OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2014

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2014
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a (thousands) Percentage receiving benefits Number a (thousands) Percentage receiving benefits
United States 318,857 18.5 46,243 91.0
Alabama 4,849 22.6 744 92.3
Alaska 737 12.1 69 87.9
Arizona 6,731 17.9 1,070 83.3
Arkansas 2,966 22.7 466 92.3
California 38,803 14.3 4,993 82.6
Colorado 5,356 14.8 680 86.5
Connecticut 3,597 18.2 556 90.4
Delaware 936 20.5 154 91.4
District of Columbia 659 12.1 75 74.8
Florida 19,893 21.2 3,792 83.0
Georgia 10,097 16.6 1,252 89.8
Hawaii 1,420 17.7 228 86.4
Idaho 1,634 18.7 233 93.8
Illinois 12,881 16.7 1,789 88.3
Indiana 6,597 19.5 941 94.5
Iowa 3,107 19.8 491 94.1
Kansas 2,904 18.0 415 91.3
Kentucky 4,413 21.6 655 91.2
Louisiana 4,650 18.4 633 87.5
Maine 1,330 24.5 244 92.5
Maryland 5,976 15.7 822 84.1
Massachusetts 6,745 18.2 1,016 86.7
Michigan 9,910 21.4 1,530 94.4
Minnesota 5,457 17.7 780 92.1
Mississippi 2,994 21.4 428 92.8
Missouri 6,064 20.6 932 91.2
Montana 1,024 20.8 171 91.1
Nebraska 1,882 17.3 271 90.9
Nevada 2,839 16.8 402 86.7
New Hampshire 1,327 21.4 211 94.7
New Jersey 8,938 17.5 1,314 89.9
New Mexico 2,086 19.2 319 86.8
New York 19,746 17.6 2,898 87.2
North Carolina 9,944 19.6 1,463 91.6
North Dakota 739 16.8 105 91.1
Ohio 11,594 19.6 1,799 89.2
Oklahoma 3,878 19.3 563 91.4
Oregon 3,970 20.1 634 92.7
Pennsylvania 12,787 21.3 2,135 92.2
Rhode Island 1,055 20.5 166 92.3
South Carolina 4,832 21.5 762 92.9
South Dakota 853 19.4 130 96.7
Tennessee 6,549 20.9 986 92.9
Texas 26,957 14.3 3,099 87.2
Utah 2,943 12.4 295 89.5
Vermont 627 22.4 106 94.6
Virginia 8,326 17.0 1,147 88.8
Washington 7,062 17.4 993 90.7
West Virginia 1,850 25.1 329 91.3
Wisconsin 5,758 20.0 876 95.2
Wyoming 584 17.3 82 91.2
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2014 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2014, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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