SSI Recipients by State and County, 2008

New York

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2008
County 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, New York 656,968 133,942 523,026 77,369 346,175 233,424 218,682 355,615
Albany 7,160 771 6,389 1,173 4,579 1,408 2,824 3,707
Allegany 1,525 129 1,396 157 1,097 271 615 830
Bronx 99,122 15,128 83,994 15,656 52,392 31,074 27,014 56,609
Broome 6,500 494 6,006 1,021 4,481 998 2,408 3,398
Cattaraugus 2,563 169 2,394 316 1,837 410 1,101 1,334
Cayuga 1,907 196 1,711 308 1,242 357 832 1,035
Chautauqua 4,418 350 4,068 634 3,026 758 1,857 2,397
Chemung 3,276 215 3,061 541 2,262 473 1,350 1,694
Chenango 1,676 104 1,572 272 1,137 267 701 796
Clinton 2,860 209 2,651 343 1,998 519 1,278 1,519
Columbia 1,615 134 1,481 195 1,075 345 732 832
Cortland 1,278 111 1,167 177 884 217 578 664
Delaware 1,208 126 1,082 125 795 288 581 572
Dutchess 5,067 634 4,433 581 3,254 1,232 2,093 2,654
Erie 27,544 2,572 24,972 3,842 18,257 5,445 10,361 15,991
Essex 967 87 880 100 664 203 476 523
Franklin 1,902 168 1,734 201 1,317 384 790 919
Fulton 2,014 164 1,850 331 1,334 349 941 979
Genesee 1,101 87 1,014 156 745 200 506 597
Greene 1,240 111 1,129 171 846 223 517 674
Hamilton 95 b b b 72 b 51 43
Herkimer 1,768 204 1,564 234 1,117 417 787 815
Jefferson 2,948 236 2,712 392 2,031 525 1,228 1,479
Kings 141,761 38,723 103,038 14,140 60,291 67,330 37,162 78,943
Lewis 627 53 574 86 423 118 271 319
Livingston 1,138 55 1,083 179 798 161 454 586
Madison 1,338 94 1,244 189 918 231 628 639
Monroe 22,117 1,904 20,213 3,685 14,453 3,979 7,527 13,153
Montgomery 1,802 206 1,596 322 1,106 374 780 961
Nassau 17,430 4,648 12,782 1,397 9,258 6,775 6,316 8,875
New York 80,639 20,787 59,852 5,975 38,441 36,223 30,491 41,829
Niagara 5,567 390 5,177 733 4,019 815 2,245 3,194
Oneida 8,162 729 7,433 1,068 5,470 1,624 3,026 4,285
Onondaga 13,453 1,169 12,284 2,575 8,597 2,281 4,723 7,346
Ontario 1,859 130 1,729 266 1,298 295 805 886
Orange 6,561 833 5,728 986 4,056 1,519 2,625 3,282
Orleans 924 61 863 170 608 146 378 489
Oswego 3,203 161 3,042 532 2,271 400 1,206 1,730
Otsego 1,497 138 1,359 193 1,006 298 700 752
Putnam 869 144 725 55 575 239 407 410
Queens 74,557 27,149 47,408 6,335 28,515 39,707 22,817 39,129
Rensselaer 3,675 336 3,339 650 2,360 665 1,491 1,910
Richmond 13,742 2,684 11,058 1,662 7,589 4,491 4,248 7,633
Rockland 5,430 1,422 4,008 511 2,853 2,066 2,146 2,924
St. Lawrence 3,887 290 3,597 429 2,780 678 1,541 2,001
Saratoga 2,772 239 2,533 350 1,916 506 1,255 1,330
Schenectady 4,534 352 4,182 792 3,015 727 1,688 2,498
Schoharie 696 76 620 93 429 174 347 335
Schuyler 480 b b b 318 b 213 240
Seneca 734 37 697 135 497 102 315 355
Steuben 3,194 182 3,012 523 2,202 469 1,183 1,746
Suffolk 21,483 3,229 18,254 2,231 13,732 5,520 8,692 11,048
Sullivan 2,809 250 2,559 374 1,884 551 1,136 1,381
Tioga 1,142 93 1,049 193 766 183 455 574
Tompkins 1,713 162 1,551 261 1,128 324 726 902
Ulster 4,309 434 3,875 488 2,905 916 1,893 2,235
Warren 1,618 126 1,492 192 1,143 283 785 821
Washington 1,494 108 1,386 229 1,009 256 699 744
Wayne 2,215 126 2,089 353 1,467 395 947 1,124
Westchester 16,572 3,866 12,706 1,850 8,809 5,913 6,177 8,354
Wyoming 670 55 615 94 474 102 293 326
Yates 541 53 488 73 354 114 270 264
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. The state payment total does not equal the sum of the rounded county totals.
b. Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals.
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