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As of June 2019, Rhode Island had $870,755 in total cash and investment holdings in its public pension funds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

Of that amount, $611,862 was in state pension funds, and the remaining $258,893 was in local government pension funds.

The survey includes public pensions sponsored by local and state government entities with employees who are compensated with public funds. The local governments include counties, townships, school districts, and special districts.

The data gathered includes revenues, expenditures, financial assets, membership and liabilities information.

Residents in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming do not pay state income taxes.

The Census Bureau cautions not all respondents answer all survey questions. Thus, some fields were left blank.

Rhode Island reported data from 41 pension systems, including eight state-level pension funds and 33 local-level systems. The total number of pension system members was 96,425 (81,831 at the state level and 14,594 at the local level).