Congressional Statistics, December 2003

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. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in North Carolina with benefits in current-payment status and monthly benefit amount, December 2003
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
North Carolina 1,436,151 891,128 226,046 132,849 59,259 126,869 1,176,677 800,777 105,737 961,406
1 130,336 71,255 24,997 14,222 5,330 14,532 94,682 57,855 9,835 80,624
2 97,612 55,218 18,524 9,556 3,658 10,656 74,119 46,409 6,912 60,265
3 106,279 65,042 15,450 10,787 5,582 9,418 83,910 56,212 8,315 71,450
4 74,643 48,732 9,863 6,292 3,182 6,574 67,019 47,861 5,645 52,172
5 125,862 82,524 17,491 11,589 5,478 8,780 104,407 73,737 9,255 88,268
6 122,696 84,063 15,526 9,768 4,988 8,351 107,482 79,153 8,549 88,415
7 126,697 71,772 24,193 12,458 5,417 12,857 99,291 62,465 9,306 78,114
8 96,970 57,363 17,434 8,622 3,262 10,289 78,061 51,109 6,763 61,523
9 91,485 60,881 11,621 8,220 3,701 7,062 83,735 60,311 7,598 65,139
10 123,591 79,291 19,763 10,204 3,930 10,403 102,267 71,011 8,147 82,570
11 151,120 97,590 20,782 14,650 8,358 9,740 123,894 86,722 11,875 107,357
12 95,755 59,061 15,980 8,296 2,865 9,553 79,343 53,956 6,773 62,776
13 93,105 58,336 14,422 8,185 3,508 8,654 78,462 53,971 6,757 62,733
All areas c 47,038,391 29,531,615 5,873,673 4,899,704 2,772,576 3,960,823 39,541,474 27,230,628 4,238,982 33,433,599
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
c. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.

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. Number of recipients of federally administered SSI payments in North Carolina and monthly payment amount, December 2003
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly payment amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
North Carolina 194,551 28,261 1,957 164,333 73,607 5,231 723 67,652 83,432 51,878
1 33,156 5,167 270 27,719 12,379 874 96 11,408 15,165 9,643
2 17,660 2,674 163 14,823 6,636 458 62 6,115 8,037 4,968
3 13,296 2,094 144 11,058 4,813 352 49 4,411 5,741 3,523
4 7,746 1,092 105 6,549 3,047 260 37 2,749 2,969 1,984
5 12,490 2,183 154 10,153 4,444 384 58 4,001 5,978 3,941
6 8,600 1,157 94 7,349 3,184 209 32 2,943 3,544 2,009
7 24,314 3,287 181 20,846 9,358 556 70 8,731 10,723 6,396
8 14,645 1,679 162 12,804 5,818 334 61 5,422 5,567 3,191
9 7,441 1,050 69 6,322 3,033 268 25 2,738 2,595 1,759
10 12,731 1,777 130 10,824 4,739 322 50 4,365 5,416 3,210
11 15,106 2,590 156 12,360 5,500 456 58 4,985 7,156 4,652
12 15,082 1,668 177 13,237 6,047 361 65 5,620 5,401 3,234
13 12,284 1,843 152 10,289 4,602 390 54 4,158 5,140 3,368
All areas b 6,902,364 1,232,778 77,082 5,592,504 3,077,818 424,774 35,646 2,617,398 2,421,362 1,989,737
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.
b. Includes recipients in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Northern Mariana Islands.