SSI Recipients by State and County, 2020

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2020
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 25 179,322 24,328 154,994 20,936 103,314 55,072 53,572 103,892
Barnstable 25001 3,046 234 2,812 234 2,148 664 1,135 1,612
Berkshire 25003 3,778 205 3,573 407 2,668 703 1,379 2,144
Bristol 25005 18,060 1,126 16,934 2,403 12,021 3,636 5,772 10,512
Dukes 25007 118 (X) (X) (X) 68 (X) 46 57
Essex 25009 21,387 3,210 18,177 2,285 11,585 7,517 6,649 12,289
Franklin 25011 1,954 96 1,858 202 1,397 355 632 1,129
Hampden 25013 30,149 1,657 28,492 5,214 18,721 6,214 8,703 18,515
Hampshire 25015 2,932 159 2,773 340 2,007 585 1,056 1,626
Middlesex 25017 24,177 5,005 19,172 2,107 12,670 9,400 6,829 13,552
Nantucket 25019 43 (X) (X) (X) 29 (X) 15 20
Norfolk 25021 10,660 2,713 7,947 760 5,424 4,476 3,123 5,715
Plymouth 25023 9,047 1,177 7,870 935 5,699 2,413 2,788 5,154
Suffolk 25025 31,956 6,756 25,200 3,019 15,047 13,890 9,240 18,474
Worcester 25027 22,015 1,964 20,051 3,019 13,830 5,166 6,205 13,093
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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