SSI Recipients by State and County, 2015

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2015
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 25 188,207 22,663 165,544 23,670 115,468 49,069 56,801 102,783
Barnstable 25001 3,271 240 3,031 262 2,427 582 1,233 1,610
Berkshire 25003 4,070 212 3,858 521 2,934 615 1,471 2,143
Bristol 25005 19,164 1,203 17,961 2,513 13,225 3,426 6,469 10,404
Dukes 25007 134 (X) (X) (X) 74 (X) 56 79
Essex 25009 22,919 2,899 20,020 2,763 13,571 6,585 7,107 12,569
Franklin 25011 2,081 91 1,990 236 1,555 290 740 1,097
Hampden 25013 30,498 1,593 28,905 5,608 19,747 5,143 9,034 17,780
Hampshire 25015 2,868 155 2,713 338 2,067 463 1,046 1,499
Middlesex 25017 25,394 4,534 20,860 2,470 14,466 8,458 7,271 13,326
Nantucket 25019 32 (X) (X) (X) 21 (X) (X) 17
Norfolk 25021 10,431 2,389 8,042 828 5,700 3,903 3,057 5,262
Plymouth 25023 9,182 1,006 8,176 1,076 6,064 2,042 2,862 4,799
Suffolk 25025 35,059 6,549 28,510 3,619 18,295 13,145 9,741 19,417
Worcester 25027 23,104 1,770 21,334 3,412 15,322 4,370 6,705 12,783
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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