SSI Recipients by State

Amount of federally administered SSI payments, by State, Calendar Year 1994 (in thousands)

                                           Amount of payments during year (in thousands)
                                            _____________________________________________________________________
State                                        Total                 Aged                Blind             Disabled
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Total                                  $25,291,088           $4,141,764             $364,698          $20,784,626
 
Colorado                                   202,720               22,753                2,061              177,908

Number of persons receiving federally administered SSI payments, and amount of payments, by State and county, December 1994

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                                                         Adults                  Children
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                                                                                                Persons  Amount of
                                                                                                   aged   payments
                                                                                                  65 or  (in thou-
 State and county                Total         Aged      Blind  Disabled     Blind   Disabled     older     sands)
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 Colorado......................    54,589     9,633        464    35,524        71      8,897    13,855    $17,610
 Adams.........................     4,688       693         32     2,959         3      1,001     1,009      1,587
 Alamosa.......................       497       115          0       320         0         62       159        153
 Arapahoe......................     3,048       671         26     1,759         4        588       838      1,033
 Archuleta.....................        92        26          0        52         0         14        30         26
 Baca..........................       146        62          1        75         0          8        74         32
 Bent..........................       207        43          1       138         0         25        69         56
 Boulder.......................     2,061       349         19     1,360         3        330       481        660
 Chaffee.......................       233        52          2       148         0         31        74         66
 Cheyenne......................        23         9          0        14         0          0        12          5
 Clear Creek...................        40         8          0        22         0         10        10         14
 Conejos.......................       458       168          1       248         0         41       229        141
 Costilla......................       298       125          1       153         0         19       163         91
 Crowley.......................       139        29          1        84         0         25        39         41
 Custer........................        33         5          0        23         0          5         6          9
 Delta.........................       558       167          5       292         0         94       209        142
 Denver........................    14,143     2,639        134     9,558         9      1,803     3,893      4,775
 Dolores.......................        37         6          1        25         0          5         8         10
 Douglas.......................       133        21          0        78         1         33        24         40
 Eagle.........................        91        16          1        49         0         25        19         26
 Elbert........................        56         7          0        28         0         21         9         21
 El Paso.......................     6,135       841         53     3,807        24      1,410     1,190      2,011
 Fremont.......................       786       111          6       525         1        143       170        251
 Garfield......................       369        44          1       215         0        109        60        124
 Gilpin........................         9       (1)        (1)       (1)       (1)        (1)       (1)          3
 Grand.........................        48        11          0        25         0         12        16         14
 Gunnison......................        62         6          1        42         0         13         7         17
 Hinsdale......................        10       (1)        (1)       (1)       (1)        (1)       (1)          3
 Huerfano......................       330        82          8       213         0         27       126        105
 Jackson.......................        19         1          0        13         0          5         1          6
 Jefferson.....................     2,957       383         37     1,976         3        558       531        966
 Kiowa.........................        28         6          1        18         0          3         6          7
 Kit Carson....................        90        24          0        54         0         12        31         24
 Lake..........................        40         4          0        24         0         12         6         10
 La Plata......................       432        97          4       286         2         43       132        122
 Larimer.......................     1,906       323         21     1,225         5        332       448        617
 Las Animas....................       721       168          3       495         1         54       225        209
 Lincoln.......................        82        22          0        43         0         17        28         21
 Logan.........................       313        63          0       198         0         52        85         98
 Mesa..........................     2,204       347         25     1,466         6        360       505        653
 Mineral.......................         5       (1)        (1)       (1)       (1)        (1)       (1)          3
 Moffat........................       139        32          1        78         1         27        48         43
 Montezuma.....................       354        89          3       220         0         42       122         96
 Montrose......................       574       124          3       346         2         99       192        147
 Morgan........................       362        80          0       215         0         67       120        108
 Otero.........................       986       210          4       627         0        145       308        283
 Ouray.........................        21         1          0        12         0          8         3          7
 Park..........................        42         3          1        31         0          7         5         14
 Phillips......................        67        26          1        31         0          9        28         17
 Pitkin........................        31         7          0        14         0         10         7         10
 Prowers.......................       363       102          3       215         0         43       138         90
 Pueblo........................     4,652       526         40     3,484         1        601       924      1,559
 Rio Blanco....................        53        16          0        28         0          9        19         16
 Rio Grande....................       379       120          0       221         1         37       175        106
 Routt.........................        71         6          0        57         0          8         9         19
 Saguache......................       183        76          0        93         0         14        92         61
 San Juan......................        10       (1)        (1)       (1)       (1)        (1)       (1)          2
 San Miguel....................        18         4          0         8         0          6         5          5
 Sedgwick......................        46         3          0        38         0          5         7         13
 Summit........................        28         1          0        21         0          6         1         13
 Teller........................        76         5          0        58         0         13        12         25
 Washington....................        58        19          0        24         0         15        25         18
 Weld..........................     2,344       391         21     1,543         4        385       634        701
 Yuma..........................        93        24          1        52         0         16        28         25
 Unknown.......................       112        17          1        75         0         19        23         38
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1/Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals.

Notes: The data are drawn frorn the Supplemental Security Record, the principal administrative computer file for the SSI program. To avoid disclosure of the reason for individuals' eligibility, data on eligibility categories are suppressed for counties with less than 15 recipients or where all recipients are in the same category. The amount of payments are not shown for counties with less than four recipients. Suppressed data are included in the State and national totals.

Source: SSI Recipients by State and County from U.S. Social Security Administration.

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