| State | Resident population a |
Recipients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage of resident population |
||
| United States | 299,398,484 | 7,235,583 b | 2.4 |
| Alabama | 4,599,030 | 164,764 | 3.6 |
| Alaska | 670,053 | 11,340 | 1.7 |
| Arizona | 6,166,318 | 99,196 | 1.6 |
| Arkansas | 2,810,872 | 92,960 | 3.3 |
| California | 36,457,549 | 1,226,697 | 3.4 |
| Colorado | 4,753,377 | 56,830 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | 3,504,809 | 53,276 | 1.5 |
| Delaware | 853,476 | 14,038 | 1.6 |
| District of Columbia | 581,530 | 21,713 | 3.7 |
| Florida | 18,089,888 | 427,902 | 2.4 |
| Georgia | 9,363,941 | 205,793 | 2.2 |
| Hawaii | 1,285,498 | 22,924 | 1.8 |
| Idaho | 1,466,465 | 23,053 | 1.6 |
| Illinois | 12,831,970 | 261,052 | 2.0 |
| Indiana | 6,313,520 | 101,058 | 1.6 |
| Iowa | 2,982,085 | 43,896 | 1.5 |
| Kansas | 2,764,075 | 39,501 | 1.4 |
| Kentucky | 4,206,074 | 181,857 | 4.3 |
| Louisiana | 4,287,768 | 157,299 | 3.7 |
| Maine | 1,321,574 | 32,536 | 2.5 |
| Maryland | 5,615,727 | 96,248 | 1.7 |
| Massachusetts | 6,437,193 | 174,509 | 2.7 |
| Michigan | 10,095,643 | 225,160 | 2.2 |
| Minnesota | 5,167,101 | 75,793 | 1.5 |
| Mississippi | 2,910,540 | 123,679 | 4.2 |
| Missouri | 5,842,713 | 119,795 | 2.1 |
| Montana | 944,632 | 15,208 | 1.6 |
| Nebraska | 1,768,331 | 22,621 | 1.3 |
| Nevada | 2,495,529 | 34,468 | 1.4 |
| New Hampshire | 1,314,895 | 14,470 | 1.1 |
| New Jersey | 8,724,560 | 154,482 | 1.8 |
| New Mexico | 1,954,599 | 55,182 | 2.8 |
| New York | 19,306,183 | 641,870 | 3.3 |
| North Carolina | 8,856,505 | 202,613 | 2.3 |
| North Dakota | 635,867 | 8,035 | 1.3 |
| Ohio | 11,478,006 | 254,012 | 2.2 |
| Oklahoma | 3,579,212 | 82,386 | 2.3 |
| Oregon | 3,700,758 | 62,280 | 1.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,440,621 | 325,822 | 2.6 |
| Rhode Island | 1,067,610 | 30,720 | 2.9 |
| South Carolina | 4,321,249 | 105,411 | 2.4 |
| South Dakota | 781,919 | 12,748 | 1.6 |
| Tennessee | 6,038,803 | 162,574 | 2.7 |
| Texas | 23,507,783 | 524,458 | 2.2 |
| Utah | 2,550,063 | 23,532 | 0.9 |
| Vermont | 623,908 | 13,457 | 2.2 |
| Virginia | 7,642,884 | 139,313 | 1.8 |
| Washington | 6,395,798 | 118,946 | 1.9 |
| West Virginia | 1,818,470 | 77,987 | 4.3 |
| Wisconsin | 5,556,506 | 93,549 | 1.7 |
| Wyoming | 515,004 | 5,786 | 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, 2006, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau. | |||
| b. Excludes 782 recipients in the Northern Mariana Islands. | |||
| CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov. | |||