There were 5,442 OASDI widow and parent beneficiaries in Alaska in 2019, ranking it 50th 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 widow and parent beneficiaries.
State Ranking by Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries in 2019
| Rank | State | Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 362,897 |
| 2 | Texas | 315,685 |
| 3 | Florida | 268,798 |
| 4 | New York | 207,475 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 182,826 |
| 6 | Ohio | 175,757 |
| 7 | Illinois | 144,255 |
| 8 | Michigan | 139,023 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 116,547 |
| 10 | Georgia | 113,210 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 93,854 |
| 12 | Virginia | 92,892 |
| 13 | New Jersey | 92,329 |
| 14 | Indiana | 86,843 |
| 15 | Louisiana | 82,951 |
| 16 | Missouri | 80,272 |
| 17 | Alabama | 78,529 |
| 18 | Arizona | 78,367 |
| 19 | Washington | 75,223 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 74,232 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 67,451 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 67,311 |
| 23 | Massachusetts | 66,711 |
| 24 | Maryland | 56,217 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 55,112 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 55,062 |
| 27 | Colorado | 50,543 |
| 28 | Oregon | 49,521 |
| 29 | Mississippi | 45,927 |
| 30 | Arkansas | 44,711 |
| 31 | West Virginia | 40,741 |
| 32 | Iowa | 40,268 |
| 33 | Connecticut | 36,513 |
| 34 | Kansas | 33,589 |
| 35 | Nevada | 29,071 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 26,733 |
| 37 | Utah | 23,543 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 21,072 |
| 39 | Idaho | 19,805 |
| 40 | Maine | 19,192 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 14,720 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 14,570 |
| 43 | Montana | 13,927 |
| 44 | Delaware | 11,744 |
| 45 | Rhode Island | 11,154 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 10,859 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 9,758 |
| 48 | Vermont | 7,811 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 6,690 |
| 50 | Alaska | 5,442 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 3,965 |
