OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2019

Table 3. Amount of benefits in current-payment status, by state or other area, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2019 (in thousands of dollars)
State or area Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s and parents Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
All areas 88,523,452 67,769,892 1,910,575 500,543 5,476,827 1,726,994 10,537,097 41,079 560,445 36,495,448 35,498,634
Alabama 1,539,497 1,077,545 25,111 9,461 102,078 36,880 271,929 990 15,505 572,103 574,188
Alaska 139,300 108,749 2,579 1,311 7,335 4,110 14,362 54 799 64,275 47,994
Arizona 2,002,298 1,597,938 42,154 10,902 111,575 33,644 195,449 734 9,903 862,095 811,551
Arkansas 905,022 641,449 12,354 5,228 56,373 21,023 159,005 502 9,088 339,360 338,837
California 8,311,626 6,544,242 225,101 57,146 495,941 146,679 798,441 4,016 40,060 3,566,455 3,411,457
Colorado 1,275,705 1,011,741 33,009 5,959 72,341 22,952 123,090 409 6,203 569,085 506,230
Connecticut 1,061,420 850,445 21,407 5,878 56,670 18,520 102,647 269 5,584 450,292 451,546
Delaware 333,859 266,046 5,806 1,342 17,600 5,512 35,810 92 1,652 137,380 139,083
District of Columbia 112,085 86,455 2,019 606 4,985 2,502 14,993 9 518 41,734 49,687
Florida 6,621,951 5,250,238 127,721 33,749 374,697 100,394 698,119 2,591 34,442 2,798,291 2,708,187
Georgia 2,536,552 1,901,882 41,490 15,006 150,846 58,549 348,137 1,142 19,499 983,200 1,000,822
Hawaii 390,967 326,610 7,663 2,740 19,899 5,917 26,599 127 1,411 167,997 171,884
Idaho 490,012 382,985 10,206 2,837 28,033 9,145 53,577 225 3,004 214,790 186,056
Illinois 3,219,194 2,493,109 70,374 18,284 209,924 65,461 343,121 1,245 17,676 1,345,629 1,311,348
Indiana 1,957,955 1,478,387 35,549 10,172 127,530 42,407 249,886 897 13,125 787,589 778,840
Iowa 921,357 728,612 17,731 4,495 57,590 16,708 91,645 245 4,331 393,483 378,219
Kansas 803,278 625,931 16,861 4,352 48,901 16,008 86,449 262 4,515 337,578 327,163
Kentucky 1,292,021 884,591 24,515 7,079 94,785 31,919 234,606 1,314 13,211 492,510 463,029
Louisiana 1,159,288 783,435 32,040 7,510 106,167 34,603 183,928 1,178 10,427 467,083 411,166
Maine 455,580 342,843 8,779 2,333 25,396 8,038 64,229 199 3,765 189,771 173,694
Maryland 1,510,998 1,187,186 30,354 7,902 82,040 31,522 163,268 344 8,381 606,729 647,253
Massachusetts 1,838,077 1,404,228 39,579 10,228 96,075 33,819 238,854 553 14,742 760,874 749,854
Michigan 3,249,744 2,444,725 65,196 18,621 207,166 64,813 424,936 1,717 22,569 1,307,582 1,267,310
Minnesota 1,533,787 1,230,808 33,494 7,493 81,033 25,086 147,820 378 7,676 661,369 630,994
Mississippi 858,065 603,178 11,871 6,047 56,788 24,512 146,608 593 8,468 314,578 320,531
Missouri 1,779,307 1,327,079 30,243 8,754 110,245 37,911 251,832 791 12,453 711,712 691,079
Montana 319,611 254,137 6,187 1,741 19,229 5,747 31,005 115 1,451 142,733 123,013
Nebraska 493,000 389,814 10,381 2,576 30,145 9,685 47,753 107 2,539 210,139 207,193
Nevada 764,540 606,199 12,411 4,225 40,671 13,478 83,452 273 3,830 333,222 294,049
New Hampshire 462,494 357,676 9,031 1,996 22,111 7,274 60,158 139 4,109 195,576 181,515
New Jersey 2,539,495 2,008,212 54,785 14,730 141,206 44,998 259,429 914 15,221 1,034,539 1,098,743
New Mexico 578,475 436,768 12,730 3,003 34,374 12,426 75,176 302 3,696 237,097 224,192
New York 5,240,721 4,045,269 116,225 33,603 296,338 92,295 619,311 2,338 35,342 2,076,277 2,219,129
North Carolina 2,981,195 2,295,675 44,279 14,476 157,030 56,542 391,862 1,095 20,235 1,168,155 1,208,870
North Dakota 183,880 144,542 3,827 838 13,289 4,005 16,515 38 826 81,989 72,930
Ohio 3,231,289 2,397,424 72,452 14,900 245,697 70,625 409,644 1,557 18,991 1,346,910 1,256,681
Oklahoma 1,071,093 788,196 19,758 5,978 74,091 25,718 149,114 567 7,670 423,575 419,291
Oregon 1,257,557 998,643 27,530 6,813 71,373 18,641 128,197 513 5,849 541,923 511,792
Pennsylvania 4,101,737 3,138,087 84,606 19,390 264,896 74,812 493,030 1,644 25,272 1,670,378 1,683,285
Rhode Island 322,326 247,532 5,012 1,838 16,061 5,423 43,822 96 2,543 129,205 131,879
South Carolina 1,645,360 1,258,572 25,172 8,276 89,937 31,849 219,372 677 11,504 658,599 647,408
South Dakota 245,384 198,147 4,604 1,048 14,534 4,484 21,416 46 1,104 110,656 97,508
Tennessee 2,005,604 1,484,269 35,007 10,784 124,748 43,637 290,896 1,054 15,208 784,842 780,194
Texas 5,816,704 4,349,918 157,781 34,688 420,585 134,950 675,747 3,322 39,713 2,461,467 2,242,740
Utah 594,305 459,289 19,219 3,969 35,171 15,808 57,157 237 3,454 264,725 228,314
Vermont 213,972 167,227 4,398 1,208 11,025 3,404 25,182 60 1,469 90,337 86,037
Virginia 2,231,955 1,729,242 46,110 11,659 129,507 41,755 258,669 928 14,085 911,628 916,289
Washington 2,017,636 1,591,116 49,320 11,063 111,737 31,486 211,945 748 10,222 868,970 818,758
West Virginia 632,734 431,040 16,328 3,871 54,481 15,183 105,174 990 5,668 250,045 228,732
Wisconsin 1,803,101 1,426,593 31,014 8,924 99,200 31,099 195,543 491 10,236 761,424 717,158
Wyoming 165,086 130,287 3,310 784 9,869 3,352 16,665 68 751 74,656 61,288
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 4,751 2,419 76 99 464 371 1,203 8 111 1,399 1,236
Guam 17,471 12,308 530 303 1,496 834 1,818 18 164 7,127 5,927
Northern Mariana Islands 2,266 1,486 57 76 219 182 229 3 14 871 641
Puerto Rico 764,388 476,997 27,896 5,355 63,123 15,914 164,795 1,646 8,663 270,930 269,768
U.S. Virgin Islands 26,726 21,869 580 283 1,419 537 1,893 15 129 11,220 11,150
Foreign countries 488,564 339,664 36,730 6,604 80,665 11,833 11,505 195 1,367 230,772 204,476
Unknown 1,086 838 20 5 122 16 79 a 5 519 447
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. Less than $500.
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