas 3,600 5,200 2,700 2,000 9,800 200 

California 12,100 14,100 6,900 6,800 27,300 900 

Colorado 3,400 4,300 2,200 1,700 8,000 300 

Connecticut 2,400 1,300 600 700 2,600 100 

Delaware 1,400 1,100 500 400 2,000 100 

District of Columbia 300 200 100 100 400 * 

Florida 6,800 15,500 8,300 6,300 29,200 1,300 

Georgia 7,900 8,600 4,700 3,600 16,600 400 

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

Idaho 1,400 2,300 1,200 1,000 4,400 200 

Illinois 17,600 16,900 8,300 7,900 32,700 1,500 

Indiana 7,900 7,900 4,100 3,800 15,600 600 

Iowa 3,700 4,400 2,400 2,100 8,800 300 

Kansas 5,600 7,000 4,000 3,000 13,600 500 

Kentucky 4,400 7,300 3,900 3,500 14,600 400 

Louisiana 3,600 3,600 1,900 1,800 7,300 200 

Maine 600 1,300 600 700 2,600 200 

Maryland 4,300 4,500 2,000 2,200 8,500 400 

Massachusetts 3,100 1,900 900 1,000 3,700 200 

Michigan 3,600 6,900 3,500 3,300 13,500 600 

Minnesota 5,000 7,300 3,900 3,500 14,600 700 

Mississippi 1,900 2,800 1,700 1,500 6,000 200 

Missouri 7,800 9,700 5,300 4,200 18,800 700 

Montana 3,100 3,000 1,500 1,200 5,600 200 

Nebraska 12,100 6,900 3,800 2,300 12,700 400 

Nevada 700 1,800 900 700 3,300 100 

New Hampshire 400 400 200 200 900 * 

New Jersey 7,700 4,300 2,100 2,300 8,500 400 

New Mexico 1,800 2,100 1,100 1,100 4,300 100 

New York 15,700 11,100 5,200 5,300 21,400 1,000 

North Carolina 2,900 5,000 2,800 2,600 10,300 300 

North Dakota 2,000 1,400 700 800 2,900 100 

Ohio 8,300 12,200 6,400 7,000 25,400 1,200 

Oklahoma 2,100 2,500 1,300 1,200 5,000 100 

Oregon 2,100 3,900 2,100 1,900 7,700 300 

Pennsylvania 11,800 15,900 8,100 9,400 33,000 1,400 

Rhode Island 400 300 100 100 500 * 

South Carolina 2,100 3,400 1,800 1,600 6,800 200 

South Dakota 900 800 400 300 1,500 * 

Tennessee 4,600 6,000 3,300 2,900 12,100 300 

Texas 18,300 17,200 9,200 7,700 33,500 1,000 

Utah 1,800 2,500 1,400 1,200 5,000 300 

Vermont 200 400 200 200 800 * 

Virginia 7,000 8,400 4,600 4,200 16,700 600 

Washington 4,800 5,400 2,800 2,600 10,700 400 

West Virginia 3,000 3,900 2,000 2,400 8,200 200 

Wisconsin 3,500 4,900 2,500 2,300 9,600 500 

Wyoming 2,600 1,700 800 600 3,100 100 

Outside United States:

 Canada 600 900 500 900 2,200 *

 Mexico . . . 100 * 100 200 *

 All others * 300 100 200 600 * 

Total5	 235,900 270,400 141,300 129,300 532,900 20,100 

1	 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2013. 2	 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2013 average employment based on 2012 address reports 

submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 98.9 percent of employees who worked in 2012 

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.