SSI Recipients by State and County, 2002

New Jersey

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2002
County Total Category Age SSI
recipients
also
receiving
OASDI		 Amount of
payments
(thousands
of dollars)
Aged Blind and
disabled		 Under 18 18–64 65 or
older
Total, New Jersey 147,989 33,942 114,047 20,292 77,299 50,398 47,541 63,233
Atlantic 5,108 943 4,165 705 2,866 1,537 1,979 2,073
Bergen 8,702 3,864 4,838 488 3,427 4,787 2,519 3,482
Burlington 4,168 542 3,626 672 2,625 871 1,374 1,707
Camden 12,536 1,688 10,848 2,163 7,412 2,961 3,972 5,659
Cape May 1,572 154 1,418 217 1,069 286 659 613
Cumberland 4,572 566 4,006 755 2,761 1,056 1,709 1,893
Essex 25,353 4,154 21,199 4,176 13,901 7,276 7,450 11,267
Gloucester 3,087 364 2,723 430 2,041 616 1,142 1,333
Hudson 21,537 6,597 14,940 2,629 9,377 9,531 6,927 9,534
Hunterdon 608 95 513 30 429 149 191 211
Mercer 7,925 1,179 6,746 1,274 4,748 1,903 2,622 3,539
Middlesex 9,808 3,410 6,398 1,079 4,237 4,492 2,697 3,989
Monmouth 6,741 1,426 5,315 811 3,770 2,160 2,498 2,738
Morris 3,365 1,286 2,079 207 1,536 1,622 1,021 1,322
Ocean 4,757 739 4,018 575 3,016 1,166 1,869 1,890
Passaic 13,781 3,461 10,320 2,150 6,621 5,010 4,267 5,994
Salem 1,123 135 988 159 728 236 430 485
Somerset 1,871 678 1,193 185 846 840 499 731
Sussex 1,349 190 1,159 203 858 288 539 544
Union 8,790 2,294 6,496 1,233 4,239 3,318 2,685 3,706
Warren 1,115 156 959 131 724 260 455 474
Unknown 121 21 100 20 68 33 37 50
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, SORD file, 100 percent data.