OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2013

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2013
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a (thousands) Percentage receiving benefits Number a (thousands) Percentage receiving benefits
United States 316,129 18.3 44,704 91.4
Alabama 4,834 22.4 721 92.5
Alaska 735 11.8 66 88.2
Arizona 6,627 17.7 1,019 84.0
Arkansas 2,959 22.5 454 92.5
California 38,333 14.1 4,792 83.1
Colorado 5,268 14.7 647 87.3
Connecticut 3,596 18.0 546 90.6
Delaware 926 20.2 147 91.8
District of Columbia 646 12.1 73 74.4
Florida 19,553 21.0 3,648 83.4
Georgia 9,992 16.3 1,196 90.2
Hawaii 1,404 17.6 220 86.9
Idaho 1,612 18.5 223 94.3
Illinois 12,882 16.6 1,744 88.8
Indiana 6,571 19.3 915 94.7
Iowa 3,090 19.7 481 94.2
Kansas 2,894 17.8 405 91.6
Kentucky 4,395 21.5 634 91.7
Louisiana 4,625 18.2 613 87.9
Maine 1,328 24.1 235 93.0
Maryland 5,929 15.5 795 84.4
Massachusetts 6,693 18.0 989 87.2
Michigan 9,896 21.2 1,488 94.8
Minnesota 5,420 17.5 756 92.4
Mississippi 2,991 21.1 416 92.7
Missouri 6,044 20.4 908 91.7
Montana 1,015 20.5 165 91.4
Nebraska 1,869 17.2 264 91.3
Nevada 2,790 16.5 381 87.3
New Hampshire 1,323 21.1 203 95.3
New Jersey 8,899 17.4 1,283 90.1
New Mexico 2,085 18.8 307 87.3
New York 19,651 17.5 2,832 87.2
North Carolina 9,848 19.4 1,407 92.0
North Dakota 723 17.1 103 91.6
Ohio 11,571 19.4 1,752 89.7
Oklahoma 3,851 19.3 549 91.7
Oregon 3,930 19.8 607 93.1
Pennsylvania 12,774 21.1 2,091 92.4
Rhode Island 1,052 20.4 163 92.6
South Carolina 4,775 21.3 728 93.2
South Dakota 845 19.3 126 97.4
Tennessee 6,496 20.8 952 93.2
Texas 26,448 14.2 2,966 87.8
Utah 2,901 12.3 284 89.8
Vermont 627 22.1 102 95.3
Virginia 8,260 16.8 1,105 89.1
Washington 6,971 17.2 951 91.1
West Virginia 1,854 24.8 320 91.6
Wisconsin 5,743 19.8 850 95.6
Wyoming 583 17.0 79 91.7
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2013 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2013, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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