Congressional Statistics, December 2006

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 2006
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 1,550,340 970,774 261,068 128,785 57,280 132,433 1,459,551 997,679 117,798 1,027,559
1 135,150 74,861 27,758 13,258 4,832 14,441 113,349 69,716 10,484 82,632
2 105,267 60,915 20,853 9,140 3,466 10,893 92,815 58,974 7,673 65,021
3 113,928 71,205 17,680 10,210 5,298 9,535 103,930 70,468 9,090 76,145
4 83,517 55,452 11,426 6,413 3,269 6,957 86,667 62,543 6,708 58,211
5 131,462 86,346 19,785 10,796 5,110 9,425 125,071 88,403 9,983 90,977
6 131,086 90,266 17,906 9,468 4,759 8,687 131,220 96,760 9,469 93,495
7 137,307 80,088 26,799 12,207 5,272 12,941 125,062 80,456 10,541 85,070
8 105,721 62,466 20,505 8,504 3,279 10,967 96,970 63,243 7,548 66,041
9 103,016 68,961 13,945 8,257 3,958 7,895 107,742 77,920 8,736 72,351
10 133,663 86,146 22,938 9,896 3,880 10,803 126,946 88,291 9,066 88,226
11 162,450 106,227 24,107 14,101 7,929 10,086 152,335 107,572 13,056 114,416
12 100,521 61,142 18,822 7,942 2,726 9,889 94,317 63,096 7,362 64,285
13 107,252 66,699 18,544 8,593 3,502 9,914 103,128 70,239 8,081 70,689
All areas e 49,122,624 30,976,145 6,806,918 4,666,962 2,632,069 4,040,530 46,938,032 32,351,857 4,576,981 34,468,217
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, U.S. 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 2006
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 202,478 24,323 1,774 176,381 85,799 4,978 701 80,120 81,851 47,464
1 32,838 4,267 243 28,328 13,583 775 98 12,710 14,312 8,593
2 17,683 2,279 138 15,266 7,408 427 56 6,923 7,515 4,497
3 13,413 1,740 130 11,543 5,437 321 48 5,067 5,415 3,096
4 8,477 1,050 96 7,331 3,789 290 34 3,464 2,958 1,895
5 12,004 1,795 126 10,083 4,797 340 46 4,410 5,470 3,339
6 8,822 999 71 7,752 3,794 199 28 3,567 3,433 1,796
7 24,068 2,648 164 21,256 10,072 488 60 9,523 10,015 5,625
8 16,446 1,621 133 14,692 7,188 358 53 6,775 5,948 3,257
9 8,223 1,005 71 7,147 3,699 304 32 3,363 2,654 1,665
10 13,101 1,431 119 11,551 5,649 292 51 5,305 5,245 2,769
11 15,488 2,198 129 13,161 6,234 428 51 5,754 7,203 4,223
12 17,245 1,515 192 15,538 7,756 354 77 7,324 5,822 3,180
13 14,670 1,775 162 12,733 6,387 397 60 5,929 5,861 3,529
All areas b 7,235,583 1,211,681 73,418 5,950,484 3,499,569 453,537 36,296 3,009,734 2,528,975 2,004,476
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.