OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2002

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2002
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a
(thousands)
Percentage
receiving
benefits
Number a
(thousands)
Percentage
receiving
benefits
United States 288,369 15.7 35,602 91.0
Alabama 4,487 19.0 589 92.6
Alaska 644 9.1 39 91.9
Arizona 5,456 15.4 701 85.7
Arkansas 2,710 19.7 376 92.9
California 35,116 12.3 3,717 85.1
Colorado 4,507 12.2 434 91.3
Connecticut 3,461 16.8 472 94.3
Delaware 807 17.1 105 93.2
District of Columbia 571 12.8 69 77.5
Florida 16,713 19.6 2,855 85.8
Georgia 8,560 13.4 814 91.6
Hawaii 1,245 15.4 167 87.7
Idaho 1,341 15.3 151 96.6
Illinois 12,601 14.7 1,499 91.4
Indiana 6,159 16.5 757 95.8
Iowa 2,937 18.5 433 96.2
Kansas 2,716 16.3 355 93.4
Kentucky 4,093 18.5 509 92.7
Louisiana 4,483 16.2 520 90.6
Maine 1,294 19.9 186 95.3
Maryland 5,458 13.6 617 88.4
Massachusetts 6,428 16.5 864 90.9
Michigan 10,050 16.7 1,232 95.8
Minnesota 5,020 15.1 602 94.3
Mississippi 2,872 18.4 346 92.3
Missouri 5,673 18.1 757 94.2
Montana 909 17.7 123 94.0
Nebraska 1,729 16.6 232 94.2
Nevada 2,173 14.4 240 92.8
New Hampshire 1,275 16.2 153 97.3
New Jersey 8,590 15.8 1,121 92.0
New Mexico 1,855 15.5 221 89.3
New York 19,158 15.8 2,474 88.6
North Carolina 8,320 16.9 998 94.8
North Dakota 634 18.0 94 94.3
Ohio 11,421 16.8 1,513 93.2
Oklahoma 3,494 17.3 460 92.7
Oregon 3,522 16.5 444 96.1
Pennsylvania 12,335 19.2 1,909 93.3
Rhode Island 1,070 18.0 152 93.0
South Carolina 4,107 17.5 503 93.0
South Dakota 761 18.0 108 96.5
Tennessee 5,797 17.6 719 94.0
Texas 21,780 12.5 2,153 89.5
Utah 2,316 10.8 199 91.3
Vermont 617 17.3 79 95.7
Virginia 7,294 14.7 817 91.6
Washington 6,069 14.4 678 93.6
West Virginia 1,802 22.3 276 93.3
Wisconsin 5,441 16.9 706 96.9
Wyoming 499 15.6 59 94.7
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, 2002 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2002, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.