SSI Recipients by State and County, 2024

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2024
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 25 163,417 26,781 136,636 17,981 85,750 59,686 49,364 117,360
Barnstable 25001 2,525 255 2,270 178 1,582 765 970 1,645
Berkshire 25003 3,452 230 3,222 383 2,263 806 1,271 2,407
Bristol 25005 15,977 1,243 14,734 1,953 10,005 4,019 5,122 11,579
Dukes 25007 88 (X) (X) (X) 45 (X) (X) 50
Essex 25009 19,191 3,509 15,682 1,913 9,278 8,000 6,212 13,769
Franklin 25011 1,718 117 1,601 170 1,143 405 601 1,213
Hampden 25013 27,293 1,711 25,582 4,545 15,901 6,847 7,578 20,801
Hampshire 25015 2,916 191 2,725 365 1,860 691 1,004 2,206
Middlesex 25017 22,832 5,558 17,274 1,885 10,818 10,129 6,519 15,867
Nantucket 25019 31 (X) (X) (X) 19 (X) (X) 21
Norfolk 25021 10,784 3,176 7,608 804 4,892 5,088 3,288 7,240
Plymouth 25023 8,321 1,473 6,848 791 4,745 2,785 2,556 5,790
Suffolk 25025 28,694 7,106 21,588 2,544 11,849 14,301 8,653 20,525
Worcester 25027 19,595 2,186 17,409 2,445 11,350 5,800 5,546 14,247
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTE: 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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