OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2000

Table 3. Total population and population aged 65 or older: Number and percent receiving OASDI benefits, by state, 2000
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number (in thousands)a Percent receiving OASDI benefits b Number (in thousands)a Percent receiving OASDI benefits b
United States 281,422 15.7 34,992 91.5
Alabama 4,447 18.6 580 92.8
Alaska 627 8.7 36 93.0
Arizona 5,131 15.5 668 86.4
Arkansas 2,673 19.6 374 93.1
California 33,872 12.4 3,596 86.4
Colorado 4,301 12.4 416 92.5
Connecticut 3,406 17.0 470 95.0
Delaware 784 16.9 102 93.8
District of Columbia 572 12.9 70 77.6
Florida 15,982 20.0 2,808 85.8
Georgia 8,186 13.4 785 92.0
Hawaii 1,212 15.2 161 88.1
Idaho 1,294 15.1 146 96.3
Illinois 12,419 14.8 1,500 91.4
Indiana 6,080 16.4 753 95.6
Iowa 2,926 18.5 436 95.6
Kansas 2,688 16.4 356 93.5
Kentucky 4,042 18.3 505 92.8
Louisiana 4,469 15.9 517 90.5
Maine 1,275 19.7 183 95.4
Maryland 5,296 13.7 599 89.1
Massachusetts 6,349 16.7 860 92.1
Michigan 9,938 16.6 1,219 96.1
Minnesota 4,919 15.0 594 94.3
Mississippi 2,845 18.1 344 91.9
Missouri 5,595 18.0 755 94.3
Montana 902 17.5 121 93.3
Nebraska 1,711 16.7 232 94.2
Nevada 1,998 14.4 219 94.2
New Hampshire 1,236 16.2 148 98.0
New Jersey 8,414 16.0 1,113 92.6
New Mexico 1,819 15.2 212 89.9
New York 18,976 15.8 2,448 89.4
North Carolina 8,049 16.8 969 94.8
North Dakota 642 17.8 94 94.3
Ohio 11,353 16.8 1,508 93.5
Oklahoma 3,451 17.2 456 93.2
Oregon 3,421 16.4 438 95.4
Pennsylvania 12,281 19.2 1,919 93.4
Rhode Island 1,048 18.4 152 94.1
South Carolina 4,012 17.2 485 93.2
South Dakota 755 18.0 108 96.0
Tennessee 5,689 17.4 703 94.1
Texas 20,852 12.6 2,073 90.6
Utah 2,233 10.8 190 92.0
Vermont 609 17.2 78 96.0
Virginia 7,079 14.6 792 91.6
Washington 5,894 14.3 662 93.6
West Virginia 1,808 21.8 277 92.8
Wisconsin 5,364 16.8 703 96.6
Wyoming 494 15.4 58 94.8
a. Data for state populations are based on the 2000 Census of Population (as of April 1, 2000).
b. Percentage with OASDI are based on the number of beneficiaries in December 2000.