SSI Recipients by State and County, 2008

Pennsylvania

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2008
County Total Category Age SSI
recipients
also
receiving
OASDI
Amount of
payments
(thousands
of dollars) a
Aged Blind and
disabled
Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Total, Pennsylvania 340,096 27,076 313,020 66,322 212,753 61,021 98,541 176,163
Adams 1,030 80 950 205 656 169 410 462
Allegheny 33,483 2,422 31,061 6,344 21,438 5,701 9,865 17,531
Armstrong 2,128 144 1,984 292 1,467 369 775 1,013
Beaver 4,550 190 4,360 877 3,160 513 1,333 2,377
Bedford 1,317 121 1,196 244 799 274 522 612
Berks 8,955 854 8,101 2,123 5,255 1,577 2,729 4,594
Blair 4,865 264 4,601 977 3,239 649 1,560 2,476
Bradford 2,017 110 1,907 370 1,311 336 708 954
Bucks 6,151 863 5,288 722 3,622 1,807 1,612 3,023
Butler 3,211 188 3,023 558 2,231 422 1,090 1,661
Cambria 4,892 284 4,608 852 3,269 771 1,571 2,385
Cameron 155 10 145 24 108 23 75 67
Carbon 1,255 68 1,187 260 827 168 427 566
Centre 1,649 142 1,507 315 1,067 267 577 759
Chester 3,578 483 3,095 603 2,161 814 1,151 1,645
Clarion 1,288 78 1,210 194 905 189 462 711
Clearfield 2,745 168 2,577 594 1,748 403 920 1,308
Clinton 1,102 65 1,037 207 726 169 387 543
Columbia 1,469 65 1,404 314 978 177 482 674
Crawford 2,925 114 2,811 560 2,021 344 1,007 1,512
Cumberland 2,131 190 1,941 461 1,311 359 709 988
Dauphin 6,155 478 5,677 1,581 3,602 972 1,770 3,138
Delaware 10,644 1,156 9,488 2,163 6,485 1,996 2,826 5,423
Elk 688 25 663 156 467 65 231 331
Erie 10,012 493 9,519 2,484 6,375 1,153 2,900 5,342
Fayette 8,735 483 8,252 1,415 5,886 1,434 2,457 4,586
Forest 150 b b b 104 b 47 76
Franklin 2,258 175 2,083 498 1,398 362 828 1,058
Fulton 360 33 327 47 223 90 153 155
Greene 1,940 88 1,852 332 1,289 319 562 1,021
Huntingdon 1,177 77 1,100 211 768 198 412 575
Indiana 2,578 166 2,412 399 1,727 452 908 1,356
Jefferson 1,429 90 1,339 285 916 228 501 685
Juniata 483 42 441 93 299 91 199 228
Lackawanna 6,335 556 5,779 1,289 3,899 1,147 2,291 2,957
Lancaster 8,462 748 7,714 1,863 5,129 1,470 2,776 4,295
Lawrence 3,302 203 3,099 595 2,216 491 1,095 1,728
Lebanon 2,020 145 1,875 463 1,247 310 668 1,022
Lehigh 8,559 839 7,720 2,023 4,964 1,572 2,544 4,200
Luzerne 9,303 845 8,458 2,114 5,526 1,663 3,303 4,521
Lycoming 3,400 140 3,260 810 2,190 400 1,106 1,661
McKean 1,619 55 1,564 312 1,132 175 528 835
Mercer 4,216 130 4,086 906 2,905 405 1,312 2,316
Mifflin 1,589 70 1,519 288 1,078 223 531 753
Monroe 2,470 199 2,271 605 1,514 351 710 1,239
Montgomery 6,820 991 5,829 1,053 4,134 1,633 1,912 3,235
Montour 504 105 399 85 274 145 236 242
Northampton 4,972 437 4,535 1,075 3,011 886 1,664 2,393
Northumberland 2,733 175 2,558 545 1,761 427 1,041 1,296
Perry 657 31 626 131 435 91 228 320
Philadelphia 99,854 8,935 90,919 18,699 59,879 21,276 22,229 55,402
Pike 645 42 603 160 395 90 179 319
Potter 524 46 478 83 345 96 187 268
Schuylkill 3,410 235 3,175 586 2,283 541 1,227 1,743
Snyder 639 44 595 133 398 108 222 318
Somerset 2,335 165 2,170 380 1,511 444 867 1,159
Sullivan 127 b b b 97 b 45 55
Susquehanna 927 84 843 176 601 150 316 478
Tioga 1,208 78 1,130 207 792 209 458 568
Union 596 51 545 134 371 91 194 290
Venango 2,131 74 2,057 359 1,528 244 768 1,123
Warren 940 45 895 215 623 102 326 471
Washington 5,420 313 5,107 924 3,602 894 1,802 2,722
Wayne 914 73 841 156 609 149 334 473
Westmoreland 8,281 512 7,769 1,384 5,633 1,264 2,788 4,045
Wyoming 675 56 619 117 432 126 245 322
York 7,004 431 6,573 1,661 4,401 942 2,243 3,558
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. The state payment total does not equal the sum of the rounded county totals.
b. Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals.
CONTACT: Stella Coleman (410) 965-0157 or ssi.sc@ssa.gov.