U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2007
 
Federally Administered Payments
Table 12.
Recipients as a percentage of resident population, by state, December 2007
State Resident population a Recipients
Number Percentage of
resident
population
United States 301,621,157 7,358,698 b 2.4
Alabama 4,627,851 165,521 3.6
Alaska 683,478 11,440 1.7
Arizona 6,338,755 100,724 1.6
Arkansas 2,834,797 95,802 3.4
California 36,553,215 1,247,231 3.4
Colorado 4,861,515 58,497 1.2
Connecticut 3,502,309 54,197 1.5
Delaware 864,764 14,401 1.7
District of Columbia 588,292 22,102 3.8
Florida 18,251,243 431,015 2.4
Georgia 9,544,750 208,016 2.2
Hawaii 1,283,388 23,262 1.8
Idaho 1,499,402 23,697 1.6
Illinois 12,852,548 261,901 2.0
Indiana 6,345,289 104,366 1.6
Iowa 2,988,046 44,659 1.5
Kansas 2,775,997 40,405 1.5
Kentucky 4,241,474 184,378 4.3
Louisiana 4,293,204 162,271 3.8
Maine 1,317,207 33,328 2.5
Maryland 5,618,344 97,858 1.7
Massachusetts 6,449,755 178,856 2.8
Michigan 10,071,822 228,068 2.3
Minnesota 5,197,621 78,401 1.5
Mississippi 2,918,785 122,745 4.2
Missouri 5,878,415 121,876 2.1
Montana 957,861 15,629 1.6
Nebraska 1,774,571 23,052 1.3
Nevada 2,565,382 35,548 1.4
New Hampshire 1,315,828 15,119 1.1
New Jersey 8,685,920 156,374 1.8
New Mexico 1,969,915 56,387 2.9
New York 19,297,729 648,908 3.4
North Carolina 9,061,032 205,604 2.3
North Dakota 639,715 8,003 1.3
Ohio 11,466,917 257,874 2.2
Oklahoma 3,617,316 85,102 2.4
Oregon 3,747,455 64,031 1.7
Pennsylvania 12,432,792 333,531 2.7
Rhode Island 1,057,832 31,101 2.9
South Carolina 4,407,709 105,519 2.4
South Dakota 796,214 12,961 1.6
Tennessee 6,156,719 163,142 2.6
Texas 23,904,380 544,605 2.3
Utah 2,645,330 24,472 0.9
Vermont 621,254 13,920 2.2
Virginia 7,712,091 140,419 1.8
Washington 6,468,424 121,577 1.9
West Virginia 1,812,035 78,931 4.4
Wisconsin 5,601,640 96,037 1.7
Wyoming 522,830 5,832 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, 2007, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.
b. Excludes 827 recipients in the Northern Mariana Islands.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
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