OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2020
| State | Total population | Population aged 65 or older | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number a | Percentage receiving benefits | Number a | Percentage receiving benefits | |
| United States | 329,484,123 | 19.2 | 55,659,365 | 87.3 |
| Alabama | 4,921,532 | 23.7 | 874,244 | 91.7 |
| Alaska | 731,158 | 14.8 | 95,876 | 85.6 |
| Arizona | 7,421,401 | 19.3 | 1,373,975 | 82.9 |
| Arkansas | 3,030,522 | 23.4 | 536,306 | 91.1 |
| California | 39,368,078 | 15.6 | 5,976,166 | 83.0 |
| Colorado | 5,807,719 | 15.8 | 876,387 | 84.5 |
| Connecticut | 3,557,006 | 19.6 | 645,996 | 86.5 |
| Delaware | 986,809 | 22.8 | 197,594 | 89.6 |
| District of Columbia | 712,816 | 11.7 | 89,833 | 70.4 |
| Florida | 21,733,312 | 22.3 | 4,638,094 | 82.6 |
| Georgia | 10,710,017 | 17.8 | 1,574,667 | 88.3 |
| Hawaii | 1,407,006 | 20.1 | 275,080 | 86.0 |
| Idaho | 1,826,913 | 20.3 | 305,994 | 93.8 |
| Illinois | 12,587,530 | 18.1 | 2,089,234 | 85.1 |
| Indiana | 6,754,953 | 20.5 | 1,115,285 | 92.3 |
| Iowa | 3,163,561 | 21.0 | 566,136 | 92.8 |
| Kansas | 2,913,805 | 19.5 | 488,316 | 90.4 |
| Kentucky | 4,477,251 | 22.5 | 770,835 | 89.9 |
| Louisiana | 4,645,318 | 19.9 | 763,750 | 85.3 |
| Maine | 1,350,141 | 26.3 | 293,776 | 91.1 |
| Maryland | 6,055,802 | 17.0 | 987,352 | 82.2 |
| Massachusetts | 6,893,574 | 18.8 | 1,198,402 | 83.6 |
| Michigan | 9,966,555 | 22.6 | 1,812,441 | 92.0 |
| Minnesota | 5,657,342 | 18.9 | 948,841 | 90.1 |
| Mississippi | 2,966,786 | 23.0 | 499,955 | 92.7 |
| Missouri | 6,151,548 | 21.5 | 1,089,714 | 89.3 |
| Montana | 1,080,577 | 22.7 | 213,392 | 90.9 |
| Nebraska | 1,937,552 | 18.4 | 319,437 | 89.0 |
| Nevada | 3,138,259 | 18.0 | 519,316 | 85.5 |
| New Hampshire | 1,366,275 | 23.2 | 263,129 | 92.2 |
| New Jersey | 8,882,371 | 18.6 | 1,510,028 | 87.4 |
| New Mexico | 2,106,319 | 21.5 | 389,911 | 87.3 |
| New York | 19,336,776 | 19.0 | 3,369,569 | 84.7 |
| North Carolina | 10,600,823 | 20.6 | 1,814,542 | 90.0 |
| North Dakota | 765,309 | 18.1 | 123,141 | 90.1 |
| Ohio | 11,693,217 | 20.6 | 2,097,638 | 86.6 |
| Oklahoma | 3,980,783 | 20.4 | 653,159 | 90.7 |
| Oregon | 4,241,507 | 21.4 | 789,527 | 91.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,783,254 | 22.5 | 2,447,687 | 90.5 |
| Rhode Island | 1,057,125 | 21.8 | 192,477 | 90.6 |
| South Carolina | 5,218,040 | 22.9 | 976,375 | 91.4 |
| South Dakota | 892,717 | 20.8 | 157,177 | 95.3 |
| Tennessee | 6,886,834 | 21.7 | 1,180,543 | 91.9 |
| Texas | 29,360,759 | 15.1 | 3,873,683 | 86.9 |
| Utah | 3,249,879 | 13.2 | 381,593 | 88.0 |
| Vermont | 623,347 | 25.0 | 128,594 | 93.9 |
| Virginia | 8,590,563 | 18.5 | 1,401,044 | 87.4 |
| Washington | 7,693,612 | 18.2 | 1,247,874 | 89.6 |
| West Virginia | 1,784,787 | 26.9 | 373,569 | 90.7 |
| Wisconsin | 5,832,655 | 21.9 | 1,047,935 | 94.4 |
| Wyoming | 582,328 | 20.3 | 103,776 | 89.4 |
| SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2020 estimates of resident population. | ||||
| a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2020, as reported by the Census Bureau. | ||||
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