Statistical Notes

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary

www.rrb.gov

No. 1 - 2013

March 2013

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2012

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 2012, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2012. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 3,800 4,700 2,500 2,400 9,500 300

Alaska 100 100 100 100 200 * 

Arizona 2,900 5,000 2,600 2,300 9,700 500

Arkansas 3,400 5,200 2,700 2,000 9,800 200

California 12,000 14,200 7,000 7,000 27,700 1,100

Colorado 3,400 4,200 2,100 1,700 7,900 300

Connecticut 2,300 1,300 600 700 2,600 200

Delaware 1,300 1,000 500 400 2,000 100

District of Columbia 300 200 100 100 400 * 

Florida 6,700 15,500 8,200 6,500 29,400 1,500

Georgia 7,800 8,600 4,600 3,600 16,600 500

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

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

Illinois 17,600 17,100 8,300 8,200 33,200 1,700

Indiana 7,900 8,000 4,100 4,000 15,800 700

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

Kansas 5,700 6,900 4,000 3,100 13,700 600

Kentucky 4,600 7,400 3,900 3,600 14,700 500

Louisiana 3,400 3,600 1,800 1,900 7,300 200

Maine 600 1,300 700 700 2,700 200

Maryland 4,300 4,500 2,000 2,300 8,600 400

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

Michigan 3,700 7,000 3,500 3,400 13,700 600

Minnesota 5,000 7,300 3,900 3,700 14,700 800

Mississippi 2,000 2,900 1,600 1,500 6,000 200

Missouri 7,700 9,700 5,100 4,400 18,800 800

Montana 2,900 3,000 1,400 1,300 5,600 200

Nebraska 12,200 6,700 3,700 2,400 12,500 500

Nevada 700 1,800 800 800 3,300 100

New Hampshire 400 400 200 200 900 100

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

New Mexico 1,800 2,200 1,100 1,100 4,300 100

New York 15,300 11,600 5,100 5,400 21,900 1,200

North Carolina 2,900 5,000 2,800 2,700 10,400 400

North Dakota 2,000 1,400 700 800 3,000 100

Ohio 8,300 12,400 6,500 7,200 25,900 1,400

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

Oregon 2,200 3,900 2,000 2,000 7,800 300

Pennsylvania 11,800 16,100 8,200 9,900 33,900 1,600

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 3,000 12,200 400

Texas 17,600 17,200 9,000 7,900 33,600 1,100

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

Vermont 300 400 200 200 800 100

Virginia 7,000 8,500 4,600 4,300 17,000 700

Washington 4,700 5,500 2,800 2,700 10,900 500

West Virginia 3,100 4,000 2,000 2,500 8,400 300

Wisconsin 3,500 4,900 2,500 2,400 9,700 500

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

Outside United States:

 Canada 600 900 500 900 2,400 * 

 Mexico . . . 100 * 100 200 * 

 All others * 300 100 200 600 * 

Total5 234,000 272,200 140,100 133,900 538,200 23,000

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2012

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2012. 2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2012 average employment based on 2011 address reports

 submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.1 percent of employees who worked in 2011

 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.