U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2005
 
Federally Administered Payments
Table 12.
Recipients as a percentage of resident population, by state, December 2005
State Resident population a Recipients
Number Percentage
of resident
population
United States 296,410,404 7,113,130 b 2.4
Alabama 4,557,808 163,709 3.6
Alaska 663,661 11,027 1.7
Arizona 5,939,292 97,703 1.6
Arkansas 2,779,154 91,043 3.3
California 36,132,147 1,212,069 3.4
Colorado 4,665,177 55,441 1.2
Connecticut 3,510,297 52,147 1.5
Delaware 843,524 13,664 1.6
District of Columbia 550,521 21,166 3.8
Florida 17,789,864 422,466 2.4
Georgia 9,072,576 202,747 2.2
Hawaii 1,275,194 22,689 1.8
Idaho 1,429,096 22,200 1.6
Illinois 12,763,371 258,553 2.0
Indiana 6,271,973 98,555 1.6
Iowa 2,966,334 43,388 1.5
Kansas 2,744,687 39,154 1.4
Kentucky 4,173,405 180,225 4.3
Louisiana 4,523,628 155,803 3.4
Maine 1,321,505 31,978 2.4
Maryland 5,600,388 94,418 1.7
Massachusetts 6,398,743 171,488 2.7
Michigan 10,120,860 222,073 2.2
Minnesota 5,132,799 72,915 1.4
Mississippi 2,921,088 124,561 4.3
Missouri 5,800,310 117,613 2.0
Montana 935,670 14,784 1.6
Nebraska 1,758,787 22,334 1.3
Nevada 2,414,807 32,977 1.4
New Hampshire 1,309,940 13,636 1.0
New Jersey 8,717,925 152,352 1.7
New Mexico 1,928,384 53,773 2.8
New York 19,254,630 635,079 3.3
North Carolina 8,683,242 199,270 2.3
North Dakota 636,677 7,917 1.2
Ohio 11,464,042 250,283 2.2
Oklahoma 3,547,884 79,564 2.2
Oregon 3,641,056 60,557 1.7
Pennsylvania 12,429,616 317,462 2.6
Rhode Island 1,076,189 30,194 2.8
South Carolina 4,255,083 105,341 2.5
South Dakota 775,933 12,573 1.6
Tennessee 5,962,959 161,099 2.7
Texas 22,859,968 501,762 2.2
Utah 2,469,585 22,587 0.9
Vermont 623,050 13,138 2.1
Virginia 7,567,465 137,340 1.8
Washington 6,287,759 115,563 1.8
West Virginia 1,816,856 76,728 4.2
Wisconsin 5,536,201 92,225 1.7
Wyoming 509,294 5,797 1.1
SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau and Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2005, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.
b. Excludes 749 recipients in the Northern Mariana Islands.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
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