Statistical Notes

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary

www.rrb.gov

No. 2 - 2016

March 2016

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2015

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 2015, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2015. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 3,800 4,700 2,700 2,200 9,500 200

Alaska 100 100 * * 200 * 

Arizona 3,200 4,900 2,800 2,100 9,600 300

Arkansas 3,900 5,100 2,800 1,900 9,800 100

California 12,800 13,800 7,000 6,200 26,500 700

Colorado 3,600 4,400 2,300 1,600 8,200 200

Connecticut 2,500 1,300 600 600 2,500 100

Delaware 1,400 1,200 600 400 2,200 * 

District of Columbia 300 200 100 100 400 * 

Florida 7,400 15,600 8,700 6,000 29,400 1,000

Georgia 8,000 8,700 5,000 3,400 16,800 300

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

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

Illinois 18,300 16,800 8,500 7,400 32,100 1,200

Indiana 8,200 7,700 4,200 3,600 15,300 500

Iowa 3,800 4,400 2,500 2,000 8,800 300

Kansas 5,900 6,900 4,100 2,800 13,400 400

Kentucky 4,300 7,100 4,000 3,300 14,300 300

Louisiana 3,800 3,500 1,900 1,800 7,200 100

Maine 600 1,200 600 600 2,400 100

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

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

Michigan 3,700 6,600 3,500 3,100 12,900 400

Minnesota 5,400 7,100 3,900 3,200 14,100 500

Mississippi 2,100 2,700 1,600 1,400 5,700 100

Missouri 8,400 9,600 5,500 4,000 18,600 500

Montana 3,400 3,000 1,500 1,200 5,600 200

Nebraska 12,700 7,300 4,200 2,300 13,400 300

Nevada 700 1,700 900 700 3,200 100

New Hampshire 400 400 200 200 800 * 

New Jersey 8,000 4,400 2,100 2,100 8,400 300

New Mexico 2,000 2,100 1,100 1,000 4,100 100

New York 16,400 11,200 5,300 4,800 21,100 800

North Carolina 2,900 5,000 2,900 2,500 10,200 200

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

Ohio 8,400 11,600 6,300 6,400 24,100 900

Oklahoma 2,300 2,500 1,300 1,200 4,900 100

Oregon 2,300 3,800 2,100 1,800 7,500 200

Pennsylvania 12,100 15,400 8,100 8,400 31,600 1,000

Rhode Island 500 300 100 100 500 * 

South Carolina 2,100 3,500 2,000 1,500 6,900 100

South Dakota 900 900 500 300 1,600 * 

Tennessee 4,600 5,900 3,500 2,700 12,000 200

Texas 19,700 17,200 9,600 7,400 33,500 700

Utah 1,900 2,400 1,400 1,100 4,900 200

Vermont 200 300 200 200 700 * 

Virginia 6,700 8,300 4,600 3,900 16,300 500

Washington 5,500 5,300 2,900 2,500 10,500 300

West Virginia 2,800 3,700 1,900 2,200 7,700 200

Wisconsin 3,800 4,900 2,600 2,200 9,500 400

Wyoming 2,700 1,800 900 600 3,200 100

Outside United States:

 Canada 600 800 500 800 2,100 * 

 Mexico * 100 * 100 200 * 

 All others * 300 100 200 600 * 

Total5 246,300 267,800 144,600 120,700 524,800 15,100

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2015

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2015. 2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2015 average employment based on 2014 address reports

 submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 99.3 percent of employees who worked in 2014

 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.