OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2016

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2016
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a (thousands) Percentage receiving benefits Number a (thousands) Percentage receiving benefits
United States 323,128 18.8 49,244 90.4
Alabama 4,863 23.0 785 92.1
Alaska 742 12.9 77 87.3
Arizona 6,931 18.4 1,171 82.5
Arkansas 2,988 22.9 487 92.0
California 39,250 14.7 5,347 82.3
Colorado 5,541 15.0 744 85.2
Connecticut 3,576 18.6 577 89.6
Delaware 952 21.2 167 90.5
District of Columbia 681 11.9 79 74.0
Florida 20,612 21.5 4,095 82.2
Georgia 10,310 17.0 1,355 89.2
Hawaii 1,429 18.3 244 86.1
Idaho 1,683 19.3 255 93.6
Illinois 12,802 17.2 1,871 87.8
Indiana 6,633 19.9 992 94.0
Iowa 3,135 20.1 514 93.6
Kansas 2,907 18.4 437 90.8
Kentucky 4,437 21.9 691 90.7
Louisiana 4,682 18.8 674 86.9
Maine 1,331 25.1 258 92.0
Maryland 6,016 16.1 876 83.2
Massachusetts 6,812 18.3 1,074 85.4
Michigan 9,928 21.8 1,612 94.0
Minnesota 5,520 18.0 832 91.4
Mississippi 2,989 21.9 451 92.8
Missouri 6,093 20.8 978 90.8
Montana 1,043 21.4 185 90.6
Nebraska 1,907 17.6 287 90.0
Nevada 2,940 17.2 441 85.8
New Hampshire 1,335 22.0 227 93.6
New Jersey 8,944 17.9 1,373 89.2
New Mexico 2,081 20.0 342 86.4
New York 19,745 18.0 3,033 86.9
North Carolina 10,147 19.9 1,569 91.2
North Dakota 758 16.9 110 90.9
Ohio 11,614 19.9 1,887 88.4
Oklahoma 3,924 19.6 590 91.1
Oregon 4,093 20.4 689 91.8
Pennsylvania 12,784 21.7 2,224 91.8
Rhode Island 1,056 20.9 174 91.4
South Carolina 4,961 22.0 830 92.3
South Dakota 865 19.8 139 96.0
Tennessee 6,651 21.2 1,047 92.4
Texas 27,863 14.4 3,353 86.6
Utah 3,051 12.6 321 88.9
Vermont 625 23.2 113 94.3
Virginia 8,412 17.5 1,229 88.2
Washington 7,288 17.7 1,081 89.7
West Virginia 1,831 25.7 344 91.2
Wisconsin 5,779 20.6 928 94.9
Wyoming 586 18.2 88 90.9
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2016 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2016, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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