SSI Recipients by State and County, 2018

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2018
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 25 184,020 24,535 159,485 21,199 109,066 53,755 55,302 102,905
Barnstable 25001 3,139 236 2,903 225 2,265 649 1,187 1,610
Berkshire 25003 3,916 217 3,699 449 2,786 681 1,443 2,114
Bristol 25005 18,642 1,196 17,446 2,355 12,731 3,556 6,083 10,535
Dukes 25007 120 (X) (X) (X) 68 (X) 53 50
Essex 25009 22,033 3,196 18,837 2,341 12,368 7,324 6,899 12,255
Franklin 25011 2,015 87 1,928 218 1,475 322 665 1,111
Hampden 25013 30,523 1,756 28,767 5,104 19,459 5,960 9,067 17,966
Hampshire 25015 2,961 170 2,791 328 2,070 563 1,063 1,608
Middlesex 25017 24,793 5,000 19,793 2,161 13,371 9,261 6,989 13,401
Nantucket 25019 37 (X) (X) (X) 24 (X) 13 21
Norfolk 25021 10,591 2,622 7,969 741 5,561 4,289 3,060 5,465
Plymouth 25023 9,120 1,154 7,966 956 5,878 2,286 2,795 4,988
Suffolk 25025 33,491 6,919 26,572 3,149 16,442 13,900 9,568 18,881
Worcester 25027 22,639 1,959 20,680 3,158 14,568 4,913 6,417 12,900
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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