SSI Recipients by State and County, 2014

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2014
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 25 188,726 22,213 166,513 23,980 116,812 47,934 57,302 102,391
Barnstable 25001 3,336 230 3,106 286 2,479 571 1,270 1,683
Berkshire 25003 4,076 214 3,862 543 2,947 586 1,471 2,139
Bristol 25005 19,151 1,217 17,934 2,522 13,223 3,406 6,569 10,180
Dukes 25007 139 (X) (X) (X) 81 (X) 56 62
Essex 25009 23,082 2,870 20,212 2,851 13,778 6,453 7,218 12,382
Franklin 25011 2,100 93 2,007 241 1,566 293 731 1,113
Hampden 25013 30,333 1,561 28,772 5,605 19,762 4,966 8,968 17,564
Hampshire 25015 2,898 153 2,745 353 2,096 449 1,067 1,502
Middlesex 25017 25,590 4,426 21,164 2,550 14,762 8,278 7,434 13,362
Nantucket 25019 34 (X) (X) (X) 22 (X) 10 15
Norfolk 25021 10,399 2,280 8,119 867 5,787 3,745 3,041 5,270
Plymouth 25023 9,234 973 8,261 1,116 6,134 1,984 2,937 4,966
Suffolk 25025 35,367 6,453 28,914 3,620 18,820 12,927 9,858 19,309
Worcester 25027 22,987 1,718 21,269 3,402 15,355 4,230 6,672 12,842
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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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