SSI Recipients by State and County, 2019

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2019
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 25 182,701 24,812 157,889 21,273 106,438 54,990 54,619 104,169
Barnstable 25001 3,107 244 2,863 233 2,200 674 1,156 1,633
Berkshire 25003 3,884 206 3,678 444 2,754 686 1,411 2,118
Bristol 25005 18,585 1,176 17,409 2,448 12,524 3,613 5,931 10,684
Dukes 25007 118 (X) (X) (X) 68 (X) 52 54
Essex 25009 21,877 3,261 18,616 2,333 12,016 7,528 6,856 12,322
Franklin 25011 1,971 90 1,881 211 1,417 343 643 1,134
Hampden 25013 30,335 1,720 28,615 5,163 19,042 6,130 8,913 18,209
Hampshire 25015 2,961 170 2,791 348 2,028 585 1,056 1,637
Middlesex 25017 24,604 5,069 19,535 2,160 13,038 9,406 6,927 13,638
Nantucket 25019 36 (X) (X) (X) 23 (X) 13 17
Norfolk 25021 10,694 2,705 7,989 761 5,489 4,444 3,101 5,647
Plymouth 25023 9,214 1,201 8,013 966 5,834 2,414 2,812 5,050
Suffolk 25025 33,011 6,984 26,027 3,112 15,825 14,074 9,452 19,002
Worcester 25027 22,304 1,960 20,344 3,084 14,180 5,040 6,296 13,024
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTES: 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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