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TABLE B2

Distribution of Pension Plans by amount of assets, 1996
Amount of Assets	Total Plans			Single Employer Plans ^1/			Multiemployer Plans ^2/
Amount of Assets	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution
TOTAL	696,224	63,657	632,566	692,957	61,790	631,167	3,267	1,867	1,399
None or not reported	81,465	14,994	66,471	81,394	14,972	66,422	72	22	50
$1-24K	36,860	490	36,370	36,799	462	36,337	61	28	33
25-49K	34,683	813	33,870	34,677	810	33,867	6	3	3
50-99K	58,148	2,044	56,103	58,094	2,039	56,054	54	5	49
100-249K	121,928	6,306	115,622	121,900	6,299	115,601	28	7	21
250-499K	111,572	7,205	104,367	111,505	7,194	104,310	67	11	56
500-999K	101,736	8,446	93,290	101,610	8,408	93,202	126	38	87
1-2.4M	85,111	8,925	76,186	84,904	8,865	76,039	207	60	147
2.5-4.9M	30,319	4,117	26,203	29,898	3,976	25,921	422	140	281
5-9.9M	14,650	2,820	11,830	14,249	2,600	11,649	400	219	181
10-24.9M	9,949	2,964	6,985	9,332	2,574	6,757	618	390	228
25-49.9M	4,048	1,637	2,411	3,639	1,352	2,287	409	285	124
50-74.9M	1,534	752	782	1,332	595	737	202	157	45
75-99.9M	882	417	465	756	320	436	126	97	29
100-149.9M	917	418	499	788	317	471	129	101	28
150-199.9M	525	268	257	441	199	242	84	69	15
200-249.9M	301	164	137	259	126	133	42	38	4
250-499.9M	735	381	354	624	282	342	111	99	12
500-999.9M	427	243	184	372	193	179	55	50	5
1-2.49B	289	162	127	256	129	127	33	33	-
2.5B or more	144	91	53	129	76	53	15	15	-

^1/ Includes single employer plans, plans of controlled groups of corporations and multiple-employer noncollectively bargained plans.

^2/ Includes multiemployer plans and multiple-employer collectively bargained plans.

NOTE: Excludes plans covering only one participant. The letters K, M, and B denote thousands, millions, and billions, respectively.

SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for plan years beginning in 1996.

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