| 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. | |||