OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2024

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2024
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a Percentage receiving benefits Number a Percentage receiving benefits
United States 340,110,988 19.7 61,179,918 87.9
Alabama 5,157,699 23.1 955,901 91.9
Alaska 740,133 15.9 109,206 86.8
Arizona 7,582,384 20.2 1,488,452 85.1
Arkansas 3,088,354 23.5 562,842 94.4
California 39,431,263 16.6 6,521,873 84.3
Colorado 5,957,493 16.6 975,901 85.6
Connecticut 3,675,069 20.1 714,203 86.1
Delaware 1,051,917 23.6 229,028 89.6
District of Columbia 702,250 12.2 90,959 74.8
Florida 23,372,215 22.1 5,091,262 83.7
Georgia 11,180,878 18.1 1,760,341 89.1
Hawaii 1,446,146 20.9 310,324 83.8
Idaho 2,001,619 20.3 354,407 93.5
Illinois 12,710,158 18.6 2,271,298 85.0
Indiana 6,924,275 20.9 1,213,910 93.3
Iowa 3,241,488 21.6 612,379 93.4
Kansas 2,970,606 20.2 528,177 91.9
Kentucky 4,588,372 22.6 826,695 91.5
Louisiana 4,597,740 20.7 814,527 87.8
Maine 1,405,012 26.7 330,265 90.5
Maryland 6,263,220 17.4 1,102,000 81.6
Massachusetts 7,136,171 18.9 1,336,934 82.5
Michigan 10,140,459 23.1 1,985,923 92.4
Minnesota 5,793,151 19.9 1,057,147 90.2
Mississippi 2,943,045 23.8 528,787 95.9
Missouri 6,245,466 22.1 1,169,583 91.2
Montana 1,137,233 23.2 239,351 91.4
Nebraska 2,005,465 18.9 349,449 89.1
Nevada 3,267,467 18.6 575,966 86.4
New Hampshire 1,409,032 24.3 303,344 91.4
New Jersey 9,500,851 18.3 1,706,102 84.6
New Mexico 2,130,256 22.4 429,581 87.6
New York 19,867,248 19.3 3,754,552 82.7
North Carolina 11,046,024 21.1 1,974,069 92.8
North Dakota 796,568 18.8 137,764 89.9
Ohio 11,883,304 21.1 2,269,539 87.5
Oklahoma 4,095,393 20.8 691,883 93.9
Oregon 4,272,371 22.1 850,804 92.5
Pennsylvania 13,078,751 22.8 2,665,932 90.2
Rhode Island 1,112,308 21.7 218,599 88.1
South Carolina 5,478,831 23.7 1,076,945 94.8
South Dakota 924,669 21.8 173,800 96.3
Tennessee 7,227,750 21.6 1,277,959 93.6
Texas 31,290,831 15.3 4,362,712 88.1
Utah 3,503,613 13.5 433,073 88.7
Vermont 648,493 25.4 147,621 90.6
Virginia 8,811,195 19.1 1,547,113 88.1
Washington 7,958,180 18.7 1,379,589 89.9
West Virginia 1,769,979 27.1 387,446 92.6
Wisconsin 5,960,975 22.9 1,168,733 94.6
Wyoming 587,618 22.0 115,668 91.8
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2024 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2024, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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