OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2021

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 2021 (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 99,804,910 78,413,357 1,818,884 537,620 5,833,092 1,933,356 10,699,469 36,277 532,857 41,978,764 41,101,975
Alabama 1,706,991 1,233,110 24,353 10,112 107,802 41,562 274,356 882 14,815 650,426 660,553
Alaska 162,824 130,347 2,554 1,468 8,082 4,648 14,865 58 800 76,305 58,415
Arizona 2,298,348 1,874,684 40,148 11,840 122,131 39,357 199,893 660 9,635 1,001,741 958,363
Arkansas 1,005,891 732,407 11,869 5,659 59,673 23,890 163,091 465 8,837 384,533 388,656
California 9,340,498 7,534,273 220,367 61,232 531,531 163,249 789,080 3,544 37,220 4,088,703 3,939,249
Colorado 1,467,937 1,200,924 31,018 6,458 77,670 25,594 120,299 358 5,615 669,693 600,472
Connecticut 1,193,327 975,916 19,477 6,243 59,686 20,352 106,124 232 5,298 514,608 516,327
Delaware 387,905 317,406 5,378 1,437 19,132 5,937 36,974 77 1,564 162,756 166,730
District of Columbia 124,676 99,154 1,821 626 5,121 2,822 14,630 7 495 47,457 56,966
Florida 7,577,221 6,132,177 124,926 36,868 407,320 115,975 723,687 2,329 33,938 3,243,823 3,176,092
Georgia 2,869,160 2,206,254 40,096 16,171 162,436 66,608 357,730 1,012 18,852 1,135,264 1,169,111
Hawaii 449,099 382,062 7,130 2,949 21,485 6,464 27,462 119 1,429 195,973 200,721
Idaho 574,812 461,090 10,318 3,184 30,889 10,512 55,721 194 2,905 257,527 225,130
Illinois 3,564,381 2,828,644 64,966 19,088 218,249 71,107 344,708 1,046 16,573 1,521,492 1,485,592
Indiana 2,189,729 1,694,505 32,827 10,686 134,556 47,287 256,728 755 12,385 898,953 892,688
Iowa 1,039,410 840,728 15,282 4,968 59,257 18,641 96,043 212 4,279 451,117 433,758
Kansas 910,400 728,195 15,012 4,904 51,727 17,866 88,105 223 4,367 390,051 379,271
Kentucky 1,438,656 1,019,674 23,378 7,763 100,424 36,055 237,753 1,212 12,397 562,512 533,755
Louisiana 1,287,133 899,530 31,570 7,806 112,550 38,481 186,295 1,035 9,865 532,004 470,613
Maine 521,038 405,736 8,240 2,555 26,926 8,937 64,954 168 3,522 223,150 204,979
Maryland 1,710,224 1,379,246 28,132 8,652 86,663 34,754 164,599 306 7,871 699,897 751,298
Massachusetts 2,061,173 1,625,073 35,957 10,978 100,586 36,816 237,740 456 13,567 875,246 862,039
Michigan 3,611,694 2,795,609 60,135 19,714 216,795 71,078 425,893 1,448 21,023 1,490,545 1,453,463
Minnesota 1,756,202 1,444,723 28,719 8,303 84,308 28,339 154,010 286 7,513 769,948 737,790
Mississippi 951,295 688,320 11,522 6,429 60,194 27,740 148,431 528 8,131 356,888 367,380
Missouri 1,990,464 1,525,269 27,683 9,499 115,903 42,888 256,673 685 11,863 813,380 794,171
Montana 368,099 299,295 5,844 1,910 20,809 6,642 32,029 109 1,462 166,567 146,121
Nebraska 559,398 453,226 8,819 2,804 31,534 10,846 49,596 91 2,482 241,955 239,833
Nevada 872,772 706,383 12,394 4,446 44,987 15,326 85,317 229 3,689 385,294 346,825
New Hampshire 534,012 426,404 7,902 2,212 24,016 8,222 61,221 109 3,925 231,275 215,683
New Jersey 2,823,697 2,283,490 49,833 15,716 149,045 49,119 261,374 763 14,357 1,170,479 1,249,354
New Mexico 655,876 510,837 12,095 3,186 36,991 14,266 74,714 265 3,524 274,713 263,483
New York 5,804,433 4,583,696 107,769 35,681 311,105 100,830 629,596 2,127 33,628 2,338,890 2,509,058
North Carolina 3,388,657 2,674,043 42,044 15,724 169,716 64,007 402,585 1,005 19,534 1,357,481 1,414,835
North Dakota 211,034 170,049 3,441 923 13,704 4,541 17,512 30 834 95,275 85,342
Ohio 3,596,930 2,740,915 68,399 15,788 254,540 77,727 420,145 1,431 17,987 1,530,225 1,431,427
Oklahoma 1,204,224 908,245 18,683 6,416 79,505 28,581 154,787 507 7,499 485,138 483,125
Oregon 1,420,319 1,156,068 25,397 7,346 75,460 20,604 129,437 413 5,595 623,273 595,551
Pennsylvania 4,573,216 3,591,417 77,186 20,565 273,443 82,316 502,991 1,463 23,834 1,902,839 1,918,325
Rhode Island 362,689 286,073 4,372 2,031 16,910 5,920 44,889 80 2,414 148,921 152,298
South Carolina 1,886,729 1,482,113 24,432 8,961 98,501 36,786 224,209 604 11,123 769,746 767,723
South Dakota 283,326 234,267 4,062 1,173 15,152 5,117 22,428 41 1,085 129,953 114,490
Tennessee 2,257,993 1,717,632 33,601 11,586 134,779 50,289 294,881 901 14,323 901,750 907,947
Texas 6,664,498 5,124,554 157,698 37,422 459,174 155,806 688,831 2,943 38,069 2,876,752 2,640,440
Utah 693,526 549,683 19,637 4,396 39,273 17,744 59,158 227 3,408 315,637 272,563
Vermont 245,387 197,566 3,813 1,334 11,536 3,832 25,866 44 1,395 105,982 101,378
Virginia 2,538,995 2,018,548 43,633 12,718 138,879 46,397 264,542 846 13,433 1,056,364 1,071,125
Washington 2,303,623 1,872,199 46,795 12,036 119,523 35,306 207,576 644 9,544 1,014,769 963,512
West Virginia 692,161 487,226 16,140 4,220 57,267 16,707 104,351 839 5,411 280,091 259,503
Wisconsin 2,046,456 1,662,791 27,305 9,496 103,858 34,637 198,299 416 9,654 883,254 833,172
Wyoming 192,021 154,964 3,194 864 10,771 3,832 17,588 61 746 88,457 73,109
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 5,062 2,696 82 100 508 369 1,190 9 108 1,550 1,436
Guam 20,019 14,630 557 286 1,620 907 1,855 19 144 8,373 7,062
Northern Mariana Islands 2,735 1,845 60 82 251 200 272 4 21 1,085 831
Puerto Rico 828,016 536,369 29,542 5,381 67,879 16,507 163,328 1,576 7,435 302,388 307,116
U.S. Virgin Islands 29,211 24,420 558 278 1,501 555 1,780 9 110 12,334 12,703
Foreign countries 548,444 385,987 40,705 6,942 89,663 12,445 11,213 171 1,318 263,559 232,660
Unknown 861 666 16 5 93 15 62 0 4 405 361
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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