OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2021

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 2021
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 65,228,238 47,292,977 2,165,865 687,269 3,888,166 1,975,881 7,877,129 96,063 1,244,888 22,732,468 28,063,098
Alabama 1,163,871 760,698 27,612 12,587 75,339 44,638 205,681 2,405 34,911 354,155 460,262
Alaska 110,006 81,718 2,894 2,042 5,416 4,815 11,023 151 1,947 42,652 42,144
Arizona 1,449,120 1,105,267 45,184 15,460 78,274 39,981 141,322 1,713 21,919 530,490 634,712
Arkansas 709,191 468,117 14,405 7,488 43,154 26,302 125,981 1,425 22,319 219,924 277,114
California 6,166,205 4,636,107 280,801 80,290 357,843 158,316 565,270 8,429 79,149 2,292,996 2,745,009
Colorado 925,084 709,963 32,430 7,956 49,249 24,560 87,507 850 12,569 350,312 408,599
Connecticut 699,597 532,298 19,471 7,417 35,113 18,600 74,895 616 11,187 250,713 317,037
Delaware 229,047 175,408 5,344 1,682 11,562 6,142 25,286 185 3,438 80,872 102,268
District of Columbia 83,228 60,292 1,785 815 3,677 3,247 12,097 20 1,295 27,367 36,471
Florida 4,909,642 3,720,938 147,681 48,222 267,242 120,466 520,045 6,244 78,804 1,771,771 2,156,311
Georgia 1,918,848 1,359,691 45,040 20,960 110,983 71,106 262,794 2,931 45,343 619,045 804,253
Hawaii 286,863 230,841 8,470 3,716 14,341 6,235 19,617 305 3,338 109,906 132,270
Idaho 377,904 282,455 11,331 4,049 19,823 10,565 41,769 571 7,341 138,799 158,868
Illinois 2,271,926 1,676,914 72,666 23,438 136,968 70,385 251,128 2,753 37,674 801,007 998,396
Indiana 1,388,573 987,268 34,766 12,911 83,681 48,724 189,432 2,039 29,752 461,268 587,147
Iowa 668,984 503,615 16,466 6,474 37,818 18,797 74,363 609 10,842 238,973 294,726
Kansas 573,476 422,971 15,444 6,045 32,493 18,359 66,682 616 10,866 200,867 249,168
Kentucky 1,010,012 647,855 28,545 10,106 71,665 40,000 179,822 3,135 28,884 316,480 388,025
Louisiana 924,881 583,793 37,246 10,437 79,729 42,803 143,284 2,495 25,094 299,261 362,457
Maine 359,152 258,610 9,206 3,412 18,496 9,333 50,945 480 8,670 126,908 148,052
Maryland 1,038,041 777,516 28,661 10,094 53,947 33,590 116,464 704 17,065 358,904 467,557
Massachusetts 1,295,088 939,694 38,077 13,901 63,458 35,206 173,945 1,157 29,650 454,078 564,543
Michigan 2,253,295 1,600,554 64,374 23,142 132,812 70,229 307,554 4,016 50,614 757,616 941,413
Minnesota 1,082,519 829,789 29,295 10,676 52,033 27,513 114,022 799 18,392 396,457 477,468
Mississippi 681,844 446,981 13,849 8,660 44,189 31,842 114,383 1,544 20,396 205,909 265,214
Missouri 1,329,084 936,580 30,240 12,271 77,123 46,783 194,556 1,981 29,550 441,202 549,668
Montana 248,513 189,757 6,689 2,563 13,671 6,994 24,869 319 3,651 94,222 104,955
Nebraska 360,240 270,312 9,484 3,621 20,123 10,881 38,910 262 6,647 128,189 161,675
Nevada 571,841 438,116 14,748 5,867 29,419 15,079 59,661 597 8,354 215,282 239,623
New Hampshire 321,925 236,601 7,646 2,602 14,450 7,714 43,702 274 8,936 114,203 135,541
New Jersey 1,652,973 1,244,222 53,624 18,529 89,029 44,464 173,632 1,809 27,664 578,047 759,360
New Mexico 455,414 326,068 14,726 4,331 26,166 16,061 58,346 678 9,038 158,631 189,175
New York 3,680,521 2,684,406 130,559 44,722 199,852 96,244 447,428 5,307 72,003 1,261,015 1,628,586
North Carolina 2,202,898 1,611,146 44,814 19,720 114,752 68,099 296,199 2,950 45,218 727,779 945,844
North Dakota 140,668 105,753 3,967 1,217 9,092 4,632 13,797 88 2,122 52,147 61,603
Ohio 2,409,265 1,689,343 77,031 20,420 166,308 84,029 322,274 3,809 46,051 826,918 1,016,445
Oklahoma 813,941 561,018 21,085 8,442 53,832 30,413 118,777 1,464 18,910 267,200 334,933
Oregon 910,086 695,077 27,244 9,101 47,848 20,116 96,685 1,113 12,902 335,925 401,938
Pennsylvania 2,878,165 2,088,154 82,292 25,308 172,163 82,762 368,244 3,940 55,302 986,710 1,258,149
Rhode Island 230,763 167,529 4,708 2,637 10,659 5,834 33,535 218 5,643 78,151 99,415
South Carolina 1,215,646 883,812 25,704 11,011 66,880 39,351 161,614 1,694 25,580 404,953 514,578
South Dakota 189,232 146,407 4,527 1,616 10,256 5,729 17,723 139 2,835 71,938 82,038
Tennessee 1,503,361 1,044,660 36,794 14,401 92,126 55,120 222,515 2,662 35,083 486,881 619,750
Texas 4,475,805 3,149,545 189,980 49,585 314,188 158,275 513,527 7,693 93,012 1,564,359 1,890,000
Utah 438,581 319,644 19,755 5,433 23,881 17,112 43,781 575 8,400 158,765 187,942
Vermont 157,587 116,636 4,048 1,691 7,474 3,871 20,214 135 3,518 56,953 66,608
Virginia 1,598,078 1,174,814 45,981 15,366 90,389 46,004 192,934 2,181 30,409 548,870 701,323
Washington 1,413,306 1,068,554 48,634 14,609 73,354 33,218 151,348 1,635 21,954 519,883 623,871
West Virginia 475,824 302,162 19,741 5,435 38,978 17,848 77,602 1,942 12,116 154,747 187,081
Wisconsin 1,289,260 976,275 28,906 11,853 64,405 34,686 147,961 1,198 23,976 460,424 551,687
Wyoming 120,816 91,386 3,293 1,043 6,622 3,649 12,878 152 1,793 45,658 50,088
Outlying areas  
American Samoa 6,008 2,678 189 212 583 632 1,226 33 455 1,424 1,547
Guam 19,279 12,948 1,039 495 1,573 1,218 1,489 58 459 6,682 7,262
Northern Mariana Islands 3,474 2,149 134 166 325 332 281 7 80 1,114 1,096
Puerto Rico 821,664 496,598 60,562 9,439 71,879 23,299 136,428 4,582 18,877 263,571 329,651
U.S. Virgin Islands 21,938 17,299 833 395 1,215 646 1,303 20 227 8,250 9,808
Foreign countries 695,086 443,546 115,819 11,182 100,183 13,016 8,331 356 2,653 305,398 332,110
Unknown 599 429 26 6 63 16 48 0 11 247 264
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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