SSI Recipients by State and County, 2023

Massachusetts

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2023
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 25 164,902 25,772 139,130 17,817 88,894 58,191 49,551 112,388
Barnstable 25001 2,610 246 2,364 186 1,688 736 1,005 1,624
Berkshire 25003 3,507 225 3,282 383 2,336 788 1,264 2,343
Bristol 25005 16,220 1,190 15,030 1,960 10,361 3,899 5,138 11,422
Dukes 25007 85 (X) (X) (X) 44 (X) 38 42
Essex 25009 19,372 3,404 15,968 1,872 9,633 7,867 6,201 12,998
Franklin 25011 1,766 110 1,656 (X) 1,196 (X) 592 1,216
Hampden 25013 27,694 1,653 26,041 4,543 16,496 6,655 7,790 20,073
Hampshire 25015 2,879 173 2,706 352 1,856 671 1,003 1,934
Middlesex 25017 22,845 5,351 17,494 1,855 11,108 9,882 6,487 15,084
Nantucket 25019 32 (X) (X) (X) 20 (X) 10 17
Norfolk 25021 10,645 3,007 7,638 745 5,013 4,887 3,227 6,816
Plymouth 25023 8,246 1,364 6,882 742 4,865 2,639 2,561 5,419
Suffolk 25025 29,019 6,923 22,096 2,514 12,414 14,091 8,623 19,743
Worcester 25027 19,982 2,103 17,879 2,483 11,864 5,635 5,612 13,657
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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