OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2008

Table 3. Amount of benefits in current-payment status, by state or other area, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2008 (in thousands of dollars)
State or area Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s a Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
All areas 53,666,109 37,207,910 1,347,716 298,072 4,908,428 1,427,099 7,895,536 44,030 537,318 20,082,112 20,159,722
Alabama 951,795 583,174 22,387 5,669 92,447 30,495 201,747 1,199 14,677 314,979 326,101
Alaska 71,226 48,253 1,410 645 5,179 3,328 11,560 62 789 27,982 21,710
Arizona 1,072,700 774,181 25,995 5,033 85,016 25,223 147,098 709 9,445 423,744 390,644
Arkansas 587,570 369,610 12,313 3,148 52,221 16,765 123,989 675 8,850 200,841 200,339
California 4,947,266 3,502,224 140,898 32,446 426,669 128,486 669,579 3,434 43,530 1,923,729 1,880,202
Colorado 671,777 477,213 18,771 3,276 59,210 17,594 89,688 379 5,645 266,161 246,185
Connecticut 701,732 526,166 13,771 3,798 54,757 16,626 80,441 262 5,910 274,772 289,138
Delaware 182,835 131,013 3,723 800 14,514 4,470 26,498 82 1,735 68,951 67,896
District of Columbia 67,272 46,926 1,011 407 5,296 2,477 10,620 16 518 23,126 27,816
Florida 3,791,084 2,799,667 89,527 18,834 309,835 78,039 463,789 2,236 29,156 1,511,426 1,456,519
Georgia 1,389,721 933,026 28,323 8,381 120,948 47,458 234,353 1,078 16,153 482,957 497,742
Hawaii 227,489 175,688 4,298 1,802 16,523 4,890 22,742 113 1,433 87,711 92,595
Idaho 256,999 181,163 7,180 1,361 22,355 6,399 35,940 226 2,377 103,279 89,486
Illinois 2,139,985 1,514,523 51,766 12,650 207,586 59,956 273,191 1,331 18,980 810,765 844,943
Indiana 1,238,360 861,308 29,567 6,319 117,411 34,700 175,933 925 12,197 454,970 469,227
Iowa 599,606 434,970 16,281 2,669 60,850 13,907 66,471 279 4,180 235,903 240,701
Kansas 504,138 360,731 12,238 2,391 47,828 12,839 63,598 247 4,266 194,235 198,901
Kentucky 827,189 486,909 21,881 4,056 86,332 24,187 188,871 1,608 13,346 273,438 273,088
Louisiana 717,667 415,745 26,578 4,678 95,194 29,150 134,610 1,407 10,306 253,548 242,937
Maine 279,889 186,042 6,554 1,265 24,033 6,174 51,803 243 3,775 102,954 99,332
Maryland 876,540 629,634 18,830 4,565 76,445 26,555 112,841 351 7,319 326,089 349,637
Massachusetts 1,170,915 821,494 24,098 5,949 95,648 27,488 181,515 546 14,176 437,348 462,030
Michigan 2,083,982 1,433,763 55,171 12,557 195,517 57,049 307,245 1,776 20,904 764,516 760,806
Minnesota 900,039 657,484 22,038 4,052 78,896 20,390 109,636 348 7,196 355,102 345,846
Mississippi 541,975 329,643 10,682 3,818 49,948 20,719 117,315 699 9,151 174,424 184,821
Missouri 1,150,109 779,391 25,881 5,522 105,365 31,565 188,681 858 12,845 419,100 423,834
Montana 183,908 129,888 5,008 988 17,576 4,538 24,375 141 1,393 73,648 66,252
Nebraska 312,526 225,395 8,165 1,441 30,709 7,387 36,875 132 2,422 122,994 125,434
Nevada 407,088 296,525 7,906 2,075 29,510 9,949 57,492 228 3,402 165,987 140,829
New Hampshire 260,778 185,488 4,794 1,101 18,839 5,881 41,089 125 3,461 99,547 95,022
New Jersey 1,663,434 1,234,168 31,827 9,142 134,604 40,098 197,732 918 14,944 631,321 686,190
New Mexico 328,701 220,335 9,568 1,869 29,312 9,537 54,347 363 3,370 123,652 114,302
New York 3,496,208 2,482,661 75,616 22,491 287,335 83,988 504,332 2,771 37,013 1,267,025 1,391,533
North Carolina 1,705,531 1,176,854 29,531 8,135 129,456 45,276 295,867 1,180 19,233 594,745 625,362
North Dakota 116,143 80,788 4,250 522 14,571 2,828 12,373 56 756 46,861 46,101
Ohio 2,144,294 1,457,895 68,224 10,879 244,830 57,635 285,148 1,716 17,967 821,526 818,606
Oklahoma 678,765 450,464 16,748 3,331 66,829 19,859 113,735 663 7,135 245,581 248,412
Oregon 714,690 518,804 17,708 3,728 61,882 14,855 92,282 491 4,940 279,591 267,149
Pennsylvania 2,710,656 1,901,728 68,253 12,831 272,830 63,793 364,036 2,048 25,137 1,014,158 1,075,516
Rhode Island 209,452 149,939 3,175 1,005 15,366 4,560 33,038 94 2,275 75,821 83,792
South Carolina 888,484 602,818 16,248 4,775 70,753 25,507 157,111 687 10,583 312,145 313,145
South Dakota 145,585 105,213 4,268 612 14,895 3,543 16,012 57 984 59,316 56,316
Tennessee 1,196,982 790,590 27,433 6,291 108,689 34,793 213,977 1,223 13,987 419,656 427,797
Texas 3,237,555 2,139,557 102,425 18,356 341,180 103,833 494,137 3,564 34,503 1,224,721 1,158,582
Utah 317,103 225,088 10,443 2,023 26,085 10,959 39,241 222 3,042 129,369 113,749
Vermont 126,027 89,281 2,763 737 10,396 2,768 18,647 75 1,361 48,385 46,336
Virginia 1,273,789 879,166 29,112 6,678 110,799 34,484 198,403 1,164 13,983 465,488 476,987
Washington 1,117,592 800,499 29,439 5,850 93,548 24,771 153,780 703 9,001 438,278 410,855
West Virginia 437,536 249,098 14,623 2,254 52,590 11,988 99,339 1,326 6,318 146,760 145,000
Wisconsin 1,096,491 798,355 24,416 5,453 96,888 25,839 136,013 520 9,006 423,915 420,219
Wyoming 91,622 65,951 2,345 410 8,233 2,541 11,450 51 642 37,579 32,587
Outlying areas
American Samoa 3,363 1,301 69 126 365 423 932 12 136 810 670
Guam 9,128 5,491 358 201 931 738 1,260 13 135 3,388 2,587
Northern Mariana Islands 1,235 688 34 66 134 151 149 1 13 442 256
Puerto Rico 527,510 279,670 20,902 4,951 53,841 17,590 138,326 2,181 10,049 165,399 156,166
U.S. Virgin Islands 16,432 12,035 420 244 1,084 622 1,854 17 155 6,204 5,647
Foreign countries 297,642 192,235 20,475 3,414 58,345 9,435 12,433 197 1,108 125,754 125,849
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
CONTACT: Jennie Park (410) 965-9358 or oasdi.sc@ssa.gov.