OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2015

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2015
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a (thousands) Percentage receiving benefits Number a (thousands) Percentage receiving benefits
United States 321,419 18.7 47,761 90.5
Alabama 4,859 22.8 764 92.1
Alaska 738 12.5 73 88.0
Arizona 6,828 18.2 1,120 82.9
Arkansas 2,978 22.8 477 91.9
California 39,145 14.4 5,189 82.2
Colorado 5,457 14.9 712 85.8
Connecticut 3,591 18.4 567 89.8
Delaware 946 20.8 161 90.8
District of Columbia 672 12.0 77 74.2
Florida 20,271 21.4 3,942 82.6
Georgia 10,215 16.8 1,305 89.3
Hawaii 1,432 17.9 237 85.9
Idaho 1,655 19.1 243 93.7
Illinois 12,860 16.9 1,830 87.9
Indiana 6,620 19.7 966 94.1
Iowa 3,124 19.9 503 93.6
Kansas 2,912 18.1 426 90.7
Kentucky 4,425 21.8 673 90.8
Louisiana 4,671 18.6 653 87.2
Maine 1,329 24.8 251 92.0
Maryland 6,006 15.9 850 83.5
Massachusetts 6,794 18.2 1,045 85.9
Michigan 9,923 21.6 1,571 94.0
Minnesota 5,490 17.8 806 91.6
Mississippi 2,992 21.6 440 92.6
Missouri 6,084 20.7 955 90.9
Montana 1,033 21.1 178 90.7
Nebraska 1,896 17.4 279 90.2
Nevada 2,891 17.0 422 86.2
New Hampshire 1,331 21.7 219 93.8
New Jersey 8,958 17.7 1,344 89.4
New Mexico 2,085 19.6 330 86.7
New York 19,796 17.7 2,964 86.9
North Carolina 10,043 19.8 1,517 91.3
North Dakota 757 16.6 107 91.0
Ohio 11,613 19.7 1,843 88.7
Oklahoma 3,911 19.4 576 91.1
Oregon 4,029 20.3 661 92.2
Pennsylvania 12,803 21.4 2,180 91.8
Rhode Island 1,056 20.6 170 91.6
South Carolina 4,896 21.8 795 92.7
South Dakota 858 19.6 134 96.4
Tennessee 6,600 21.1 1,017 92.5
Texas 27,469 14.3 3,225 86.8
Utah 2,996 12.5 308 89.1
Vermont 626 22.8 110 94.0
Virginia 8,383 17.2 1,188 88.3
Washington 7,170 17.6 1,036 90.2
West Virginia 1,844 25.4 336 91.1
Wisconsin 5,771 20.3 902 94.8
Wyoming 586 17.7 85 90.8
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2015 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2015, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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