OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2009

Table 3. Amount of benefits in current-payment status, by state or other area, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2009 (in thousands of dollars)
State or area Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s a Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
All areas 55,905,731 39,020,920 1,345,643 320,237 4,893,329 1,435,847 8,288,762 45,306 555,686 20,863,919 20,752,202
Alabama 995,047 614,516 22,300 6,002 91,971 30,517 213,489 1,193 15,060 328,607 335,950
Alaska 75,477 51,652 1,424 724 5,288 3,363 12,166 62 798 29,775 22,832
Arizona 1,130,429 824,221 26,059 5,537 85,966 25,537 152,705 745 9,659 445,268 408,159
Arkansas 611,114 386,561 12,105 3,297 51,954 16,948 130,363 687 9,199 208,459 206,375
California 5,157,177 3,682,640 141,869 35,237 427,268 128,658 693,865 3,557 44,083 2,004,000 1,943,607
Colorado 709,615 509,759 18,802 3,675 59,536 17,818 93,836 396 5,791 281,224 256,944
Connecticut 723,023 546,727 13,694 4,123 54,015 16,580 81,737 270 5,876 284,144 295,363
Delaware 191,920 138,475 3,687 851 14,466 4,549 28,009 79 1,805 71,923 70,461
District of Columbia 70,001 49,127 1,017 435 5,105 2,437 11,325 15 540 24,064 28,648
Florida 3,958,307 2,936,441 89,253 20,352 309,822 78,905 491,043 2,347 30,145 1,567,364 1,503,161
Georgia 1,475,429 998,499 28,592 9,085 122,331 47,640 251,229 1,105 16,949 511,117 520,226
Hawaii 238,128 184,953 4,286 1,909 16,602 4,940 23,802 112 1,523 91,699 96,648
Idaho 270,393 192,169 7,120 1,486 22,460 6,544 37,900 225 2,489 108,115 93,303
Illinois 2,205,859 1,569,838 51,432 13,216 205,715 59,983 284,867 1,386 19,421 835,124 860,224
Indiana 1,288,870 900,026 29,320 6,711 117,012 35,190 186,820 993 12,798 471,145 480,364
Iowa 616,526 450,416 15,686 2,933 59,579 14,045 69,317 275 4,275 241,742 244,200
Kansas 522,873 375,211 11,901 2,586 47,462 13,027 67,935 250 4,499 200,329 203,295
Kentucky 861,173 511,086 21,694 4,395 86,007 24,512 198,009 1,657 13,812 284,329 279,977
Louisiana 745,801 436,365 26,613 4,969 94,892 29,435 141,497 1,393 10,638 263,422 249,177
Maine 289,594 194,614 6,444 1,386 23,843 6,157 53,099 244 3,808 106,684 101,703
Maryland 914,615 662,096 18,737 4,898 75,543 26,513 118,932 347 7,550 339,466 361,802
Massachusetts 1,207,840 851,453 24,017 6,320 94,632 27,787 188,489 546 14,596 451,729 471,565
Michigan 2,175,484 1,502,388 54,826 13,484 194,832 56,863 329,062 1,891 22,139 791,697 779,755
Minnesota 938,896 691,140 21,634 4,475 77,968 20,647 115,225 334 7,475 369,704 356,723
Mississippi 564,156 346,176 10,613 3,967 49,834 20,648 122,834 711 9,372 180,978 190,211
Missouri 1,192,370 812,763 25,444 6,006 104,476 31,835 197,762 878 13,206 433,998 433,695
Montana 192,091 137,196 4,942 1,080 17,373 4,630 25,313 140 1,418 77,061 68,170
Nebraska 321,811 233,605 7,869 1,551 30,275 7,432 38,467 135 2,476 126,764 127,740
Nevada 428,178 314,915 7,997 2,220 29,904 9,976 59,410 232 3,525 174,119 147,567
New Hampshire 272,608 195,479 4,825 1,183 18,754 5,778 42,833 121 3,634 104,139 98,291
New Jersey 1,719,218 1,280,706 32,010 9,797 133,669 40,121 206,525 946 15,444 649,947 702,060
New Mexico 344,768 233,349 9,506 1,967 29,431 9,607 57,091 373 3,443 129,458 119,075
New York 3,602,818 2,571,969 75,786 23,781 284,350 83,858 522,112 2,806 38,156 1,300,958 1,421,726
North Carolina 1,798,292 1,250,210 29,616 8,943 129,940 45,627 312,753 1,237 19,967 625,424 650,556
North Dakota 118,640 83,383 4,068 594 14,213 2,867 12,696 56 762 47,937 46,696
Ohio 2,215,149 1,514,080 67,373 11,538 242,664 58,149 300,962 1,815 18,567 842,969 830,771
Oklahoma 704,557 470,875 16,484 3,630 66,567 20,281 118,723 682 7,316 254,664 255,513
Oregon 750,210 547,455 17,663 4,179 62,181 15,042 98,023 519 5,148 291,935 276,420
Pennsylvania 2,788,542 1,970,246 67,187 13,567 268,187 64,027 377,661 2,051 25,616 1,039,552 1,092,046
Rhode Island 215,857 155,567 3,136 1,077 15,190 4,581 33,886 100 2,321 78,118 85,384
South Carolina 942,226 643,622 16,333 5,173 71,542 25,658 168,136 728 11,034 330,121 327,467
South Dakota 150,908 110,086 4,095 666 14,785 3,587 16,645 53 991 61,545 57,747
Tennessee 1,257,202 837,850 27,425 6,758 108,735 35,162 225,456 1,249 14,568 440,127 443,039
Texas 3,400,596 2,263,541 103,961 19,716 343,059 104,712 525,413 3,669 36,526 1,285,468 1,203,322
Utah 334,190 238,908 10,610 2,202 26,414 11,308 41,410 223 3,115 135,968 118,853
Vermont 131,815 94,167 2,733 794 10,357 2,782 19,497 76 1,409 50,478 48,036
Virginia 1,332,677 930,638 29,228 7,205 110,768 34,647 204,794 1,176 14,221 488,198 496,157
Washington 1,172,821 845,946 29,612 6,438 93,854 25,090 161,735 711 9,436 459,211 427,495
West Virginia 448,604 259,271 14,532 2,366 51,799 12,082 100,886 1,348 6,320 151,071 147,194
Wisconsin 1,140,891 833,550 23,864 5,928 95,943 26,037 145,441 553 9,576 438,058 430,254
Wyoming 95,541 69,373 2,331 448 8,184 2,533 11,947 55 668 39,133 33,692
Outlying areas
American Samoa 3,453 1,394 64 125 367 416 946 12 130 850 706
Guam 9,465 5,755 353 207 963 737 1,296 15 140 3,480 2,713
Northern Mariana Islands 1,280 712 35 64 138 161 155 1 15 450 269
Puerto Rico 554,150 293,619 21,521 5,031 54,455 17,544 148,756 2,292 10,931 172,267 163,157
U.S. Virgin Islands 17,428 13,002 440 247 1,112 608 1,843 20 156 6,742 6,064
Foreign countries 309,625 201,141 21,476 3,704 59,579 9,728 12,634 215 1,148 131,600 129,652
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
CONTACT: Sheron Matthews (410) 966-4750 or oasdi.sc@ssa.gov.