OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2016

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 2016 (in thousands of dollars)
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 75,917,962 56,082,551 1,678,368 434,777 5,184,802 1,585,244 10,316,342 43,633 592,245 30,211,526 29,413,592
Alabama 1,341,514 895,762 23,722 8,234 96,454 34,273 265,556 1,101 16,413 478,322 476,694
Alaska 113,938 84,896 2,190 1,142 6,522 3,803 14,494 53 839 49,825 37,389
Arizona 1,643,717 1,271,120 34,780 8,813 100,390 29,477 188,194 766 10,177 689,015 639,521
Arkansas 795,729 541,541 11,970 4,506 53,606 19,324 154,593 561 9,627 288,785 285,080
California 7,126,458 5,407,482 193,722 49,533 468,115 137,912 821,386 4,093 44,215 2,946,555 2,823,606
Colorado 1,052,599 801,823 27,165 5,207 66,854 20,555 123,957 416 6,622 450,006 401,337
Connecticut 922,735 721,790 18,715 5,090 54,336 17,377 99,276 240 5,910 381,401 385,571
Delaware 274,916 211,562 4,866 1,153 16,155 5,045 34,304 85 1,746 110,191 109,784
District of Columbia 95,379 70,358 1,780 517 4,947 2,297 14,911 14 554 34,006 40,600
Florida 5,584,296 4,303,891 109,316 28,794 346,355 90,489 667,494 2,521 35,435 2,302,081 2,210,762
Georgia 2,147,409 1,551,035 36,260 12,674 139,081 53,373 333,989 1,199 19,797 803,246 811,098
Hawaii 331,474 270,160 6,545 2,523 18,590 5,334 26,705 127 1,489 137,785 142,277
Idaho 398,558 300,665 8,679 2,337 25,287 7,876 50,541 241 2,933 169,189 144,980
Illinois 2,823,703 2,117,272 63,166 16,297 205,381 61,551 339,661 1,370 19,005 1,138,528 1,122,900
Indiana 1,706,346 1,244,523 32,335 8,968 122,093 38,918 244,460 937 14,111 659,805 655,401
Iowa 795,782 611,843 16,066 3,966 57,107 15,503 86,603 266 4,427 329,537 319,738
Kansas 689,743 520,552 14,101 3,708 47,099 14,560 84,656 274 4,794 279,500 273,229
Kentucky 1,132,277 735,602 23,209 6,045 90,041 28,870 233,011 1,497 14,002 412,300 387,645
Louisiana 1,001,883 644,104 29,225 6,581 100,713 32,582 176,662 1,178 10,836 386,004 343,693
Maine 389,823 280,924 7,695 1,961 24,575 7,034 63,461 203 3,970 155,701 143,044
Maryland 1,281,271 974,584 26,421 6,645 78,079 28,368 158,288 370 8,516 499,689 531,173
Massachusetts 1,590,928 1,167,999 35,015 8,834 93,668 31,040 237,766 561 16,044 631,435 631,036
Michigan 2,850,592 2,067,238 60,044 16,749 200,289 60,676 419,447 1,850 24,298 1,102,787 1,067,541
Minnesota 1,296,913 1,008,266 27,323 6,460 78,979 22,804 144,677 370 8,034 541,299 515,782
Mississippi 749,026 503,133 11,134 5,353 53,345 22,563 143,843 578 9,078 263,951 267,788
Missouri 1,554,999 1,116,181 27,772 7,787 106,163 34,612 248,216 798 13,470 600,234 583,326
Montana 268,148 205,565 5,591 1,531 18,138 5,275 30,433 136 1,478 115,616 99,045
Nebraska 420,808 322,575 9,078 2,203 29,509 8,732 46,045 114 2,553 174,142 172,845
Nevada 638,063 490,349 10,746 3,413 36,398 11,903 80,961 277 4,015 271,520 234,184
New Hampshire 388,252 289,896 7,425 1,745 20,442 6,530 57,832 127 4,255 158,128 146,494
New Jersey 2,225,451 1,712,466 46,625 13,044 136,441 42,152 257,094 954 16,677 878,269 939,911
New Mexico 485,568 352,606 11,316 2,660 31,808 11,102 71,972 315 3,789 193,275 179,348
New York 4,599,203 3,448,429 101,984 30,012 286,805 87,501 604,348 2,561 37,563 1,765,392 1,898,451
North Carolina 2,530,940 1,881,196 37,750 12,668 145,342 51,287 380,285 1,180 21,234 956,826 983,724
North Dakota 154,076 117,006 3,579 697 13,207 3,510 15,250 45 784 66,553 60,620
Ohio 2,839,739 2,029,503 68,891 13,429 240,148 64,572 400,858 1,763 20,575 1,140,746 1,073,868
Oklahoma 925,736 658,661 17,885 5,177 69,957 23,284 142,341 620 7,811 355,142 350,531
Oregon 1,063,195 816,088 23,090 5,983 67,336 16,792 127,301 551 6,055 441,684 413,882
Pennsylvania 3,581,701 2,654,759 76,505 17,049 261,327 68,816 474,586 1,830 26,830 1,408,357 1,432,114
Rhode Island 279,187 207,401 4,286 1,580 15,526 4,855 42,845 89 2,605 107,486 111,387
South Carolina 1,372,112 1,010,548 21,090 7,065 81,868 28,875 210,166 726 11,775 530,073 515,469
South Dakota 205,702 160,401 4,074 901 14,296 4,082 20,793 44 1,110 89,865 79,712
Tennessee 1,726,649 1,228,295 31,546 9,527 116,711 39,531 284,138 1,103 15,798 652,037 642,746
Texas 4,854,798 3,486,487 138,120 29,130 385,196 121,408 650,687 3,500 40,270 1,980,366 1,806,272
Utah 489,367 365,815 15,666 3,273 31,293 13,899 55,605 241 3,577 210,054 180,984
Vermont 181,120 136,436 3,877 967 10,583 3,048 24,597 68 1,546 73,854 70,323
Virginia 1,885,766 1,410,412 40,819 9,906 120,655 38,252 250,066 999 14,657 745,200 746,986
Washington 1,696,167 1,287,638 41,468 9,517 104,637 28,714 212,513 814 10,865 704,539 658,523
West Virginia 565,260 366,645 15,777 3,383 52,586 13,881 105,927 1,156 5,904 213,653 195,487
Wisconsin 1,538,938 1,181,208 26,846 7,829 96,197 28,615 187,195 521 10,527 627,236 594,998
Wyoming 137,056 105,119 2,773 666 9,073 2,999 15,585 59 781 59,750 49,511
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 4,337 2,078 77 109 447 374 1,116 10 127 1,227 1,057
Guam 14,224 9,553 461 265 1,256 768 1,751 16 153 5,625 4,575
Northern Mariana Islands 1,850 1,148 46 74 204 168 194 1 15 702 474
Puerto Rico 708,223 413,708 26,027 5,291 59,808 16,375 173,941 1,931 11,142 239,655 234,238
U.S. Virgin Islands 24,331 19,494 555 269 1,359 533 1,954 17 151 10,291 9,627
Foreign countries 416,588 284,051 31,087 5,519 71,730 11,157 11,579 199 1,266 191,474 173,824
Unknown 3,396 2,710 93 16 292 37 231 1 16 1,607 1,386
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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