Cook County Treasurer's Office - 3/19/2019
Chicago City Wire
There are almost as many people in Cook County now receiving public pension funds as there are active local government workers, according to calculations recently released by the office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, Chicago City Wire reports.
There are currently 135,757 local government employees, compared to 126,528 retirees, according to the Treasurer’s Debt Disclosure report.
On the average, the typical Chicago household now owes upwards of $106,000 in total local government debt. In the suburbs, the $36,875.
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