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Social Security benefits per person: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Social Security benefits per person ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Government benefits per person by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-11
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (Table SAINC35) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 4,593 (United States).

Washington: 4,592Idaho: 4,646Montana: 5,186North Dakota: 4,297Minnesota: 4,872Michigan: 5,561Ohio: 4,850Pennsylvania: 5,483New York: 4,521Vermont: 6,047New Hampshire: 6,191Maine: 5,940Arizona: 4,810California: 3,833New Mexico: 4,899Texas: 3,480Louisiana: 4,508Mississippi: 5,005Alabama: 5,116Florida: 5,106Georgia: 4,071South Carolina: 5,479North Carolina: 4,834Virginia: 4,614District of Columbia: 2,874Maryland: 4,426Delaware: 6,043New Jersey: 4,687Connecticut: 5,194Rhode Island: 5,183Massachusetts: 4,657Oregon: 5,189Utah: 3,247Wyoming: 5,296Nevada: 4,264Colorado: 4,037South Dakota: 4,880Nebraska: 4,430Kansas: 4,842Oklahoma: 4,652Iowa: 5,078Missouri: 5,015Wisconsin: 5,450Illinois: 4,442Kentucky: 4,917Arkansas: 5,022Tennessee: 4,880West Virginia: 5,991Indiana: 4,933Alaska: 3,684Hawaii: 4,970

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 2,874 $
  • RI 5,183 $
  • DE 6,043 $
  • CT 5,194 $
  • NJ 4,687 $
  • MD 4,426 $
  • MA 4,657 $
  • VT 6,047 $
  • NH 6,191 $
  • Lowest: 2,874 to 4,430 $
  • Group 2: 4,430 to 4,810 $
  • Group 3: 4,810 to 4,970 $
  • Group 4: 4,970 to 5,194 $
  • Highest: 5,194 to 6,191 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: BEA's state estimates for 2025 are preliminary and are revised each year.

1New Hampshire6,191
2Vermont6,047
3Delaware6,043
4West Virginia5,991
5Maine5,940
6Michigan5,561
7Pennsylvania5,483
8South Carolina5,479
9Wisconsin5,450
10Wyoming5,296
11Connecticut5,194
12Oregon5,189
13Montana5,186
14Rhode Island5,183
15Alabama5,116
16Florida5,106
17Iowa5,078
18Arkansas5,022
19Missouri5,015
20Mississippi5,005
21Hawaii4,970
22Indiana4,933
23Kentucky4,917
24New Mexico4,899
25South Dakota4,880
25Tennessee4,880
27Minnesota4,872
28Ohio4,850
29Kansas4,842
30North Carolina4,834
31Arizona4,810
32New Jersey4,687
33Massachusetts4,657
34Oklahoma4,652
35Idaho4,646
36Virginia4,614
37Washington4,592
38New York4,521
39Louisiana4,508
40Illinois4,442
41Nebraska4,430
42Maryland4,426
43North Dakota4,297
44Nevada4,264
45Georgia4,071
46Colorado4,037
47California3,833
48Alaska3,684
49Texas3,480
50Utah3,247
51District of Columbia2,874

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC35: Personal current transfer receipts
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC1: Personal income summary: personal income, population, per capita personal income. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by Social Security benefits per person ($, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Data, SAINC35 Personal current transfer receipts and SAINC1 Personal income, population, per capita personal income (annual, by state); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-social-security-benefits-per-person/

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