SSI Recipients by State and County, 2022

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2022
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 25 168,163 24,844 143,319 18,228 93,186 56,749 50,726 104,876
Barnstable 25001 2,694 232 2,462 168 1,823 703 1,034 1,561
Berkshire 25003 3,582 225 3,357 375 2,431 776 1,319 2,166
Bristol 25005 16,682 1,146 15,536 2,051 10,816 3,815 5,324 10,507
Dukes 25007 93 (X) (X) (X) 48 (X) 43 49
Essex 25009 19,803 3,305 16,498 1,907 10,208 7,688 6,337 12,177
Franklin 25011 1,818 94 1,724 187 1,282 349 587 1,155
Hampden 25013 28,376 1,627 26,749 4,670 17,210 6,496 8,088 18,711
Hampshire 25015 2,885 160 2,725 341 1,905 639 997 1,812
Middlesex 25017 23,085 5,127 17,958 1,846 11,597 9,642 6,624 13,971
Nantucket 25019 34 (X) (X) (X) 19 (X) 11 16
Norfolk 25021 10,585 2,880 7,705 758 5,125 4,702 3,192 6,184
Plymouth 25023 8,321 1,240 7,081 789 5,045 2,487 2,589 5,017
Suffolk 25025 29,782 6,764 23,018 2,599 13,254 13,929 8,779 18,653
Worcester 25027 20,423 2,020 18,403 2,533 12,423 5,467 5,802 12,896
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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