Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

North Carolina

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. OASDI in North Carolina, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current-payment status
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number
of OASDI
beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Wives and
husbands		 Children All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
United States, total 46,444,240 29,190,150 5,543,981 4,967,155 2,832,767 3,910,187 37,854,411 26,125,087 4,169,125 33,162,456
North Carolina 1,405,158 873,041 213,294 134,332 60,390 124,101 1,111,590 758,132 103,188 946,043
1 127,401 69,955 23,209 14,474 5,459 14,304 89,410 54,982 9,707 79,470
2 97,065 55,034 17,803 9,842 3,871 10,515 70,872 44,537 6,849 60,317
3 104,355 63,515 14,963 10,863 5,619 9,395 79,283 52,893 8,056 69,968
4 70,574 45,991 9,121 6,101 3,107 6,254 61,340 43,789 5,302 49,399
5 118,217 77,543 15,759 11,270 5,451 8,194 94,699 66,960 8,690 83,239
6 117,173 80,778 14,116 9,491 5,018 7,770 99,496 73,687 8,034 85,307
7 123,547 69,697 22,836 12,708 5,552 12,754 93,079 58,447 9,140 76,498
8 96,130 57,068 16,813 8,754 3,329 10,166 74,849 49,153 6,652 61,497
9 87,251 58,415 10,537 8,067 3,679 6,553 77,557 56,182 7,228 62,605
10 118,922 76,861 18,141 10,062 3,939 9,919 95,412 66,729 7,793 80,311
11 149,402 96,523 19,771 14,909 8,552 9,647 118,156 82,809 11,622 106,700
12 97,867 60,286 15,848 8,857 3,039 9,837 78,275 53,203 7,002 64,369
13 97,254 61,375 14,377 8,934 3,775 8,793 79,157 54,755 7,107 66,363
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Table 2. SSI in North Carolina, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
United States, total 6,787,857 1,251,528 77,658 5,458,671 2,951,425 415,574 35,144 2,500,707 2,406,327 1,995,284
North Carolina 192,539 30,031 2,011 160,497 70,107 5,463 727 63,918 84,649 53,940
1 33,507 5,533 298 27,676 12,124 920 108 11,096 15,483 10,039
2 17,627 2,908 162 14,557 6,295 508 63 5,723 8,161 5,264
3 13,231 2,211 146 10,874 4,624 372 51 4,202 5,983 3,733
4 7,443 1,111 107 6,225 2,808 272 37 2,499 2,909 1,978
5 11,711 2,211 138 9,362 4,078 394 52 3,632 5,670 3,896
6 8,128 1,223 101 6,804 2,961 213 34 2,714 3,547 2,073
7 24,112 3,535 186 20,391 8,869 596 63 8,209 10,892 6,662
8 14,569 1,841 155 12,573 5,568 359 55 5,154 5,715 3,403
9 6,632 993 68 5,571 2,527 240 23 2,263 2,426 1,636
10 12,064 1,798 137 10,129 4,286 329 54 3,903 5,210 3,164
11 15,343 2,841 151 12,351 5,332 488 56 4,788 7,399 4,956
12 15,475 1,779 202 13,494 5,983 353 72 5,559 5,763 3,463
13 12,697 2,047 160 10,490 4,652 419 57 4,175 5,491 3,673
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.