SSI Recipients by State and County, 1998

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of persons receiving federally administered SSI payments and amount of payments, by program category, age, receipt of OASDI, and state and county, December 1998
State and county Total Category Age SSI
recipients
with
OASDI		 Amount of
payments
(in thousands)
Aged Blind and
disabled		 Under 18 18–64 65 or
older
Massachusetts 166,532 46,145 120,387 15,634 100,997 49,901 66,364 $66,843
Barnstable 3,727 747 2,980 339 2,558 830 1,783 1,373
Berkshire 3,634 793 2,841 376 2,399 859 1,673 1,344
Bristol 18,384 5,843 12,541 1,268 10,832 6,284 8,978 6,814
Dukes 173 58 115 12 96 65 89 58
Essex 20,173 5,427 14,746 2,142 12,191 5,840 7,848 8,280
Franklin 1,841 361 1,480 204 1,243 394 848 678
Hampden 19,557 3,924 15,633 2,497 12,779 4,281 7,409 8,241
Hampshire 2,012 427 1,585 230 1,320 462 962 731
Middlesex 25,513 8,054 17,459 1,883 15,011 8,619 10,154 9,837
Nantucket 71 13 58 8 48 15 31 24
Norfolk 8,384 2,902 5,482 531 4,712 3,141 3,400 3,147
Plymouth 9,019 2,211 6,808 889 5,674 2,456 3,879 3,454
Suffolk 35,110 11,029 24,081 3,450 19,832 11,828 11,454 15,289
Worcester 18,447 4,242 14,205 1,750 12,001 4,696 7,696 7,352
Unknown 487 114 373 55 301 131 160 220