OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2023

Table 1. Beneficiaries as a percentage of the total resident population and of the population aged 65 or older, by state, December 2023
State Total population Population aged 65 or older
Number a Percentage receiving benefits Number a Percentage receiving benefits
United States 334,914,895 19.6 59,248,361 88.1
Alabama 5,108,468 23.1 932,312 91.8
Alaska 733,406 15.7 105,311 86.6
Arizona 7,431,344 20.2 1,434,519 85.7
Arkansas 3,067,732 23.4 551,294 94.1
California 38,965,193 16.4 6,311,933 84.3
Colorado 5,877,610 16.3 943,015 85.4
Connecticut 3,617,176 20.0 690,774 86.4
Delaware 1,031,890 23.4 219,318 90.1
District of Columbia 678,972 12.4 88,732 74.6
Florida 22,610,726 22.4 4,916,692 84.4
Georgia 11,029,227 18.0 1,696,217 89.4
Hawaii 1,435,138 20.7 302,506 83.9
Idaho 1,964,726 20.1 341,130 93.5
Illinois 12,549,689 18.4 2,203,922 85.2
Indiana 6,862,199 20.7 1,179,148 93.4
Iowa 3,207,004 21.4 595,837 93.5
Kansas 2,940,546 20.0 513,394 91.9
Kentucky 4,526,154 22.6 806,757 91.5
Louisiana 4,573,749 20.6 793,655 87.7
Maine 1,395,722 26.5 320,841 90.5
Maryland 6,180,253 17.3 1,066,384 81.7
Massachusetts 7,001,399 18.9 1,293,674 82.8
Michigan 10,037,261 22.9 1,926,752 92.6
Minnesota 5,737,915 19.6 1,023,247 90.2
Mississippi 2,939,690 23.5 517,662 95.5
Missouri 6,196,156 21.9 1,136,615 91.4
Montana 1,132,812 22.8 231,984 91.4
Nebraska 1,978,379 18.7 339,546 89.2
Nevada 3,194,176 18.6 555,709 86.7
New Hampshire 1,402,054 23.8 291,526 91.6
New Jersey 9,290,841 18.3 1,648,344 85.0
New Mexico 2,114,371 22.1 418,551 87.4
New York 19,571,216 19.2 3,634,101 83.1
North Carolina 10,835,491 21.0 1,908,489 93.0
North Dakota 783,926 18.7 133,316 90.1
Ohio 11,785,935 20.9 2,208,950 87.5
Oklahoma 4,053,824 20.7 673,638 94.0
Oregon 4,233,358 21.9 829,274 92.7
Pennsylvania 12,961,683 22.6 2,595,674 90.2
Rhode Island 1,095,962 21.6 211,548 88.4
South Carolina 5,373,555 23.6 1,037,931 94.9
South Dakota 919,318 21.4 168,837 96.3
Tennessee 7,126,489 21.6 1,241,996 93.7
Texas 30,503,301 15.3 4,188,063 88.4
Utah 3,417,734 13.4 417,136 88.6
Vermont 647,464 25.0 143,123 90.9
Virginia 8,715,698 18.9 1,498,879 88.0
Washington 7,812,880 18.6 1,337,759 90.0
West Virginia 1,770,071 26.9 380,679 92.7
Wisconsin 5,910,955 22.5 1,129,802 94.7
Wyoming 584,057 21.6 111,865 91.4
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; U.S. Postal Service geographic data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2023 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2023, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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