Congressional Statistics, December 2005

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 with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2005
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 1,509,649 940,866 249,758 130,129 57,946 130,950 1,357,350 924,928 113,744 999,406
1 133,578 73,633 26,896 13,536 5,012 14,501 106,842 65,578 10,241 81,741
2 102,507 58,708 20,142 9,317 3,551 10,789 86,005 54,247 7,463 63,089
3 111,015 68,805 16,898 10,423 5,372 9,517 96,538 65,098 8,882 74,045
4 79,262 52,410 10,747 6,299 3,190 6,616 78,541 56,463 6,261 55,350
5 127,617 83,846 18,633 10,880 5,228 9,030 116,070 82,020 9,617 88,596
6 127,546 87,544 17,136 9,505 4,807 8,554 122,282 89,958 9,115 90,879
7 134,119 77,275 26,195 12,326 5,331 12,992 116,311 74,101 10,144 82,406
8 103,343 61,082 19,592 8,596 3,236 10,837 90,769 59,237 7,308 64,700
9 98,724 65,882 13,065 8,261 3,894 7,622 98,880 71,297 8,373 69,367
10 129,820 83,447 21,822 10,026 3,880 10,645 117,868 81,873 8,789 85,637
11 158,878 103,258 23,203 14,208 8,111 10,098 142,435 100,115 12,566 111,351
12 98,688 59,998 17,908 8,086 2,792 9,904 88,669 59,413 7,181 63,151
13 104,552 64,978 17,521 8,666 3,542 9,845 96,140 65,526 7,805 69,094
All areas e 48,434,281 30,460,839 6,518,989 4,749,379 2,680,259 4,024,815 44,351,668 30,521,816 4,470,918 34,019,044
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 and total monthly payments, December 2005
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 199,139 25,396 1,801 171,942 82,516 4,987 688 76,840 82,362 48,597
1 33,224 4,555 261 28,408 13,773 800 102 12,870 14,645 8,925
2 17,392 2,368 132 14,892 7,034 424 50 6,559 7,618 4,560
3 13,188 1,810 129 11,249 5,190 315 48 4,826 5,505 3,189
4 8,214 1,070 94 7,050 3,489 280 33 3,175 2,914 1,894
5 11,776 1,879 129 9,768 4,513 342 46 4,124 5,466 3,448
6 8,510 1,007 75 7,428 3,665 200 27 3,437 3,417 1,805
7 24,084 2,859 172 21,053 9,778 507 60 9,210 10,350 5,866
8 15,926 1,645 137 14,144 6,862 355 49 6,457 5,831 3,250
9 7,827 1,024 61 6,742 3,444 285 26 3,132 2,609 1,695
10 12,776 1,489 120 11,167 5,311 293 49 4,968 5,210 2,825
11 15,347 2,375 139 12,833 6,119 448 59 5,612 7,228 4,415
12 16,624 1,514 183 14,927 7,275 335 74 6,865 5,711 3,197
13 14,251 1,801 169 12,281 6,055 397 59 5,598 5,858 3,528
All areas b 7,113,879 1,214,296 75,039 5,824,544 3,366,951 440,023 36,382 2,890,546 2,500,705 1,994,511
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.