SSI Recipients by State and County, 2011

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2011
County ANSI Code 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, Massachusetts 25 197,327 47,866 149,461 23,938 122,107 51,282 69,564 111,245
Barnstable 25001 3,642 638 3,004 300 2,655 687 1,630 1,810
Berkshire 25003 4,231 633 3,598 453 3,067 711 1,821 2,270
Bristol 25005 20,348 4,082 16,266 2,244 13,688 4,416 8,327 11,124
Dukes 25007 147 (X) (X) (X) 88 (X) 75 67
Essex 25009 23,712 6,225 17,487 2,806 14,298 6,608 8,385 13,232
Franklin 25011 2,312 303 2,009 294 1,672 346 944 1,201
Hampden 25013 30,572 4,635 25,937 5,618 19,820 5,134 10,184 18,260
Hampshire 25015 3,219 437 2,782 391 2,317 511 1,313 1,705
Middlesex 25017 27,571 8,394 19,177 2,501 16,178 8,892 9,480 15,296
Nantucket 25019 45 (X) (X) (X) 28 (X) 17 28
Norfolk 25021 10,966 3,686 7,280 841 6,227 3,898 3,861 5,840
Plymouth 25023 9,568 1,952 7,616 1,109 6,335 2,124 3,613 5,241
Suffolk 25025 38,107 12,746 25,361 4,173 20,455 13,479 12,053 22,134
Worcester 25027 22,887 4,079 18,808 3,189 15,279 4,419 7,861 13,037
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTES: ANSI = American National Standards Institute; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. The state payment total does not equal the sum of the rounded county totals.
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