Statistical Notes

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U.S. Railroad Retirement Board Bureau of the Actuary

www.rrb.gov

No. 1 - 2015

March 2015

 Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State

 Calendar Year 2014

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 2014, and

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

are individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2014. 
 Receiving

Active Retired Vested Dual

Employees2 Employees Spouses Survivors3 Total4 Benefits

Alabama 3,800 4,700 2,700 2,300 9,600 200

Alaska 100 100 * 100 200 * 

Arizona 3,000 4,900 2,700 2,200 9,600 400

Arkansas 3,800 5,100 2,800 2,000 9,800 200

California 12,600 14,100 7,000 6,500 27,000 800

Colorado 3,500 4,400 2,300 1,600 8,200 200

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

Delaware 1,400 1,100 600 400 2,100 100

District of Columbia 300 200 100 100 400 * 

Florida 7,100 15,600 8,500 6,200 29,300 1,100

Georgia 8,000 8,700 4,900 3,500 16,800 400

Hawaii * 100 * * 200 * 

Idaho 1,500 2,300 1,200 1,000 4,500 200

Illinois 17,900 16,800 8,400 7,700 32,400 1,300

Indiana 8,000 7,800 4,100 3,700 15,500 500

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

Kansas 5,700 6,900 4,000 2,900 13,500 500

Kentucky 4,300 7,200 4,000 3,400 14,400 300

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

Maine 700 1,300 600 700 2,500 100

Maryland 4,400 4,500 2,000 2,100 8,400 300

Massachusetts 3,300 1,900 900 900 3,700 200

Michigan 3,700 6,800 3,500 3,200 13,200 500

Minnesota 5,100 7,200 4,000 3,400 14,300 600

Mississippi 2,100 2,800 1,700 1,500 5,900 100

Missouri 7,900 9,700 5,400 4,100 18,800 600

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

Nebraska 12,400 7,000 4,000 2,300 13,000 400

Nevada 700 1,700 900 700 3,300 100

New Hampshire 400 400 200 200 800 * 

New Jersey 8,100 4,400 2,000 2,200 8,500 400

New Mexico 1,900 2,100 1,100 1,000 4,200 100

New York 16,500 11,300 5,200 5,100 21,300 900

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

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

Ohio 8,200 11,900 6,400 6,700 24,800 1,000

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

Oregon 2,200 3,800 2,100 1,800 7,600 200

Pennsylvania 12,100 15,600 8,100 8,900 32,300 1,200

Rhode Island 500 300 100 100 500 * 

South Carolina 2,100 3,400 2,000 1,500 6,900 100

South Dakota 800 800 500 300 1,600 * 

Tennessee 4,500 6,000 3,400 2,800 12,100 300

Texas 19,100 17,200 9,400 7,500 33,600 800

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

Vermont 200 300 200 200 700 * 

Virginia 6,900 8,300 4,500 4,000 16,500 600

Washington 5,000 5,400 2,900 2,500 10,600 400

West Virginia 2,800 3,800 2,000 2,300 7,900 200

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

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

Outside United States:

 Canada 600 900 500 800 2,200 * 

 Mexico . . . 100 * 100 200 * 

 All others * 300 100 200 600 * 

Total5 241,800 269,600 143,100 125,100 529,500 17,500

Beneficiaries1

Active Employees and Railroad Retirement Act Beneficiaries, by State - 2014

1 Individuals in current-payment status on December 31, 2014.

2 This is a preliminary distribution of calendar year 2014 average employment based on 2013 address reports

 submitted voluntarily by employers. Overall, addresses for 98.0 percent of employees who worked in 2013

 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.