OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2017

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2017
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a Percentage receiving benefits Number a Percentage receiving benefits
United States 325,719,178 19.0 50,858,679 90.1
Alabama 4,874,747 23.2 803,771 92.3
Alaska 739,795 13.3 82,580 85.9
Arizona 7,016,270 18.7 1,201,746 83.7
Arkansas 3,004,279 23.0 499,144 91.8
California 39,536,653 14.8 5,505,358 82.5
Colorado 5,607,154 15.2 772,042 85.5
Connecticut 3,588,184 18.8 602,410 87.6
Delaware 961,939 21.5 174,128 90.2
District of Columbia 693,972 11.9 83,734 71.2
Florida 20,984,400 21.6 4,214,635 82.5
Georgia 10,429,379 17.2 1,407,810 89.0
Hawaii 1,427,538 18.7 253,560 85.3
Idaho 1,716,943 19.5 264,901 94.1
Illinois 12,802,023 17.3 1,945,398 86.2
Indiana 6,666,818 20.0 1,024,890 93.4
Iowa 3,145,711 20.3 526,057 93.6
Kansas 2,913,123 18.7 449,563 90.7
Kentucky 4,454,189 22.0 711,349 90.3
Louisiana 4,684,333 19.1 697,383 86.4
Maine 1,335,907 25.4 266,214 91.6
Maryland 6,052,177 16.3 904,671 82.8
Massachusetts 6,859,819 18.4 1,108,609 84.6
Michigan 9,962,311 21.9 1,667,196 93.2
Minnesota 5,576,606 18.2 860,209 91.2
Mississippi 2,984,100 22.2 461,519 93.0
Missouri 6,113,532 21.0 1,007,033 90.2
Montana 1,050,493 21.8 190,523 91.4
Nebraska 1,920,076 17.7 295,373 89.5
Nevada 2,998,039 17.4 459,059 85.8
New Hampshire 1,342,795 22.4 236,157 92.9
New Jersey 9,005,644 17.9 1,418,603 88.1
New Mexico 2,088,070 20.5 352,601 87.2
New York 19,849,399 18.1 3,162,193 85.2
North Carolina 10,273,419 20.0 1,630,445 90.9
North Dakota 755,393 17.3 113,208 90.8
Ohio 11,658,609 20.0 1,943,136 87.8
Oklahoma 3,930,864 19.8 602,823 91.2
Oregon 4,142,776 20.6 708,817 92.4
Pennsylvania 12,805,537 21.8 2,279,687 91.4
Rhode Island 1,059,639 21.0 177,955 91.3
South Carolina 5,024,369 22.2 864,577 92.2
South Dakota 869,666 20.2 141,624 97.1
Tennessee 6,715,984 21.3 1,076,602 92.4
Texas 28,304,596 14.6 3,472,712 86.8
Utah 3,101,833 12.8 335,572 88.6
Vermont 623,657 23.7 116,869 94.0
Virginia 8,470,020 17.7 1,271,428 87.9
Washington 7,405,743 17.8 1,115,042 90.2
West Virginia 1,815,857 26.1 351,599 91.1
Wisconsin 5,795,483 20.9 954,557 95.1
Wyoming 579,315 18.9 91,607 90.6
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2017 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2017, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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