SSI Recipients by State and County, 2013

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2013
County ANSI Code Total Category Age SSI recipients also receiving OASDI Amount of payments (thousands of dollars) a
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Total, Massachusetts 25 188,015 22,049 165,966 24,183 116,928 46,904 56,920 101,211
Barnstable 25001 3,261 218 3,043 291 2,425 545 1,235 1,579
Berkshire 25003 3,940 217 3,723 496 2,868 576 1,442 2,006
Bristol 25005 18,805 1,196 17,609 2,412 13,037 3,356 6,465 10,145
Dukes 25007 138 (X) (X) (X) 82 (X) 55 59
Essex 25009 22,860 2,873 19,987 2,798 13,785 6,277 7,065 12,177
Franklin 25011 2,095 92 2,003 257 1,556 282 740 1,118
Hampden 25013 30,064 1,565 28,499 5,661 19,586 4,817 8,876 17,183
Hampshire 25015 2,905 158 2,747 340 2,138 427 1,068 1,568
Middlesex 25017 25,768 4,406 21,362 2,561 15,029 8,178 7,426 13,444
Nantucket 25019 31 (X) (X) (X) 20 (X) 11 14
Norfolk 25021 10,374 2,224 8,150 854 5,873 3,647 3,055 5,154
Plymouth 25023 9,281 929 8,352 1,152 6,196 1,933 2,985 4,873
Suffolk 25025 36,047 6,465 29,582 4,015 19,311 12,721 9,973 19,624
Worcester 25027 22,446 1,682 20,764 3,326 15,022 4,098 6,524 12,268
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTES: ANSI = American National Standards Institute; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. The state payment total does not equal the sum of the rounded county totals.
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