SSI Recipients by State and County, 2017

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2017
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 25 186,405 23,920 162,485 21,918 112,248 52,239 56,070 103,584
Barnstable 25001 3,201 248 2,953 234 2,333 634 1,193 1,624
Berkshire 25003 4,007 219 3,788 484 2,849 674 1,471 2,133
Bristol 25005 18,939 1,199 17,740 2,399 13,044 3,496 6,207 10,616
Dukes 25007 125 (X) (X) (X) 67 (X) 55 54
Essex 25009 22,436 3,059 19,377 2,450 12,926 7,060 7,050 12,439
Franklin 25011 2,045 78 1,967 229 1,522 294 680 1,102
Hampden 25013 30,875 1,718 29,157 5,350 19,831 5,694 9,083 18,183
Hampshire 25015 2,945 172 2,773 314 2,082 549 1,064 1,546
Middlesex 25017 25,080 4,852 20,228 2,265 13,803 9,012 7,136 13,534
Nantucket 25019 35 (X) (X) (X) 23 (X) 10 17
Norfolk 25021 10,483 2,526 7,957 748 5,593 4,142 3,070 5,392
Plymouth 25023 9,237 1,120 8,117 975 6,038 2,224 2,833 4,991
Suffolk 25025 34,094 6,787 27,307 3,218 17,227 13,649 9,666 18,915
Worcester 25027 22,903 1,921 20,982 3,233 14,910 4,760 6,552 13,038
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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