New Mexico ranks 36th in total OASDI beneficiaries in 2021

Dec 1, 2022

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There were 455,414 OASDI beneficiaries in New Mexico in 2021, ranking it 36th in the United States, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) is a program of the Social Security Administration funded primarily through payroll taxes. It was signed into law in 1935 by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The OASDI program aims to supplement a worker’s lost wages due to retirement, disability or death of a spouse.

The following table shows states ranked by number of beneficiaries.

State Ranking by Number of Beneficiaries in 2021

Rank	State	Number of Beneficiaries
1	California	6,166,205
2	Florida	4,909,642
3	Texas	4,475,805
4	New York	3,680,521
5	Pennsylvania	2,878,165
6	Ohio	2,409,265
7	Illinois	2,271,926
8	Michigan	2,253,295
9	North Carolina	2,202,898
10	Georgia	1,918,848
11	New Jersey	1,652,973
12	Virginia	1,598,078
13	Tennessee	1,503,361
14	Arizona	1,449,120
15	Washington	1,413,306
16	Indiana	1,388,573
17	Missouri	1,329,084
18	Massachusetts	1,295,088
19	Wisconsin	1,289,260
20	South Carolina	1,215,646
21	Alabama	1,163,871
22	Minnesota	1,082,519
23	Maryland	1,038,041
24	Kentucky	1,010,012
25	Colorado	925,084
26	Louisiana	924,881
27	Oregon	910,086
28	Oklahoma	813,941
29	Arkansas	709,191
30	Connecticut	699,597
31	Mississippi	681,844
32	Iowa	668,984
33	Kansas	573,476
34	Nevada	571,841
35	West Virginia	475,824
36	New Mexico	455,414
37	Utah	438,581
38	Idaho	377,904
39	Nebraska	360,240
40	Maine	359,152
41	New Hampshire	321,925
42	Hawaii	286,863
43	Montana	248,513
44	Rhode Island	230,763
45	Delaware	229,047
46	South Dakota	189,232
47	Vermont	157,587
48	North Dakota	140,668
49	Wyoming	120,816
50	Alaska	110,006
51	District of Columbia	83,228

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