U.S. effect of Social Security on poverty for adults 65 and older 2020-2022, by state
Between 2020 and 2022, 14.9 percent of Mississippi residents aged 65 and over lived below the poverty line while receiving Social Security benefits. Without those benefits, an estimated 52.3 percent of those 65 and over would be living below the poverty line. Across the United States, without Social Security benefits, 38 percent of all individuals in the U.S. aged 65 and over would live below the poverty line, but that number is reduced to 9.8 percent with the added help of Social Security.
