OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2018

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 2018 (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 84,419,840 63,890,793 1,824,995 481,182 5,383,982 1,690,697 10,532,470 41,524 574,198 34,392,442 33,445,724
Alabama 1,474,866 1,018,179 24,467 9,058 100,145 36,186 270,057 1,011 15,762 541,360 541,368
Alaska 131,038 100,891 2,481 1,255 7,059 3,919 14,564 54 816 59,379 44,417
Arizona 1,874,030 1,480,379 39,273 10,215 107,488 32,236 193,709 750 9,979 799,155 749,743
Arkansas 870,892 609,597 12,135 4,969 55,370 20,570 158,454 509 9,288 323,404 321,004
California 7,934,876 6,174,047 214,041 55,124 487,806 144,376 813,757 4,031 41,695 3,361,794 3,216,862
Colorado 1,202,184 940,652 30,854 5,740 70,628 22,177 125,381 400 6,352 528,738 470,092
Connecticut 1,018,496 808,720 20,233 5,630 55,959 18,326 103,602 240 5,785 428,293 429,583
Delaware 314,296 247,377 5,437 1,347 17,200 5,420 35,707 86 1,723 127,738 129,281
District of Columbia 106,681 81,033 1,899 596 4,986 2,475 15,138 16 539 39,173 46,528
Florida 6,265,243 4,920,603 120,950 32,103 364,760 97,830 691,402 2,591 35,005 2,623,225 2,534,698
Georgia 2,410,603 1,784,725 39,656 14,289 147,095 57,282 346,570 1,134 19,852 922,975 937,057
Hawaii 371,053 307,482 7,207 2,649 19,527 5,763 26,850 134 1,441 157,547 161,976
Idaho 458,453 354,038 9,600 2,696 27,015 8,776 53,124 216 2,988 198,725 171,594
Illinois 3,096,652 2,371,683 67,904 17,848 208,687 64,571 346,306 1,270 18,384 1,278,687 1,248,253
Indiana 1,877,338 1,402,287 34,312 9,801 125,593 41,589 249,331 871 13,554 745,569 737,723
Iowa 881,676 690,848 17,184 4,334 57,619 16,455 90,604 245 4,388 372,479 359,267
Kansas 767,704 591,659 15,782 4,152 48,374 15,747 87,097 257 4,635 318,648 309,096
Kentucky 1,240,569 835,436 24,182 6,757 93,491 31,102 234,796 1,322 13,483 465,726 437,622
Louisiana 1,108,708 736,876 31,109 7,176 104,582 34,188 182,898 1,202 10,676 439,313 388,488
Maine 434,514 322,115 8,371 2,214 25,240 7,815 64,708 190 3,861 178,386 163,376
Maryland 1,435,633 1,116,578 28,775 7,539 80,821 30,721 162,437 353 8,408 570,931 608,164
Massachusetts 1,759,294 1,325,859 37,894 9,787 95,606 33,175 241,115 558 15,299 717,943 709,862
Michigan 3,124,432 2,324,116 63,328 18,044 205,390 63,996 424,585 1,767 23,206 1,240,788 1,201,428
Minnesota 1,457,200 1,158,607 31,266 7,208 80,187 24,731 147,021 378 7,802 622,587 592,407
Mississippi 823,767 570,339 11,619 5,844 55,739 23,953 147,029 587 8,657 297,901 302,945
Missouri 1,705,313 1,256,962 29,223 8,499 108,497 36,877 251,732 784 12,738 673,991 654,749
Montana 302,993 238,216 5,975 1,684 18,847 5,621 31,059 126 1,466 133,905 114,769
Nebraska 468,676 367,111 9,849 2,424 30,043 9,344 47,227 110 2,568 197,807 195,497
Nevada 723,071 566,861 11,811 4,012 39,106 13,152 83,868 282 3,981 311,808 273,387
New Hampshire 438,065 334,711 8,563 1,947 21,515 7,099 59,930 122 4,178 183,043 169,356
New Jersey 2,436,037 1,909,809 51,488 14,233 139,589 44,018 260,274 919 15,707 981,643 1,045,403
New Mexico 549,452 409,748 12,290 2,880 33,685 12,044 74,667 305 3,833 222,731 209,421
New York 5,045,039 3,860,140 111,267 32,737 293,752 91,337 617,214 2,379 36,213 1,979,267 2,117,383
North Carolina 2,832,908 2,159,879 41,853 13,989 153,662 55,086 386,681 1,116 20,640 1,097,575 1,134,762
North Dakota 174,522 135,711 3,719 774 13,288 3,897 16,271 42 820 77,183 68,758
Ohio 3,105,357 2,275,441 71,064 14,518 244,174 69,449 409,514 1,582 19,616 1,277,920 1,194,625
Oklahoma 1,023,523 744,866 19,044 5,743 72,718 24,933 147,859 575 7,785 400,439 395,782
Oregon 1,194,143 938,330 25,705 6,541 70,172 18,107 128,839 513 5,936 508,695 478,559
Pennsylvania 3,934,741 2,979,999 81,250 18,726 264,003 73,830 489,442 1,700 25,791 1,584,036 1,600,302
Rhode Island 308,441 233,850 4,803 1,731 15,874 5,277 44,242 89 2,574 121,637 125,078
South Carolina 1,554,025 1,174,925 23,594 7,941 87,315 31,098 216,839 677 11,637 614,835 602,171
South Dakota 232,719 185,750 4,410 1,010 14,457 4,320 21,616 43 1,113 103,775 91,821
Tennessee 1,912,866 1,397,961 33,737 10,338 121,681 42,490 290,047 1,055 15,557 739,899 733,006
Texas 5,495,664 4,054,722 150,691 32,982 409,075 131,041 673,326 3,357 40,469 2,296,670 2,090,702
Utah 558,663 427,355 17,869 3,722 33,852 15,294 56,867 237 3,466 245,885 211,991
Vermont 203,538 157,155 4,206 1,121 10,856 3,258 25,381 59 1,502 85,029 80,732
Virginia 2,121,868 1,624,778 44,011 11,241 126,555 40,934 259,014 942 14,391 856,679 859,954
Washington 1,913,736 1,489,901 46,406 10,610 109,721 30,739 215,042 784 10,532 814,228 764,110
West Virginia 613,058 410,838 16,207 3,701 54,099 14,871 106,490 1,046 5,807 238,719 218,105
Wisconsin 1,717,582 1,346,045 29,486 8,665 98,280 30,405 193,794 493 10,414 716,820 675,977
Wyoming 155,824 121,935 3,116 751 9,607 3,185 16,405 63 762 69,741 57,095
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 4,669 2,337 78 99 462 378 1,189 10 117 1,343 1,201
Guam 16,488 11,422 504 299 1,414 823 1,840 19 166 6,671 5,471
Northern Mariana Islands 2,085 1,364 51 68 211 182 196 2 11 790 583
Puerto Rico 739,642 453,299 27,103 5,233 61,456 15,891 165,653 1,693 9,315 258,880 255,852
U.S. Virgin Islands 25,826 21,043 556 290 1,390 524 1,873 14 136 10,928 10,617
Foreign countries 467,739 323,156 35,081 6,291 78,106 11,794 11,729 212 1,371 218,770 195,101
Unknown 1,364 1,046 27 7 151 19 109 1 4 634 569
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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