OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2016

Table 2. Number of beneficiaries in current-payment status, by state or other area, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2016
State or area Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s and parents Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
All areas 60,907,307 41,233,126 2,371,074 661,944 4,138,134 1,892,959 8,808,736 134,680 1,666,654 19,751,456 24,755,261
Alabama 1,120,486 669,776 32,679 12,037 81,760 43,116 230,951 3,475 46,692 312,242 410,330
Alaska 95,500 65,342 2,977 1,923 5,375 4,638 12,532 177 2,536 33,990 33,441
Arizona 1,274,815 916,047 47,037 13,623 77,298 35,407 154,824 2,341 28,238 441,360 525,022
Arkansas 685,361 418,853 17,636 7,038 46,581 25,158 138,619 2,037 29,439 197,264 250,731
California 5,754,771 4,049,771 289,750 77,761 372,180 157,038 682,668 11,637 113,966 1,994,059 2,405,580
Colorado 830,604 590,238 34,563 7,627 51,509 23,193 104,206 1,206 18,062 290,680 342,842
Connecticut 664,688 481,923 22,028 7,192 38,266 18,490 81,330 735 14,724 225,117 292,200
Delaware 201,748 144,280 5,826 1,621 11,809 5,837 27,481 260 4,634 66,659 84,477
District of Columbia 81,274 54,638 2,093 796 4,411 3,155 14,451 40 1,690 24,559 33,697
Florida 4,431,473 3,181,656 154,492 45,027 270,971 109,900 562,750 7,962 98,715 1,516,272 1,849,478
Georgia 1,751,227 1,157,084 48,708 19,263 114,674 66,272 284,601 4,043 56,582 523,174 685,518
Hawaii 261,513 200,592 9,215 3,837 14,997 6,032 22,275 405 4,160 94,154 115,862
Idaho 325,247 226,694 11,826 3,564 19,642 9,360 44,174 824 9,163 111,317 127,232
Illinois 2,196,032 1,522,000 83,792 24,107 154,134 70,695 284,951 4,169 52,184 720,937 921,640
Indiana 1,318,046 875,768 41,208 12,812 91,083 46,030 207,660 2,908 40,577 404,766 527,518
Iowa 630,014 448,784 21,227 6,064 43,608 18,210 77,750 911 13,460 211,389 270,015
Kansas 535,673 370,764 17,670 5,501 35,357 17,406 73,768 846 14,361 174,782 222,164
Kentucky 972,352 566,353 34,198 9,388 77,540 37,033 203,471 4,373 39,996 278,547 348,172
Louisiana 882,185 506,448 42,593 10,572 86,482 42,740 156,737 3,452 33,161 261,194 325,218
Maine 334,291 221,235 10,518 3,156 20,337 8,508 57,979 678 11,880 108,050 129,105
Maryland 966,632 681,024 32,177 9,266 58,923 31,963 130,269 981 22,029 313,843 414,761
Massachusetts 1,246,936 837,720 43,427 13,198 71,304 34,427 202,428 1,707 42,725 401,340 515,708
Michigan 2,162,113 1,425,674 76,654 23,146 147,017 68,949 346,000 5,675 68,998 669,176 845,297
Minnesota 994,806 716,577 34,156 9,723 59,070 25,807 124,537 1,137 23,799 339,993 420,378
Mississippi 653,352 393,012 16,146 8,491 47,643 30,228 128,746 2,036 27,050 181,080 237,229
Missouri 1,269,508 832,355 36,850 11,855 84,641 43,679 217,590 2,697 39,841 391,343 496,915
Montana 223,401 159,645 7,821 2,452 14,390 6,613 27,567 461 4,452 79,382 88,325
Nebraska 335,361 237,200 11,801 3,290 22,726 10,349 41,726 383 7,886 112,397 145,604
Nevada 506,324 366,270 15,252 5,313 28,369 13,713 65,717 784 10,906 181,458 196,974
New Hampshire 294,322 200,675 8,585 2,482 15,017 7,109 48,091 392 11,971 96,163 116,073
New Jersey 1,597,052 1,137,556 58,715 18,303 97,678 44,118 199,405 2,622 38,655 522,530 702,124
New Mexico 416,674 275,576 16,763 4,379 27,216 15,043 64,822 1,010 11,865 135,260 160,651
New York 3,546,954 2,436,860 141,132 44,452 218,891 97,488 502,062 7,445 98,624 1,132,780 1,501,271
North Carolina 2,020,386 1,382,757 48,850 18,848 119,033 63,265 325,037 4,050 58,546 618,901 813,140
North Dakota 127,962 90,200 5,188 1,108 10,702 4,307 13,926 150 2,381 44,949 55,025
Ohio 2,311,984 1,508,888 93,615 20,394 187,078 79,523 354,548 5,448 62,490 737,402 930,955
Oklahoma 768,889 497,084 24,828 8,081 57,115 29,383 126,364 2,047 23,987 236,675 300,759
Oregon 836,215 599,645 29,983 8,947 51,030 19,251 108,974 1,705 16,680 287,194 345,173
Pennsylvania 2,768,956 1,883,880 97,860 24,592 197,421 79,905 404,049 5,652 75,597 880,677 1,160,876
Rhode Island 220,420 149,847 5,467 2,430 11,893 5,677 37,393 276 7,437 68,667 90,383
South Carolina 1,089,728 737,196 27,255 10,266 67,764 35,881 176,723 2,386 32,257 337,301 429,170
South Dakota 171,594 124,445 5,693 1,490 11,833 5,386 19,081 175 3,491 61,168 72,034
Tennessee 1,412,299 910,021 42,172 13,975 96,778 50,213 249,055 3,787 46,298 424,310 543,269
Texas 4,024,516 2,618,163 199,354 46,524 316,703 148,081 564,733 10,850 120,108 1,307,993 1,594,626
Utah 385,942 263,496 19,399 4,934 23,279 15,886 47,560 721 10,667 130,282 155,359
Vermont 144,889 99,547 4,881 1,474 8,264 3,551 22,325 234 4,613 48,404 58,042
Virginia 1,471,294 1,010,928 51,738 14,314 95,587 44,263 211,614 2,945 39,905 472,269 610,998
Washington 1,291,198 904,793 52,001 13,812 77,404 31,969 178,805 2,368 30,046 439,559 530,276
West Virginia 470,240 272,938 23,112 5,106 43,086 17,355 89,508 2,939 16,196 140,620 172,670
Wisconsin 1,189,455 845,036 34,419 11,485 71,700 33,018 160,929 1,768 31,100 394,280 486,560
Wyoming 106,720 76,221 3,550 955 6,799 3,487 13,323 178 2,207 37,723 42,117
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 6,175 2,370 207 272 608 760 1,280 51 627 1,260 1,356
Guam 17,118 10,429 1,040 595 1,490 1,234 1,670 70 590 5,524 5,900
Northern Mariana Islands 2,878 1,593 119 200 315 325 246 8 72 842 763
Puerto Rico 841,061 455,898 61,782 11,344 76,025 27,390 167,317 6,507 34,798 246,070 305,369
U.S. Virgin Islands 21,955 16,366 969 437 1,324 734 1,656 43 426 8,033 9,134
Foreign countries 642,081 401,017 107,947 11,083 93,770 14,372 10,305 509 3,078 273,027 298,567
Unknown 2,617 1,978 130 19 234 39 177 4 36 1,069 1,188
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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