Taxpayer contributions to Indiana’s public pension funds in 2018 amounted to 89.8 percent of the total, the fourth highest ratio among the 50 states, according to newly released data by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The total contributions for the state’s public pension plans amounted to $2.3 billion. Employee contributions stood at only $230 million, while state contributions amounted to $1.2 billion and the local share was $871 million.

The Census Bureau’s survey of the public pension plans includes revenues, assets and membership data. The survey indicated there were 297 pension funds administered by state governments and 5,123 funds managed by local governments.

The information covered the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018.

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2018 State, Local Government Funding of Public Pension Plans

Rank	State	Total Pension Plan Contributions (in Thousands of Dollars)	Employee Contributions (in Thousands of Dollars)	State Government Contributions (in Thousands of Dollars)	Local Government Contributions (in Thousands of Dollars)	% of Contributions Paid by Government
1	Utah	$1,207,285	$70,746	$939,027	$197,512	94.14%
2	Nevada	$1,866,005	$147,129	$254,597	$1,464,279	92.12%
3	New York	$19,322,935	$1,606,536	$3,174,612	$14,541,787	91.69%
4	Indiana	$2,256,057	$229,990	$1,154,922	$871,145	89.81%
5	Connecticut	$4,114,024	$675,852	$2,795,722	$642,450	83.57%
6	Tennessee	$2,368,812	$426,146	$475,391	$1,467,274	82.01%
7	Illinois	$15,514,293	$2,841,740	$7,979,365	$4,693,188	81.68%
8	Alaska	$677,472	$130,677	$371,035	$175,761	80.71%
9	West Virginia	$914,696	$177,647	$497,399	$239,649	80.58%
10	Georgia	$4,877,430	$958,455	$2,759,062	$1,159,913	80.35%
11	Michigan	$5,945,118	$1,182,097	$1,008,024	$3,754,997	80.12%
12	Florida	$5,894,750	$1,227,518	$836,180	$3,831,052	79.18%
13	Arkansas	$1,139,444	$239,329	$774,343	$125,773	79.00%
14	Delaware	$378,932	$81,516	$234,104	$63,311	78.49%
15	Pennsylvania	$9,069,260	$1,970,619	$2,100,849	$4,997,792	78.27%
16	Kentucky	3,046,283	$681,949	$1,719,374	$644,960	77.61%
17	Hawaii	$1,103,727	$252,686	$639,128	$211,912	77.11%
18	California	$51,151,766	$11,853,557	$17,325,429	$21,972,779	76.83%
19	Rhode Island	$936,422	$222,096	$430,352	$283,974	76.28%
20	Louisiana	$3,708,212	$897,275	$1,106,554	$1,704,383	75.80%
21	Virginia	$4,338,574	$1,093,292	$715,841	$2,529,440	74.80%
22	Maryland	$4,031,817	$1,058,759	$2,053,181	$919,877	73.74%
23	Oregon	$2,230,099	$638,258	$415,045	$1,176,797	71.38%
24	Oklahoma	$1,750,424	$513,563	$611,460	$625,401	70.66%
25	Washington	$3,964,193	$1,193,675	$2,537,212	$233,306	69.89%
26	Kansas	$1,355,071	$432,195	$590,618	$332,258	68.11%
27	New Jersey	$6,534,947	$2,098,015	$4,421,771	$15,160	67.90%
28	Maine	$588,648	$189,721	$341,852	$57,074	67.77%
29	Missouri	$3,372,105	$1,120,645	$743,742	$1,507,719	66.77%
30	New Hampshire	$663,678	$221,280	$7,192	$435,205	66.66%
31	Vermont	$309,133	$104,373	$175,601	$29,158	66.24%
32	Mississippi	$1,625,444	$573,310	$409,466	$642,668	64.73%
33	Colorado	$2,791,640	$992,590	$755,093	$1,043,956	64.44%
34	Alabama	$2,111,114	$773,298	$221,293	$1,116,524	63.37%
35	North Dakota	$360,776	$135,961	$86,488	$138,326	62.31%
36	Arizona	$3,498,540	$1,330,631	$942,538	$1,225,371	61.97%
37	South Carolina	$2,501,085	$953,237	$729,078	$818,771	61.89%
38	Idaho	$638,002	$246,105	$107,182	$284,714	61.43%
39	North Carolina	$3,528,005	$1,363,672	$1,636,856	$527,477	61.35%
40	Iowa	$1,339,568	$521,374	$137,925	$680,270	61.08%
41	Texas	$13,753,246	$5,463,091	$2,736,944	$5,553,210	60.28%
42	Nebraska	$842,345	$338,840	$94,972	$408,533	59.77%
43	Massachusetts	$5,720,828	$2,420,749	$1,660,520	$1,639,559	57.69%
44	New Mexico	$1,303,479	$566,202	$323,750	$413,527	56.56%
45	Minnesota	$2,616,763	$1,171,633	$318,076	$1,127,055	55.23%
46	Ohio	$7,773,216	$3,481,546	$2,220,463	$2,071,207	55.21%
47	Wyoming	$373,636	$170,404	$164,966	$38,265	54.39%
48	Wisconsin	$2,182,595	$1,014,894	$324,777	$842,923	53.50%
49	South Dakota	$273,899	$128,477	$49,302	$96,120	53.09%
50	Montana	$614,775	$295,298	$199,440	$120,037	51.97%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau