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Safety-net and veterans' benefits per person by state

Selected government benefits received per resident in 2025: Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the refundable Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), SNAP food benefits, unemployment insurance, veterans' benefits, and education and training assistance (mainly federal student grants). Per-person values are derived by Quadranac by dividing BEA's transfer receipts (published in thousands of dollars, by state of residence of the recipient) by BEA's mid-year population estimate for the same year. Amounts are current dollars and BEA's state estimates for the latest year are preliminary and revised annually.

Reference period
2025
Licence
Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
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Safety-net and veterans' benefits per person by state: SSI per person ($, derived)51 areas ranked by SSI per person ($, derived). Highest: District of Columbia (314); lowest: Utah (74.0); national value 197.District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia: 314314West VirginiaWest Virginia: 308308MississippiMississippi: 297297LouisianaLouisiana: 292292CaliforniaCalifornia: 289289KentuckyKentucky: 287287ArkansasArkansas: 267267New YorkNew York: 261261Rhode IslandRhode Island: 246246AlabamaAlabama: 231231MichiganMichigan: 227227PennsylvaniaPennsylvania: 225225New MexicoNew Mexico: 218218OhioOhio: 215215MassachusettsMassachusetts: 214214MaineMaine: 206206OklahomaOklahoma: 205205AlaskaAlaska: 200200FloridaFlorida: 194194TennesseeTennessee: 191191WisconsinWisconsin: 185185GeorgiaGeorgia: 184184ConnecticutConnecticut: 183183VermontVermont: 182182North CarolinaNorth Carolina: 178178MissouriMissouri: 176176IllinoisIllinois: 169169OregonOregon: 169169MarylandMaryland: 165165South CarolinaSouth Carolina: 161161MinnesotaMinnesota: 157157WashingtonWashington: 157157IndianaIndiana: 155155TexasTexas: 151151VirginiaVirginia: 147147New JerseyNew Jersey: 145145NevadaNevada: 142142DelawareDelaware: 138138IowaIowa: 134134HawaiiHawaii: 130130KansasKansas: 130130ArizonaArizona: 128128South DakotaSouth Dakota: 127127IdahoIdaho: 122122NebraskaNebraska: 122122MontanaMontana: 112112New HampshireNew Hampshire: 101101ColoradoColorado: 100100WyomingWyoming: 96.096.0North DakotaNorth Dakota: 83.083.0UtahUtah: 74.074.0National 197
Safety-net and veterans' benefits per person by state: SSI per person ($, derived)51 areas ranked by SSI per person ($, derived). Highest: District of Columbia (314); lowest: Utah (74.0); national value 197.District of Colum…District of Columbia: 314314West VirginiaWest Virginia: 308308MississippiMississippi: 297297LouisianaLouisiana: 292292CaliforniaCalifornia: 289289KentuckyKentucky: 287287ArkansasArkansas: 267267New YorkNew York: 261261Rhode IslandRhode Island: 246246AlabamaAlabama: 231231MichiganMichigan: 227227PennsylvaniaPennsylvania: 225225New MexicoNew Mexico: 218218OhioOhio: 215215MassachusettsMassachusetts: 214214MaineMaine: 206206OklahomaOklahoma: 205205AlaskaAlaska: 200200FloridaFlorida: 194194TennesseeTennessee: 191191WisconsinWisconsin: 185185GeorgiaGeorgia: 184184ConnecticutConnecticut: 183183VermontVermont: 182182North CarolinaNorth Carolina: 178178MissouriMissouri: 176176IllinoisIllinois: 169169OregonOregon: 169169MarylandMaryland: 165165South CarolinaSouth Carolina: 161161MinnesotaMinnesota: 157157WashingtonWashington: 157157IndianaIndiana: 155155TexasTexas: 151151VirginiaVirginia: 147147New JerseyNew Jersey: 145145NevadaNevada: 142142DelawareDelaware: 138138IowaIowa: 134134HawaiiHawaii: 130130KansasKansas: 130130ArizonaArizona: 128128South DakotaSouth Dakota: 127127IdahoIdaho: 122122NebraskaNebraska: 122122MontanaMontana: 112112New HampshireNew Hampshire: 101101ColoradoColorado: 100100WyomingWyoming: 96.096.0North DakotaNorth Dakota: 83.083.0UtahUtah: 74.074.0National 197
SSI per person ($, derived), 2025, sorted high to low. 51 areas ranked by SSI per person ($, derived). Highest: District of Columbia (314); lowest: Utah (74.0); national value 197. Full data in the table below.Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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United States197224283108762314
Alabama231315338171,210373
Alaska200145359761,695139
Arizona12822324849871715
Arkansas26730216726989318
California289190327159535376
Colorado100142246138909314
Connecticut183160233160376254
Delaware13820525179709620
District of Columbia31420245520542491
Florida19427927815976361
Georgia184324303321,069329
Hawaii1301684891091,153159
Idaho12216414459887190
Illinois169212357174458282
Indiana15521720140583293
Iowa13416717296606226
Kansas13018513851750203
Kentucky28725228151786434
Louisiana29239239728866394
Maine2061512501011,074261
Maryland16518724185788228
Massachusetts214130371281413242
Michigan22722631996570318
Minnesota157144153220582287
Mississippi29743126924966353
Missouri17622425645817243
Montana1121631461221,233207
Nebraska12217216553837248
Nevada1422383131601,094407
New Hampshire10110611252780283
New Jersey145177208293321355
New Mexico2182754771011,033476
New York261225394153315243
North Carolina178242267311,146323
North Dakota83143154123804199
Ohio21522527589622331
Oklahoma205264384481,241301
Oregon169145407215864220
Pennsylvania225191334146533216
Rhode Island246186312201497295
South Carolina161268234301,225417
South Dakota12716419639991176
Tennessee19125723932957284
Texas151300243104945239
Utah7413411792482259
Vermont18213723893628415
Virginia147189202381,258318
Washington157130258255831288
West Virginia308227324851,180344
Wisconsin18515523355611309
Wyoming96160104901,153177

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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Source agency
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Dataset
Regional Data, SAINC35 Personal current transfer receipts and SAINC1 Personal income, population, per capita personal income (annual, by state)
Table
Safety-net and veterans' benefits per person by state
Data last updated
2026-11-11
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https://quadranac.com/tables/us-safety-net-benefits/

Safety-net and veterans' benefits per person by state (United States, 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). Retrieved 2026-11-11 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-safety-net-benefits/