SSI Recipients by State and County, 2016

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2016
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 25 186,896 23,237 163,659 22,246 114,041 50,609 56,266 103,153
Barnstable 25001 3,258 236 3,022 260 2,399 599 1,211 1,615
Berkshire 25003 4,013 215 3,798 490 2,891 632 1,451 2,154
Bristol 25005 18,950 1,207 17,743 2,355 13,134 3,461 6,323 10,506
Dukes 25007 128 (X) (X) (X) 73 (X) (X) 59
Essex 25009 22,618 2,981 19,637 2,519 13,271 6,828 7,062 12,479
Franklin 25011 2,058 90 1,968 228 1,528 302 705 1,116
Hampden 25013 30,543 1,649 28,894 5,375 19,754 5,414 9,036 17,877
Hampshire 25015 2,903 162 2,741 329 2,077 497 1,066 1,529
Middlesex 25017 25,277 4,691 20,586 2,295 14,219 8,763 7,190 13,427
Nantucket 25019 32 (X) (X) (X) 20 (X) (X) 16
Norfolk 25021 10,488 2,462 8,026 780 5,687 4,021 3,035 5,354
Plymouth 25023 9,243 1,062 8,181 1,026 6,085 2,132 2,852 5,043
Suffolk 25025 34,522 6,647 27,875 3,360 17,797 13,365 9,707 19,166
Worcester 25027 22,863 1,817 21,046 3,208 15,106 4,549 6,564 12,812
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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