OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2021
| State | Total population | Population aged 65 or older | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number a | Percentage receiving benefits | Number a | Percentage receiving benefits | |
| United States | 331,893,745 | 19.2 | 55,847,953 | 88.7 |
| Alabama | 5,039,877 | 23.1 | 888,817 | 91.6 |
| Alaska | 732,673 | 15.0 | 97,663 | 86.8 |
| Arizona | 7,276,316 | 19.9 | 1,333,046 | 87.4 |
| Arkansas | 3,025,891 | 23.4 | 528,101 | 94.1 |
| California | 39,237,836 | 15.7 | 5,957,092 | 84.6 |
| Colorado | 5,812,069 | 15.9 | 879,653 | 86.3 |
| Connecticut | 3,605,597 | 19.4 | 649,235 | 87.4 |
| Delaware | 1,003,384 | 22.8 | 201,646 | 90.8 |
| District of Columbia | 670,050 | 12.4 | 85,838 | 74.4 |
| Florida | 21,781,128 | 22.5 | 4,598,386 | 85.4 |
| Georgia | 10,799,566 | 17.8 | 1,584,071 | 89.9 |
| Hawaii | 1,441,553 | 19.9 | 282,304 | 85.8 |
| Idaho | 1,900,923 | 19.9 | 315,456 | 94.4 |
| Illinois | 12,671,469 | 17.9 | 2,101,462 | 85.6 |
| Indiana | 6,805,985 | 20.4 | 1,114,688 | 94.1 |
| Iowa | 3,193,079 | 21.0 | 565,273 | 94.4 |
| Kansas | 2,934,582 | 19.5 | 489,638 | 91.9 |
| Kentucky | 4,509,394 | 22.4 | 770,260 | 91.5 |
| Louisiana | 4,624,047 | 20.0 | 761,810 | 86.9 |
| Maine | 1,372,247 | 26.2 | 297,165 | 92.5 |
| Maryland | 6,165,129 | 16.8 | 1,003,157 | 82.4 |
| Massachusetts | 6,984,723 | 18.5 | 1,214,693 | 83.9 |
| Michigan | 10,050,811 | 22.4 | 1,822,782 | 93.2 |
| Minnesota | 5,707,390 | 19.0 | 955,683 | 91.4 |
| Mississippi | 2,949,965 | 23.1 | 494,244 | 95.3 |
| Missouri | 6,168,187 | 21.5 | 1,083,767 | 91.4 |
| Montana | 1,104,271 | 22.5 | 216,423 | 92.0 |
| Nebraska | 1,963,692 | 18.3 | 321,890 | 90.1 |
| Nevada | 3,143,991 | 18.2 | 518,467 | 87.7 |
| New Hampshire | 1,388,992 | 23.2 | 267,521 | 93.4 |
| New Jersey | 9,267,130 | 17.8 | 1,565,917 | 85.4 |
| New Mexico | 2,115,877 | 21.5 | 391,946 | 88.7 |
| New York | 19,835,913 | 18.6 | 3,477,721 | 83.1 |
| North Carolina | 10,551,162 | 20.9 | 1,793,314 | 93.3 |
| North Dakota | 774,948 | 18.2 | 124,641 | 91.3 |
| Ohio | 11,780,017 | 20.5 | 2,098,999 | 87.8 |
| Oklahoma | 3,986,639 | 20.4 | 644,711 | 93.4 |
| Oregon | 4,246,155 | 21.4 | 788,379 | 93.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,964,056 | 22.2 | 2,464,454 | 91.1 |
| Rhode Island | 1,095,610 | 21.1 | 198,791 | 89.3 |
| South Carolina | 5,190,705 | 23.4 | 966,399 | 95.2 |
| South Dakota | 895,376 | 21.1 | 156,418 | 98.4 |
| Tennessee | 6,975,218 | 21.6 | 1,185,272 | 93.4 |
| Texas | 29,527,941 | 15.2 | 3,875,984 | 89.1 |
| Utah | 3,337,975 | 13.1 | 389,148 | 89.1 |
| Vermont | 645,570 | 24.4 | 133,258 | 92.7 |
| Virginia | 8,642,274 | 18.5 | 1,406,652 | 88.9 |
| Washington | 7,738,692 | 18.3 | 1,255,178 | 91.1 |
| West Virginia | 1,782,959 | 26.7 | 369,420 | 92.5 |
| Wisconsin | 5,895,908 | 21.9 | 1,057,243 | 95.7 |
| Wyoming | 578,803 | 20.9 | 103,877 | 92.2 |
| SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2021 estimates of resident population. | ||||
| a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2021, as reported by the Census Bureau. | ||||
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