SSI Recipients by State and County, 2021

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2021
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 25 172,887 24,420 148,467 19,309 97,881 55,697 51,823 101,224
Barnstable 25001 2,877 231 2,646 187 1,980 710 1,093 1,561
Berkshire 25003 3,637 222 3,415 376 2,516 745 1,334 2,095
Bristol 25005 17,321 1,146 16,175 2,176 11,427 3,718 5,519 10,229
Dukes 25007 103 (X) (X) (X) 58 (X) 42 53
Essex 25009 20,460 3,251 17,209 2,084 10,794 7,582 6,489 11,887
Franklin 25011 1,874 88 1,786 189 1,344 341 594 1,120
Hampden 25013 29,114 1,611 27,503 4,875 17,945 6,294 8,285 18,024
Hampshire 25015 2,899 157 2,742 339 1,955 605 1,016 1,689
Middlesex 25017 23,587 5,067 18,520 1,961 12,148 9,478 6,716 13,390
Nantucket 25019 34 (X) (X) (X) 21 (X) 12 14
Norfolk 25021 10,587 2,781 7,806 745 5,258 4,584 3,154 5,752
Plymouth 25023 8,592 1,199 7,393 849 5,286 2,457 2,678 4,873
Suffolk 25025 30,755 6,674 24,081 2,777 14,130 13,848 8,970 18,063
Worcester 25027 21,047 1,967 19,080 2,744 13,019 5,284 5,921 12,474
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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