Congressional Statistics, December 2004

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 total monthly benefits, December 2004
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
North Carolina 1,468,728 912,634 237,925 131,280 58,287 128,602 1,252,432 852,024 108,749 977,811
1 133,597 73,339 26,182 14,035 5,251 14,790 101,245 61,992 10,084 82,283
2 98,481 56,177 18,918 9,398 3,555 10,433 77,966 49,101 7,084 60,984
3 106,353 65,444 15,949 10,355 5,334 9,271 87,600 58,782 8,361 71,216
4 75,651 49,812 10,115 6,212 3,128 6,384 71,102 50,985 5,835 52,846
5 123,830 81,264 17,680 10,933 5,297 8,656 106,863 75,458 9,156 86,382
6 122,941 84,325 16,150 9,418 4,831 8,217 112,146 82,454 8,590 88,142
7 129,959 74,096 25,230 12,409 5,340 12,884 106,396 67,228 9,671 79,934
8 101,374 59,990 18,797 8,704 3,204 10,679 84,762 55,421 7,061 63,913
9 94,325 62,835 12,249 8,138 3,774 7,329 89,866 64,770 7,833 66,746
10 125,983 80,871 20,643 10,057 3,897 10,515 108,607 75,357 8,371 83,724
11 156,349 101,211 22,279 14,505 8,297 10,057 133,030 93,211 12,198 110,307
12 97,210 59,415 17,050 8,266 2,767 9,712 83,172 56,018 6,936 62,886
13 102,675 63,855 16,683 8,850 3,612 9,675 89,676 61,245 7,568 68,448
All areas e 47,687,693 29,952,474 6,198,271 4,828,972 2,721,657 3,986,319 41,574,348 28,601,332 4,329,336 33,696,001
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 receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
e. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.

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 total monthly payments, December 2004
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
North Carolina 195,805 26,566 1,886 167,353 78,093 5,047 712 72,333 82,310 49,958
1 33,313 4,911 275 28,127 12,919 841 99 11,978 14,884 9,338
2 17,160 2,510 126 14,524 6,814 440 49 6,324 7,702 4,718
3 13,085 1,892 130 11,063 4,972 326 44 4,602 5,537 3,301
4 7,783 1,052 101 6,630 3,173 274 39 2,858 2,844 1,886
5 11,671 1,974 136 9,561 4,456 352 49 4,054 5,479 3,569
6 8,263 1,050 82 7,131 3,432 190 31 3,209 3,386 1,853
7 24,128 3,022 169 20,937 9,543 522 62 8,957 10,483 6,091
8 15,446 1,686 147 13,613 6,290 343 56 5,890 5,780 3,255
9 7,331 990 69 6,272 3,096 265 26 2,804 2,494 1,650
10 12,506 1,592 127 10,787 4,990 301 52 4,636 5,202 2,931
11 15,343 2,472 148 12,723 5,888 452 57 5,379 7,211 4,561
12 15,918 1,555 193 14,170 6,919 335 73 6,510 5,558 3,197
13 13,858 1,860 183 11,815 5,597 400 68 5,128 5,750 3,608
All areas b 6,987,845 1,211,167 75,924 5,700,754 3,224,059 426,925 35,916 2,761,217 2,441,374 1,977,610
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.