SSI Recipients by State and County, 2020

Table 2. Amount of payments, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2020 (in thousands of dollars)
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 4,797,688 522,078 4,275,610 781,803 2,938,737 1,077,147
Alabama 90,976 2,280 88,696 14,612 65,631 10,733
Alaska 7,045 604 6,441 766 4,911 1,369
Arizona 71,021 7,311 63,709 11,720 44,814 14,486
Arkansas 61,018 1,271 59,747 16,863 39,011 5,143
California 792,273 186,090 606,183 71,968 393,256 327,049
Colorado 42,220 4,692 37,528 5,689 28,014 8,517
Connecticut 40,070 3,137 36,933 5,942 26,255 7,872
Delaware 10,580 542 10,039 2,246 7,000 1,335
District of Columbia 15,824 915 14,909 2,521 10,483 2,820
Florida 337,699 69,598 268,101 67,686 166,973 103,040
Georgia 154,031 9,268 144,763 30,678 100,312 23,041
Hawaii 13,492 2,388 11,104 789 8,257 4,446
Idaho 17,878 603 17,274 3,132 12,881 1,864
Illinois 158,039 13,350 144,689 24,458 100,910 32,671
Indiana 78,578 2,256 76,322 15,307 56,095 7,175
Iowa 30,152 1,139 29,013 5,654 21,317 3,182
Kansas 27,869 1,113 26,756 5,844 18,985 3,039
Kentucky 98,259 2,884 95,375 16,746 68,588 12,925
Louisiana 100,226 3,338 96,888 22,339 64,694 13,193
Maine 20,131 552 19,579 2,522 15,409 2,200
Maryland 75,008 6,895 68,113 12,761 48,978 13,269
Massachusetts 103,892 11,641 92,250 14,245 62,976 26,671
Michigan 162,770 8,784 153,986 24,495 112,866 25,409
Minnesota 56,686 5,767 50,919 8,054 35,783 12,849
Mississippi 65,109 1,887 63,222 12,962 43,965 8,182
Missouri 78,160 2,540 75,620 13,438 56,115 8,608
Montana 10,000 489 9,511 1,442 7,191 1,368
Nebraska 16,712 933 15,779 2,650 11,959 2,103
Nevada 34,881 6,684 28,197 6,592 20,931 7,358
New Hampshire 10,071 335 9,736 1,317 7,798 956
New Jersey 100,912 15,697 85,215 16,327 57,346 27,239
New Mexico 34,855 2,649 32,206 5,316 22,717 6,822
New York 353,435 49,166 304,270 53,794 190,740 108,901
North Carolina 133,991 5,469 128,521 24,488 92,845 16,658
North Dakota 4,662 266 4,396 738 3,274 651
Ohio 187,347 7,218 180,129 30,621 131,627 25,099
Oklahoma 57,435 1,858 55,577 10,542 40,896 5,997
Oregon 53,439 4,077 49,362 6,900 37,411 9,128
Pennsylvania 212,503 10,796 201,707 40,524 136,027 35,953
Rhode Island 18,804 1,343 17,461 2,513 12,712 3,578
South Carolina 66,968 2,312 64,656 12,286 46,102 8,580
South Dakota 8,199 605 7,593 1,481 5,385 1,333
Tennessee 102,850 3,442 99,408 15,814 74,187 12,850
Texas 356,749 36,857 319,892 85,262 202,324 69,162
Utah 18,760 1,225 17,536 3,167 13,088 2,505
Vermont 8,741 351 8,390 999 6,602 1,139
Virginia 91,331 7,442 83,889 15,056 60,957 15,318
Washington 90,875 8,722 82,153 10,893 60,542 19,439
West Virginia 40,965 694 40,271 4,783 30,978 5,204
Wisconsin 69,453 2,431 67,022 14,122 47,116 8,215
Wyoming 4,046 101 3,946 562 3,089 395
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 700 72 629 178 414 108
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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