U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2008
 

Federally Administered Payments

Table 13.
Recipients as a percentage of resident population, by state, December 2008
State Resident
population a
Recipients
Number Percentage
of resident
population
United States 304,059,724 7,520,501 b 2.5
Alabama 4,661,900 166,743 3.6
Alaska 686,293 11,614 1.7
Arizona 6,500,180 103,065 1.6
Arkansas 2,855,390 99,072 3.5
California 36,756,666 1,271,916 3.5
Colorado 4,939,456 59,891 1.2
Connecticut 3,501,252 55,376 1.6
Delaware 873,092 14,797 1.7
District of Columbia 591,833 22,827 3.9
Florida 18,328,340 444,840 2.4
Georgia 9,685,744 212,803 2.2
Hawaii 1,288,198 23,610 1.8
Idaho 1,523,816 24,655 1.6
Illinois 12,901,563 265,628 2.1
Indiana 6,376,792 108,094 1.7
Iowa 3,002,555 45,434 1.5
Kansas 2,802,134 41,903 1.5
Kentucky 4,269,245 186,809 4.4
Louisiana 4,410,796 165,454 3.8
Maine 1,316,456 33,915 2.6
Maryland 5,633,597 100,726 1.8
Massachusetts 6,497,967 182,455 2.8
Michigan 10,003,422 232,581 2.3
Minnesota 5,220,393 80,673 1.5
Mississippi 2,938,618 122,455 4.2
Missouri 5,911,605 124,449 2.1
Montana 967,440 16,033 1.7
Nebraska 1,783,432 23,727 1.3
Nevada 2,600,167 36,679 1.4
New Hampshire 1,315,809 15,811 1.2
New Jersey 8,682,661 159,751 1.8
New Mexico 1,984,356 57,605 2.9
New York 19,490,297 658,265 3.4
North Carolina 9,222,414 208,409 2.3
North Dakota 641,481 8,032 1.3
Ohio 11,485,910 265,273 2.3
Oklahoma 3,642,361 87,829 2.4
Oregon 3,790,060 66,354 1.8
Pennsylvania 12,448,279 339,697 2.7
Rhode Island 1,050,788 31,548 3.0
South Carolina 4,479,800 107,142 2.4
South Dakota 804,194 13,083 1.6
Tennessee 6,214,888 165,151 2.7
Texas 24,326,974 566,281 2.3
Utah 2,736,424 25,443 0.9
Vermont 621,270 14,353 2.3
Virginia 7,769,089 141,822 1.8
Washington 6,549,224 124,974 1.9
West Virginia 1,814,468 79,688 4.4
Wisconsin 5,627,967 99,014 1.8
Wyoming 532,668 5,903 1.1
SOURCES: 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, 2008, as reported by the Census Bureau.
b. Excludes recipients in the Northern Mariana Islands.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
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