U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2003
 
Federally Administered Payments
Table 12.
Recipients as a percentage of resident population, by state, December 2003
State Resident population a Recipients
Number Percentage of
resident population
United States 290,809,777 6,902,364 b 2.4
Alabama 4,500,752 163,760 3.6
Alaska 648,818 10,639 1.6
Arizona 5,580,811 91,655 1.6
Arkansas 2,725,714 86,542 3.2
California 35,484,453 1,162,725 3.3
Colorado 4,550,688 53,988 1.2
Connecticut 3,483,372 51,151 1.5
Delaware 817,491 12,930 1.6
District of Columbia 563,384 20,403 3.6
Florida 17,019,068 409,400 2.4
Georgia 8,684,715 199,733 2.3
Hawaii 1,257,608 21,753 1.7
Idaho 1,366,332 20,258 1.5
Illinois 12,653,544 255,445 2.0
Indiana 6,195,643 93,963 1.5
Iowa 2,944,062 41,869 1.4
Kansas 2,723,507 37,805 1.4
Kentucky 4,117,827 178,900 4.3
Louisiana 4,496,334 167,800 3.7
Maine 1,305,728 31,403 2.4
Maryland 5,508,909 90,962 1.7
Massachusetts 6,433,422 168,171 2.6
Michigan 10,079,985 216,727 2.2
Minnesota 5,059,375 68,971 1.4
Mississippi 2,881,281 126,301 4.4
Missouri 5,704,484 115,069 2.0
Montana 917,621 14,356 1.6
Nebraska 1,739,291 21,875 1.3
Nevada 2,241,154 30,815 1.4
New Hampshire 1,287,687 12,709 1.0
New Jersey 8,638,396 149,580 1.7
New Mexico 1,874,614 50,169 2.7
New York 19,190,115 624,565 3.3
North Carolina 8,407,248 194,424 2.3
North Dakota 633,837 8,092 1.3
Ohio 11,435,798 243,584 2.1
Oklahoma 3,511,532 75,202 2.1
Oregon 3,559,596 57,436 1.6
Pennsylvania 12,365,455 310,617 2.5
Rhode Island 1,076,164 29,196 2.7
South Carolina 4,147,152 105,621 2.5
South Dakota 764,309 12,577 1.6
Tennessee 5,841,748 161,246 2.8
Texas 22,118,509 454,857 2.1
Utah 2,351,467 21,357 0.9
Vermont 619,107 12,841 2.1
Virginia 7,386,330 133,607 1.8
Washington 6,131,445 108,977 1.8
West Virginia 1,810,354 75,227 4.2
Wisconsin 5,472,299 88,736 1.6
Wyoming 501,242 5,660 1.1
SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau and Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2003, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.
b. Includes 715 recipients in the Northern Mariana Islands.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.