SSI Recipients by State and County, 2025

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2025
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 25 162,498 27,251 135,247 18,568 83,175 60,755 49,288 122,128
Barnstable 25001 2,457 252 2,205 178 1,508 771 931 1,729
Berkshire 25003 3,417 226 3,191 384 2,201 832 1,265 2,449
Bristol 25005 15,922 1,276 14,646 2,094 9,706 4,122 5,057 12,357
Dukes 25007 90 (X) (X) (X) 44 (X) (X) 55
Essex 25009 18,814 3,524 15,290 1,857 8,924 8,033 6,187 13,873
Franklin 25011 1,721 117 1,604 160 1,137 424 596 1,393
Hampden 25013 26,980 1,739 25,241 4,603 15,336 7,041 7,525 21,337
Hampshire 25015 2,911 207 2,704 366 1,809 736 971 2,248
Middlesex 25017 22,638 5,612 17,026 1,962 10,447 10,229 6,480 16,542
Nantucket 25019 33 (X) (X) (X) 20 (X) (X) 29
Norfolk 25021 10,883 3,253 7,630 842 4,826 5,215 3,361 7,594
Plymouth 25023 8,455 1,533 6,922 835 4,726 2,894 2,590 6,255
Suffolk 25025 28,547 7,194 21,353 2,760 11,393 14,394 8,663 21,418
Worcester 25027 19,630 2,294 17,336 2,519 11,098 6,013 5,621 14,849
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.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.