OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2017

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 2017
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 61,903,360 42,446,992 2,375,575 675,261 4,090,523 1,903,757 8,695,475 126,154 1,589,623 20,385,750 25,423,026
Alabama 1,131,359 689,297 31,913 12,217 80,509 43,060 226,922 3,173 44,268 321,578 420,437
Alaska 98,359 68,478 3,055 1,959 5,400 4,549 12,317 165 2,436 35,743 35,203
Arizona 1,310,666 952,601 47,880 14,278 77,435 35,842 153,257 2,158 27,215 459,483 546,521
Arkansas 692,178 429,232 17,070 7,121 45,993 25,405 137,228 1,884 28,245 202,194 255,775
California 5,858,780 4,178,940 294,073 79,288 368,871 155,695 663,886 11,090 106,937 2,062,229 2,478,480
Colorado 852,635 614,191 35,231 7,818 51,119 23,422 102,531 1,154 17,169 303,846 356,229
Connecticut 673,359 491,627 22,079 7,304 37,659 18,552 81,260 735 14,143 230,542 296,872
Delaware 206,939 149,880 5,831 1,659 11,760 5,900 27,255 230 4,424 69,251 87,816
District of Columbia 82,253 55,991 2,063 809 4,316 3,142 14,284 40 1,608 25,252 34,369
Florida 4,531,636 3,285,889 156,378 46,010 270,505 111,325 558,750 7,621 95,158 1,568,151 1,910,552
Georgia 1,790,398 1,198,814 48,983 19,711 114,324 67,086 282,646 3,788 55,046 543,488 709,982
Hawaii 266,523 206,148 9,286 3,805 14,924 6,149 21,813 392 4,006 97,235 119,122
Idaho 335,551 236,546 11,811 3,749 19,624 9,644 44,432 776 8,969 116,481 132,887
Illinois 2,220,171 1,554,889 83,553 24,454 150,740 70,524 282,120 3,967 49,924 739,115 937,864
Indiana 1,335,288 898,109 40,713 13,130 89,739 46,711 205,562 2,725 38,599 416,998 539,815
Iowa 638,322 459,104 20,987 6,167 42,529 18,332 77,521 807 12,875 217,144 275,050
Kansas 544,486 380,624 17,825 5,693 34,869 17,736 73,174 770 13,795 180,091 227,522
Kentucky 980,991 582,792 33,522 9,606 76,625 37,634 199,178 4,039 37,595 286,554 356,093
Louisiana 895,826 523,785 42,042 10,647 85,355 42,498 156,107 3,334 32,058 269,542 333,110
Maine 338,770 227,434 10,443 3,274 19,983 8,723 57,062 650 11,201 111,460 132,305
Maryland 983,736 700,145 32,051 9,558 57,916 32,370 129,481 899 21,316 323,245 425,730
Massachusetts 1,260,786 857,073 43,452 13,508 69,828 34,822 199,966 1,627 40,510 412,405 525,521
Michigan 2,186,709 1,461,584 75,825 23,437 144,376 69,308 341,200 5,371 65,608 688,562 865,334
Minnesota 1,012,620 738,425 34,681 10,070 57,628 26,053 122,142 1,076 22,545 352,245 432,302
Mississippi 661,656 404,846 15,849 8,558 47,102 30,318 127,181 1,995 25,807 186,407 242,957
Missouri 1,281,534 852,684 36,073 12,032 83,159 44,075 213,655 2,555 37,301 401,387 507,413
Montana 228,685 165,558 7,771 2,478 14,219 6,619 27,274 432 4,334 82,707 91,526
Nebraska 340,251 243,248 11,762 3,354 22,195 10,415 41,249 348 7,680 115,552 148,794
Nevada 521,297 380,627 15,321 5,555 28,645 14,163 65,664 780 10,542 188,428 205,529
New Hampshire 300,267 206,986 8,854 2,560 14,973 7,287 47,738 360 11,509 99,563 119,799
New Jersey 1,613,096 1,159,770 59,221 18,569 95,826 44,042 196,663 2,452 36,553 535,002 714,365
New Mexico 427,426 286,641 16,736 4,468 27,091 15,139 64,863 935 11,553 140,595 166,917
New York 3,586,883 2,492,314 142,605 45,080 215,210 97,306 493,907 6,980 93,481 1,164,222 1,531,321
North Carolina 2,059,436 1,428,433 49,169 19,284 118,443 63,794 320,583 3,742 55,988 641,559 840,006
North Dakota 130,831 93,384 4,992 1,115 10,347 4,358 14,114 135 2,386 46,598 56,214
Ohio 2,337,114 1,545,251 91,232 20,661 183,442 81,236 351,027 5,037 59,228 757,148 948,096
Oklahoma 778,970 509,843 24,428 8,300 56,331 29,486 125,634 1,835 23,113 242,809 307,263
Oregon 853,498 619,159 30,125 9,028 50,331 19,336 107,703 1,591 16,225 298,294 356,932
Pennsylvania 2,795,950 1,922,759 96,591 24,932 192,678 81,091 400,818 5,191 71,890 903,291 1,180,530
Rhode Island 222,851 152,898 5,523 2,438 11,680 5,757 37,133 287 7,135 70,467 92,001
South Carolina 1,115,313 765,602 27,468 10,502 67,759 36,189 174,597 2,215 30,981 351,235 446,082
South Dakota 175,389 128,614 5,661 1,541 11,535 5,447 18,994 156 3,441 63,402 74,154
Tennessee 1,431,690 936,131 41,816 14,141 95,747 50,669 245,370 3,491 44,325 437,037 557,924
Texas 4,126,055 2,723,111 200,562 48,018 316,553 149,101 562,264 10,208 116,238 1,361,085 1,652,193
Utah 395,718 273,509 19,849 5,038 23,415 16,120 46,926 706 10,155 135,653 161,499
Vermont 147,683 102,755 4,890 1,555 8,092 3,573 22,203 205 4,410 50,143 59,725
Virginia 1,501,543 1,044,208 51,413 14,785 94,684 44,631 210,694 2,766 38,362 488,464 629,516
Washington 1,319,176 936,179 52,595 14,275 76,818 32,114 176,269 2,229 28,697 456,193 549,458
West Virginia 473,398 279,813 22,540 5,215 42,446 17,493 87,754 2,730 15,407 144,232 176,152
Wisconsin 1,212,439 869,996 34,385 11,766 70,345 33,176 160,916 1,629 30,226 407,812 499,616
Wyoming 109,624 79,169 3,575 993 6,775 3,485 13,320 173 2,134 39,372 43,604
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 6,214 2,456 203 246 603 777 1,281 45 603 1,273 1,353
Guam 17,724 10,992 1,071 597 1,535 1,237 1,624 68 600 5,841 6,246
Northern Mariana Islands 2,955 1,693 130 184 305 330 234 9 70 884 816
Puerto Rico 817,745 455,831 60,235 10,792 73,186 25,668 156,044 5,850 30,139 245,549 302,581
U.S. Virgin Islands 21,794 16,526 930 447 1,278 668 1,545 45 355 8,058 9,222
Foreign countries 659,454 413,428 111,194 11,473 95,593 14,151 10,027 500 3,088 282,097 307,726
Unknown 1,360 980 59 9 155 24 113 3 17 557 605
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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