SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2007

Federally Administered Payments
Table 13.
Foreign-born recipients, by region, country of origin, eligibility category, and age, December 2007
Region and country of origin	Total	Category		Age
Region and country of origin	Total	Aged	Blind and disabled	Under 18	18–64	65 or older
All areas	1,595,765	772,304	823,461	18,325	509,023	1,068,417
North America	192,399	27,220	165,179	11,611	116,938	63,850
U.S. territories	184,243	25,102	159,141	11,367	112,294	60,582
Puerto Rico	178,921	24,480	15,444	10,673	108,897	59,351
Other ^a	5,322	622	4,700	694	3,397	1,231
Other	8,156	2,118	6,038	244	4,644	3,268
Latin America	608,446	309,417	299,029	2,439	187,863	417,144
Mexico	272,894	137,185	135,709	782	84,407	187,705
Cuba	96,266	52,872	43,394	373	23,770	72,123
Dominican Republic	71,060	25,666	45,394	498	30,398	40,164
Other	168,226	93,694	74,532	786	49,288	118,152
Africa	25,532	10,894	14,638	673	11,122	13,737
Somalia	6,299	2,551	3,748	173	2,895	3,231
Cape Verde Islands	1,575	1,021	554	6	450	1,119
Ethiopia	3,383	1,204	2,179	34	1,709	1,640
Other	14,275	6,118	8,157	460	6,068	7,747
Asia	508,974	306,081	202,893	1,372	118,971	388,631
Vietnam	107,416	47,861	59,555	161	32,954	74,301
China	82,379	70,597	11,782	94	5,425	76,860
Laos	34,320	6,944	27,376	78	18,978	15,264
Philippines	70,584	57,330	13,254	142	8,847	61,595
Other	214,275	123,349	90,926	897	52,767	160,611
Middle East	38,879	17,821	21,058	370	10,954	27,555
Lebanon	9,491	4,570	4,921	24	2,225	7,242
Syria	7,034	3,236	3,798	13	1,555	5,466
Turkey	3,469	2,111	1,358	17	578	2,874
Other	18,885	7,904	10,981	316	6,596	11,973
Former Soviet Republics	129,594	64,972	64,622	540	24,800	104,254
Europe	84,452	32,954	51,498	1,144	35,403	47,905
Portugal	7,518	4,153	3,365	12	2,231	5,275
Italy	6,337	2,690	3,647	40	2,273	4,024
United Kingdom	8,176	2,522	5,654	109	4,287	3,780
Poland	8,145	4,761	3,384	28	1,997	6,120
Former Yugoslavia	11,284	4,034	7,250	114	4,699	6,471
Other	42,992	14,794	28,198	841	19,916	22,235
Other or unknown areas	7,489	2,945	4,544	176	2,972	4,341
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: Foreign-born means born in an area not served by the Supplemental Security Income program.
a. Includes American Samoa, Guam, and Virgin Islands.
CONTACT: Alfreda Brooks (410) 965-9849 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.