U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2006
 
Federally Administered Payments
Table 12.
Recipients as a percentage of resident population, by state, December 2006
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.
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