OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 1999

Table 3. Total population and population aged 65 or older: Number and percent receiving OASDI benefits, by state, 1999
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number (in thousands)a Percent receiving OASDI benefits b Number (in thousands)a Percent receiving OASDI benefits b
United States 272,691 16.0 34,540 91.0
Alabama 4,370 18.5 568 93.2
Alaska 620 8.3 35 89.9
Arizona 4,778 16.2 629 89.3
Arkansas 2,551 20.3 361 95.3
California 33,145 12.4 3,648 83.0
Colorado 4,056 12.9 408 91.5
Connecticut 3,282 17.3 469 93.7
Delaware 754 17.1 98 94.7
District of Columbia 519 14.1 72 74.7
Florida 15,111 20.8 2,742 86.5
Georgia 7,788 13.8 761 92.3
Hawaii 1,185 15.0 162 84.6
Idaho 1,252 15.2 142 96.5
Illinois 12,128 15.0 1,496 90.5
Indiana 5,943 16.6 743 95.7
Iowa 2,869 18.7 428 96.8
Kansas 2,654 16.4 354 93.2
Kentucky 3,961 18.4 493 93.8
Louisiana 4,372 16.1 501 91.9
Maine 1,253 19.6 175 98.2
Maryland 5,172 13.6 597 87.1
Massachusetts 6,175 16.9 860 90.9
Michigan 9,864 16.4 1,224 94.4
Minnesota 4,776 15.2 585 94.4
Mississippi 2,769 18.3 335 92.7
Missouri 5,468 18.2 746 94.5
Montana 883 17.6 117 94.9
Nebraska 1,666 17.0 228 95.0
Nevada 1,809 15.0 207 93.7
New Hampshire 1,201 16.2 145 97.8
New Jersey 8,143 16.2 1,108 91.1
New Mexico 1,740 15.6 200 92.8
New York 18,197 16.3 2,430 88.7
North Carolina 7,651 17.3 955 94.1
North Dakota 634 18.0 92 96.1
Ohio 11,257 16.8 1,501 93.0
Oklahoma 3,358 17.5 449 93.5
Oregon 3,316 16.7 435 94.9
Pennsylvania 11,994 19.4 1,899 93.8
Rhode Island 991 19.2 154 92.4
South Carolina 3,886 17.3 473 93.2
South Dakota 733 18.4 105 97.7
Tennessee 5,484 17.7 681 95.1
Texas 20,044 12.9 2,016 90.6
Utah 2,130 11.0 186 91.2
Vermont 594 17.3 73 95.5
Virginia 6,873 14.7 775 90.9
Washington 5,756 14.3 657 92.4
West Virginia 1,807 21.6 273 93.7
Wisconsin 5,250 17.0 691 97.0
Wyoming 480 15.6 56 96.0
a. Population data for 1999 on which percentages are based furnished by Population Estimates Branch, Bureau of the Census.
b. Percentage with OASDI are based on the number of beneficiaries in December 1999.