OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2018
| State | Total population | Population aged 65 or older | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number a | Percentage receiving benefits | Number a | Percentage receiving benefits | |
| United States | 327,167,434 | 19.2 | 52,431,193 | 89.9 |
| Alabama | 4,887,871 | 23.4 | 826,894 | 92.2 |
| Alaska | 737,438 | 13.8 | 87,011 | 85.7 |
| Arizona | 7,171,646 | 18.8 | 1,258,250 | 83.4 |
| Arkansas | 3,013,825 | 23.1 | 511,827 | 91.6 |
| California | 39,557,045 | 15.1 | 5,669,025 | 82.6 |
| Colorado | 5,695,564 | 15.4 | 808,229 | 85.0 |
| Connecticut | 3,572,665 | 19.1 | 615,121 | 87.5 |
| Delaware | 967,171 | 22.0 | 181,086 | 90.4 |
| District of Columbia | 702,455 | 11.8 | 85,303 | 71.5 |
| Florida | 21,299,325 | 21.7 | 4,358,071 | 82.3 |
| Georgia | 10,519,475 | 17.4 | 1,460,409 | 89.0 |
| Hawaii | 1,420,491 | 19.1 | 260,967 | 85.3 |
| Idaho | 1,754,208 | 19.7 | 278,282 | 93.9 |
| Illinois | 12,741,080 | 17.6 | 1,992,961 | 86.0 |
| Indiana | 6,691,878 | 20.2 | 1,055,021 | 93.1 |
| Iowa | 3,156,145 | 20.5 | 539,830 | 93.4 |
| Kansas | 2,911,505 | 19.0 | 462,241 | 90.7 |
| Kentucky | 4,468,402 | 22.1 | 730,626 | 90.2 |
| Louisiana | 4,659,978 | 19.5 | 718,433 | 86.3 |
| Maine | 1,338,404 | 25.7 | 275,999 | 91.1 |
| Maryland | 6,042,718 | 16.6 | 931,136 | 82.7 |
| Massachusetts | 6,902,149 | 18.4 | 1,139,100 | 84.3 |
| Michigan | 9,995,915 | 22.1 | 1,716,604 | 92.8 |
| Minnesota | 5,611,179 | 18.4 | 889,802 | 90.9 |
| Mississippi | 2,986,530 | 22.4 | 474,475 | 93.0 |
| Missouri | 6,126,452 | 21.1 | 1,033,964 | 89.9 |
| Montana | 1,062,305 | 22.0 | 198,902 | 90.8 |
| Nebraska | 1,929,268 | 17.9 | 303,666 | 89.2 |
| Nevada | 3,034,392 | 17.7 | 476,181 | 86.2 |
| New Hampshire | 1,356,458 | 22.5 | 245,645 | 92.4 |
| New Jersey | 8,908,520 | 18.2 | 1,438,527 | 88.5 |
| New Mexico | 2,095,428 | 20.8 | 366,189 | 87.0 |
| New York | 19,542,209 | 18.6 | 3,213,534 | 85.8 |
| North Carolina | 10,383,620 | 20.2 | 1,689,265 | 90.7 |
| North Dakota | 760,077 | 17.6 | 116,637 | 90.7 |
| Ohio | 11,689,442 | 20.2 | 1,995,022 | 87.2 |
| Oklahoma | 3,943,079 | 20.0 | 619,553 | 91.0 |
| Oregon | 4,190,713 | 20.8 | 738,691 | 92.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,807,060 | 22.1 | 2,335,630 | 91.1 |
| Rhode Island | 1,057,315 | 21.3 | 182,254 | 91.3 |
| South Carolina | 5,084,127 | 22.5 | 899,915 | 92.1 |
| South Dakota | 882,235 | 20.3 | 146,854 | 96.6 |
| Tennessee | 6,770,010 | 21.5 | 1,109,697 | 92.3 |
| Texas | 28,701,845 | 14.7 | 3,602,320 | 86.9 |
| Utah | 3,161,105 | 12.9 | 350,478 | 88.4 |
| Vermont | 626,299 | 24.0 | 121,207 | 93.5 |
| Virginia | 8,517,685 | 18.0 | 1,315,401 | 87.7 |
| Washington | 7,535,591 | 17.9 | 1,164,232 | 89.6 |
| West Virginia | 1,805,832 | 26.3 | 359,878 | 90.7 |
| Wisconsin | 5,813,568 | 21.2 | 985,473 | 94.9 |
| Wyoming | 577,737 | 19.5 | 95,375 | 90.2 |
| SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2018 estimates of resident population. | ||||
| a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2018, as reported by the Census Bureau. | ||||
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