OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2015

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 2015
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 59,963,425 40,089,061 2,335,807 648,530 4,190,676 1,892,885 8,909,430 141,760 1,755,276 19,144,628 24,098,571
Alabama 1,108,543 650,081 33,164 11,889 83,390 42,962 234,229 3,695 49,133 302,770 400,716
Alaska 91,960 62,053 2,799 1,830 5,336 4,589 12,620 183 2,550 32,318 31,780
Arizona 1,241,101 882,106 45,628 13,120 77,174 35,210 155,862 2,423 29,578 424,142 504,309
Arkansas 679,689 408,790 18,120 6,899 47,485 25,199 140,027 2,165 31,004 192,880 245,627
California 5,651,601 3,927,555 282,044 75,862 375,012 158,609 699,241 12,204 121,074 1,929,340 2,334,143
Colorado 813,266 570,807 33,280 7,538 51,954 23,246 105,960 1,281 19,200 279,493 330,943
Connecticut 659,238 474,950 21,364 7,173 39,075 18,457 81,784 746 15,689 220,868 288,252
Delaware 196,651 139,447 5,649 1,566 11,831 5,774 27,385 265 4,734 64,202 81,466
District of Columbia 80,546 53,579 2,053 772 4,493 3,233 14,612 38 1,766 24,050 33,097
Florida 4,334,337 3,081,274 151,687 43,984 271,702 109,287 565,238 8,247 102,918 1,465,483 1,790,381
Georgia 1,714,145 1,117,129 48,164 18,864 115,341 66,005 285,889 4,244 58,509 504,178 661,026
Hawaii 256,912 195,436 8,805 3,846 15,073 6,153 22,800 402 4,397 91,041 112,585
Idaho 315,571 217,186 11,688 3,405 19,720 9,232 44,090 825 9,425 106,494 121,708
Illinois 2,174,883 1,490,706 82,551 23,896 157,732 71,420 288,827 4,369 55,382 703,389 905,579
Indiana 1,301,948 855,326 41,192 12,580 92,406 45,829 208,908 3,036 42,671 393,339 515,336
Iowa 622,906 439,571 21,217 5,953 44,761 17,980 78,222 945 14,257 205,861 265,024
Kansas 528,174 361,490 17,285 5,279 36,170 17,297 74,677 862 15,114 169,524 217,350
Kentucky 963,497 551,152 34,740 9,133 78,723 36,636 206,175 4,629 42,309 270,375 340,528
Louisiana 868,017 488,273 43,205 10,296 87,629 42,908 157,310 3,668 34,728 252,439 317,268
Maine 329,559 215,126 10,451 3,092 20,706 8,421 58,476 713 12,574 104,616 125,890
Maryland 952,251 664,164 31,528 9,133 60,300 31,833 131,074 999 23,220 305,042 404,326
Massachusetts 1,236,248 821,212 42,328 12,941 73,218 34,307 205,060 1,784 45,398 391,389 506,784
Michigan 2,141,824 1,393,156 76,816 22,993 149,534 69,255 350,684 6,020 73,366 650,889 826,208
Minnesota 979,776 698,101 33,096 9,438 60,464 25,744 126,390 1,194 25,349 328,924 408,715
Mississippi 647,420 381,880 16,381 8,343 48,181 30,465 131,143 2,187 28,840 175,784 231,331
Missouri 1,258,256 813,569 37,106 11,796 86,146 43,548 220,596 2,878 42,617 381,288 486,390
Montana 217,758 153,554 7,755 2,367 14,567 6,554 27,848 506 4,607 76,304 85,116
Nebraska 330,309 231,481 11,517 3,108 23,170 10,271 42,162 378 8,222 109,375 142,026
Nevada 492,121 353,170 14,924 5,190 28,159 13,593 65,211 813 11,061 174,821 189,132
New Hampshire 288,891 195,087 8,167 2,429 15,095 6,954 48,223 410 12,526 93,016 112,418
New Jersey 1,583,456 1,118,670 56,518 17,785 99,859 44,649 202,497 2,685 40,793 511,371 690,041
New Mexico 408,931 266,801 16,694 4,362 27,465 15,007 65,167 1,108 12,327 131,038 155,524
New York 3,513,125 2,388,547 137,484 43,701 222,704 98,122 510,196 7,813 104,558 1,105,184 1,471,715
North Carolina 1,984,962 1,339,587 47,839 18,420 120,100 63,068 330,353 4,275 61,320 596,878 787,295
North Dakota 125,786 87,569 5,362 1,054 10,965 4,304 13,917 150 2,465 43,596 54,004
Ohio 2,290,813 1,476,557 95,318 20,422 191,239 78,533 356,826 5,778 66,140 719,199 915,089
Oklahoma 758,912 484,224 24,852 7,817 57,711 29,429 127,565 2,147 25,167 230,602 294,300
Oregon 818,228 580,498 29,261 8,775 51,507 19,336 109,815 1,807 17,229 276,410 332,903
Pennsylvania 2,744,424 1,847,485 97,554 24,248 202,520 79,682 407,320 6,005 79,610 858,939 1,141,474
Rhode Island 217,881 147,006 5,247 2,372 12,101 5,701 37,476 288 7,690 66,938 88,772
South Carolina 1,066,150 709,839 26,976 10,117 68,153 35,996 178,822 2,508 33,739 323,996 412,794
South Dakota 168,626 120,981 5,770 1,428 12,154 5,306 19,212 176 3,599 59,247 70,284
Tennessee 1,392,164 884,653 42,274 13,587 98,135 49,885 251,021 4,050 48,559 411,521 528,786
Texas 3,928,648 2,516,258 195,753 44,920 317,793 147,871 569,586 11,330 125,137 1,258,027 1,539,830
Utah 375,685 253,880 18,459 4,770 23,117 15,597 47,923 727 11,212 125,025 149,310
Vermont 142,755 96,840 4,759 1,446 8,518 3,596 22,565 247 4,784 46,976 56,370
Virginia 1,443,127 979,680 51,046 14,066 96,719 44,160 212,711 3,095 41,650 456,606 592,708
Washington 1,260,474 873,750 50,425 13,472 77,930 31,733 179,674 2,442 31,048 423,255 511,010
West Virginia 468,120 265,919 23,321 4,882 44,224 17,222 91,995 3,132 17,425 136,723 169,514
Wisconsin 1,170,705 822,488 34,083 11,196 73,240 33,005 161,864 1,923 32,906 381,196 474,072
Wyoming 103,689 73,301 3,470 919 6,802 3,485 13,252 176 2,284 36,201 40,723
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 6,236 2,277 208 278 607 804 1,331 54 677 1,221 1,348
Guam 16,628 9,919 1,057 602 1,472 1,291 1,642 67 578 5,283 5,651
Northern Mariana Islands 2,750 1,489 116 186 311 315 249 10 74 799 723
Puerto Rico 842,927 445,673 61,662 11,674 76,865 28,412 173,131 7,075 38,435 241,224 299,055
U.S. Virgin Islands 21,721 16,028 974 453 1,339 759 1,682 51 435 7,895 8,854
Foreign countries 627,230 390,368 104,546 10,851 92,364 14,608 10,773 529 3,191 264,860 290,151
Unknown 1,874 1,363 75 12 215 38 142 3 26 784 817
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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