Annual Statistical Supplement, 2018

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Benefits in Current-Payment Status

Direct Deposit

Table 5.K1 Number and percentage of beneficiaries and average monthly benefit, by state or other area and direct deposit status, December 2017
State or area All beneficiaries Beneficiaries using direct deposit Beneficiaries not using direct deposit
Number Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Percentage of all beneficiaries Average monthly benefit (dollars) Number Percentage of all beneficiaries Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All areas 61,903,360 1,288.02 61,209,160 98.9 1,293.10 694,200 1.1 840.10
Alabama 1,131,359 1,237.83 1,116,860 98.7 1,243.54 14,499 1.3 797.69
Alaska 98,359 1,235.61 96,782 98.4 1,242.31 1,577 1.6 823.91
Arizona 1,310,666 1,332.33 1,300,195 99.2 1,336.56 10,471 0.8 806.73
Arkansas 692,178 1,199.43 682,910 98.7 1,205.27 9,268 1.3 769.38
California 5,858,780 1,278.68 5,788,168 98.8 1,283.53 70,612 1.2 880.99
Colorado 852,635 1,313.60 844,396 99.0 1,317.65 8,239 1.0 898.98
Connecticut 673,359 1,433.47 665,062 98.8 1,439.07 8,297 1.2 984.56
Delaware 206,939 1,411.47 205,322 99.2 1,415.25 1,617 0.8 931.79
District of Columbia 82,253 1,222.09 80,799 98.2 1,229.81 1,454 1.8 793.26
Florida 4,531,636 1,300.57 4,494,765 99.2 1,304.44 36,871 0.8 828.52
Georgia 1,790,398 1,265.51 1,768,636 98.8 1,271.06 21,762 1.2 814.64
Hawaii 266,523 1,310.94 263,630 98.9 1,315.49 2,893 1.1 896.43
Idaho 335,551 1,267.75 332,604 99.1 1,271.30 2,947 0.9 867.85
Illinois 2,220,171 1,326.50 2,194,829 98.9 1,331.61 25,342 1.1 883.77
Indiana 1,335,288 1,335.74 1,320,905 98.9 1,340.69 14,383 1.1 881.12
Iowa 638,322 1,306.05 633,059 99.2 1,310.06 5,263 0.8 824.37
Kansas 544,486 1,331.13 538,774 99.0 1,336.12 5,712 1.0 860.13
Kentucky 980,991 1,203.63 968,576 98.7 1,209.35 12,415 1.3 757.55
Louisiana 895,826 1,173.45 881,648 98.4 1,179.99 14,178 1.6 767.19
Maine 338,770 1,207.75 334,497 98.7 1,213.55 4,273 1.3 753.91
Maryland 983,736 1,373.05 972,223 98.8 1,378.34 11,513 1.2 926.61
Massachusetts 1,260,786 1,321.82 1,242,140 98.5 1,328.46 18,646 1.5 879.71
Michigan 2,186,709 1,359.79 2,167,019 99.1 1,364.45 19,690 0.9 846.78
Minnesota 1,012,620 1,350.82 1,004,813 99.2 1,354.44 7,807 0.8 884.91
Mississippi 661,656 1,183.55 650,835 98.4 1,190.72 10,821 1.6 752.32
Missouri 1,281,534 1,265.95 1,267,091 98.9 1,271.04 14,443 1.1 818.71
Montana 228,685 1,242.29 226,117 98.9 1,246.99 2,568 1.1 828.67
Nebraska 340,251 1,298.51 336,863 99.0 1,302.90 3,388 1.0 862.01
Nevada 521,297 1,297.62 516,617 99.1 1,301.00 4,680 0.9 925.10
New Hampshire 300,267 1,368.10 297,510 99.1 1,373.21 2,757 0.9 816.62
New Jersey 1,613,096 1,438.84 1,593,884 98.8 1,444.21 19,212 1.2 993.22
New Mexico 427,426 1,206.19 421,728 98.7 1,212.52 5,698 1.3 737.72
New York 3,586,883 1,337.33 3,536,428 98.6 1,343.37 50,455 1.4 913.53
North Carolina 2,059,436 1,295.03 2,037,163 98.9 1,300.07 22,273 1.1 834.56
North Dakota 130,831 1,248.41 129,571 99.0 1,252.74 1,260 1.0 802.92
Ohio 2,337,114 1,266.81 2,311,048 98.9 1,271.58 26,066 1.1 843.85
Oklahoma 778,970 1,244.68 769,076 98.7 1,250.42 9,894 1.3 798.00
Oregon 853,498 1,314.08 846,619 99.2 1,317.55 6,879 0.8 887.40
Pennsylvania 2,795,950 1,336.32 2,770,083 99.1 1,340.64 25,867 0.9 873.82
Rhode Island 222,851 1,309.79 220,344 98.9 1,315.11 2,507 1.1 841.74
South Carolina 1,115,313 1,303.03 1,104,087 99.0 1,307.99 11,226 1.0 815.36
South Dakota 175,389 1,242.55 173,828 99.1 1,246.93 1,561 0.9 754.72
Tennessee 1,431,690 1,263.83 1,417,459 99.0 1,268.39 14,231 1.0 809.54
Texas 4,126,055 1,247.54 4,075,208 98.8 1,253.07 50,847 1.2 804.60
Utah 395,718 1,314.56 391,636 99.0 1,318.82 4,082 1.0 906.11
Vermont 147,683 1,295.51 146,047 98.9 1,301.05 1,636 1.1 800.87
Virginia 1,501,543 1,327.48 1,485,446 98.9 1,332.38 16,097 1.1 874.94
Washington 1,319,176 1,360.52 1,308,523 99.2 1,364.40 10,653 0.8 883.57
West Virginia 473,398 1,240.45 467,171 98.7 1,245.94 6,227 1.3 828.59
Wisconsin 1,212,439 1,336.64 1,203,860 99.3 1,340.16 8,579 0.7 842.45
Wyoming 109,624 1,330.17 108,333 98.8 1,335.50 1,291 1.2 882.55
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 6,214 725.47 5,752 92.6 750.25 462 7.4 417.04
Guam 17,724 861.60 17,569 99.1 864.60 155 0.9 521.52
Northern Mariana Islands 2,955 659.84 2,936 99.4 660.72 19 0.6 524.05
Puerto Rico 817,745 868.78 807,343 98.7 873.08 10,402 1.3 534.69
U.S. Virgin Islands 21,794 1,146.46 21,489 98.6 1,151.90 305 1.4 763.64
Foreign countries 659,454 669.24 641,537 97.3 671.97 17,917 2.7 571.27
Unknown 1,360 1,238.23 1,347 99.0 1,240.88 13 1.0 963.98
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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