OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2008

Table 2. Number of beneficiaries in current-payment status, by state or other area, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2008
State or area Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s a Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
All areas 50,898,244 32,273,651 2,370,611 525,197 4,541,467 1,914,524 7,426,691 154,230 1,691,873 15,385,598 20,433,159
Alabama 952,511 522,664 38,707 9,867 92,620 43,375 194,031 4,214 47,033 246,197 345,683
Alaska 71,145 43,862 2,586 1,330 5,076 4,563 10,964 224 2,540 22,511 23,199
Arizona 986,539 657,423 43,963 8,894 75,909 34,377 133,638 2,412 29,923 317,361 388,522
Arkansas 602,017 340,779 22,589 5,742 53,484 24,591 122,212 2,632 29,988 162,556 216,692
California 4,678,517 3,050,367 255,647 59,254 385,537 168,675 617,803 11,924 129,310 1,503,139 1,892,921
Colorado 635,816 419,821 31,860 5,555 53,469 22,497 84,311 1,270 17,033 204,419 256,219
Connecticut 599,533 417,204 21,026 6,003 44,871 19,613 72,930 937 16,949 190,019 263,247
Delaware 161,314 107,029 5,842 1,278 12,432 5,673 23,646 290 5,124 49,345 64,540
District of Columbia 71,468 46,132 1,794 790 5,723 4,027 11,245 47 1,710 20,720 30,118
Florida 3,547,492 2,441,147 155,154 33,765 279,367 106,508 434,235 7,824 89,492 1,162,615 1,472,227
Georgia 1,347,932 824,603 47,911 14,560 118,114 65,882 222,208 4,004 50,650 369,958 514,357
Hawaii 212,890 154,183 8,092 3,195 15,568 6,334 20,739 397 4,382 70,462 91,166
Idaho 247,847 160,845 12,349 2,396 20,169 8,473 34,594 826 8,195 79,847 94,694
Illinois 1,948,578 1,270,660 85,497 21,773 179,552 77,129 251,483 4,490 57,994 596,554 817,775
Indiana 1,121,662 709,931 47,162 10,098 101,775 44,939 165,209 3,095 39,453 326,269 452,097
Iowa 563,610 378,386 27,877 4,574 54,037 17,999 65,571 1,084 14,082 178,848 246,012
Kansas 464,699 305,858 20,101 3,995 41,675 16,962 61,386 906 13,816 143,728 196,009
Kentucky 844,573 444,208 40,134 7,379 87,403 34,669 181,616 5,545 43,619 219,738 297,507
Louisiana 748,171 386,309 47,668 8,888 95,478 43,121 128,161 4,657 33,889 204,762 275,628
Maine 286,123 174,027 11,637 2,343 23,055 8,320 52,749 930 13,062 83,969 108,684
Maryland 802,066 535,477 30,961 7,563 68,309 34,392 103,169 1,108 21,087 245,582 340,395
Massachusetts 1,094,012 706,674 39,885 10,224 84,458 33,836 172,992 2,061 43,882 328,057 457,753
Michigan 1,840,547 1,151,127 87,000 19,807 166,636 71,360 273,884 5,702 65,031 538,441 722,498
Minnesota 831,763 563,356 37,401 6,719 70,175 25,610 103,993 1,275 23,234 265,964 350,586
Mississippi 567,786 307,373 19,427 7,183 52,857 31,212 116,351 2,700 30,683 142,258 201,662
Missouri 1,106,923 685,224 44,154 9,561 97,406 43,656 182,093 3,164 41,665 320,792 434,531
Montana 180,802 118,393 8,951 1,826 16,222 6,335 23,857 523 4,695 59,081 70,863
Nebraska 297,811 198,576 14,155 2,499 27,453 9,846 36,489 539 8,254 94,442 129,145
Nevada 374,289 256,073 13,649 3,661 26,243 12,866 50,982 717 10,098 127,608 139,965
New Hampshire 237,498 155,499 7,588 1,753 16,283 6,916 38,133 473 10,853 72,248 92,783
New Jersey 1,407,621 969,546 51,583 14,488 112,705 47,403 169,799 3,032 39,065 437,393 617,477
New Mexico 335,471 204,134 18,017 3,611 29,227 14,569 53,194 1,285 11,434 102,024 125,533
New York 3,143,642 2,045,688 129,234 38,313 252,839 105,343 453,325 9,541 109,359 934,128 1,309,257
North Carolina 1,631,266 1,031,806 50,082 13,926 127,252 62,573 281,498 4,511 59,618 456,090 634,818
North Dakota 117,130 75,205 7,895 944 13,838 3,908 12,540 203 2,597 38,457 51,241
Ohio 2,021,874 1,253,289 113,966 18,354 218,560 76,718 275,456 5,544 59,987 614,877 837,987
Oklahoma 669,673 405,818 29,714 5,962 64,032 28,098 109,792 2,365 23,892 194,865 259,866
Oregon 659,719 446,993 29,658 6,374 54,299 19,147 86,444 1,682 15,122 211,579 267,269
Pennsylvania 2,481,695 1,600,882 111,338 21,058 239,399 82,371 339,380 7,097 80,170 745,050 1,055,877
Rhode Island 196,161 129,706 5,350 1,725 13,719 5,849 32,155 365 7,292 56,975 82,587
South Carolina 850,368 527,696 27,215 8,117 70,094 35,624 147,288 2,520 31,814 237,070 321,340
South Dakota 146,991 98,307 7,927 1,181 14,426 5,230 16,284 245 3,391 48,671 62,675
Tennessee 1,168,699 697,706 46,763 10,755 106,469 49,482 207,678 4,404 45,442 323,663 443,111
Texas 3,192,227 1,906,635 183,622 34,467 325,841 144,365 470,493 12,601 114,203 959,627 1,231,432
Utah 299,088 193,781 16,845 3,562 22,777 14,180 37,238 763 9,942 95,824 118,056
Vermont 120,249 77,552 4,740 1,278 9,567 3,601 18,693 284 4,534 36,985 47,025
Virginia 1,207,101 765,139 49,395 11,268 104,967 45,384 185,112 3,841 41,995 355,637 484,853
Washington 1,008,804 667,631 47,666 9,570 80,505 31,109 142,746 2,256 27,321 321,399 401,923
West Virginia 429,613 219,004 25,692 3,965 50,571 16,742 89,682 3,981 19,976 114,444 153,679
Wisconsin 1,000,788 674,138 40,460 8,998 84,267 32,830 128,745 1,928 29,422 312,393 415,492
Wyoming 85,755 57,360 3,921 689 7,321 3,328 10,878 189 2,069 28,488 33,633
Outlying areas
American Samoa 5,676 1,727 210 373 582 909 1,133 59 683 982 1,067
Guam 13,350 7,140 1,030 542 1,277 1,322 1,386 59 594 3,996 4,085
Northern Mariana Islands 2,333 1,046 116 256 276 347 211 6 75 591 502
Puerto Rico 749,490 363,565 57,737 13,568 80,483 34,868 150,155 8,803 40,311 198,900 246,306
U.S. Virgin Islands 17,963 12,041 895 490 1,264 986 1,728 61 498 5,698 6,542
Foreign countries 509,563 306,906 78,773 8,888 83,554 14,482 12,984 635 3,341 202,302 232,048
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
CONTACT: Jennie Park (410) 965-9358 or oasdi.sc@ssa.gov.