SSI Recipients by State and County, 2012

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2012
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 25 185,788 21,968 163,820 23,888 115,882 46,018 57,025 102,240
Barnstable 25001 3,271 217 3,054 296 2,433 542 1,263 1,640
Berkshire 25003 3,909 211 3,698 471 2,881 557 1,482 2,020
Bristol 25005 18,442 1,252 17,190 2,314 12,722 3,406 6,450 10,154
Dukes 25007 141 (X) (X) (X) 84 (X) 61 62
Essex 25009 22,432 2,836 19,596 2,763 13,573 6,096 7,059 12,104
Franklin 25011 2,086 99 1,987 258 1,545 283 739 1,091
Hampden 25013 29,684 1,557 28,127 5,656 19,369 4,659 8,844 17,607
Hampshire 25015 2,919 166 2,753 359 2,129 431 1,068 1,549
Middlesex 25017 25,698 4,395 21,303 2,527 15,113 8,058 7,478 13,750
Nantucket 25019 38 (X) (X) (X) 23 (X) 12 17
Norfolk 25021 10,294 2,198 8,096 876 5,846 3,572 3,071 5,235
Plymouth 25023 9,140 913 8,227 1,130 6,117 1,893 3,011 4,800
Suffolk 25025 35,790 6,452 29,338 4,022 19,276 12,492 9,936 19,677
Worcester 25027 21,944 1,647 20,297 3,195 14,771 3,978 6,551 12,534
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 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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