Bluegrass Times

In 2020, Kentucky had received $3.6 million in contributions to its public pension funds, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

Of that amount, $3.5 million was in state pension funds, and the remaining $59,256 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.

It's worth noting that residents in Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming are not subject to state income taxes.

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

Kentucky reported data from 31 pension systems, including six state-level pension funds and 25 local-level systems. The total number of pension system members was 573,467 (569,165 at the state level and 4,302 at the local level).

	Local	State	Local & State
Employee contributions	$11,024	$680,205	$691,229
Government contributions	$48,232	$2,853,685	$2,901,917
Total Contributions	$59,256	$3,533,890	$3,593,147

Source: US Census Bureau