OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2003

Delaware

Table 4. Number of beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2003
County Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers a Spouses Children Widow(er)s b Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
Total, Delaware c 141,488 92,292 6,576 1,204 13,042 5,543 17,776 284 4,771 42,818 57,483
Kent 22,725 14,135 950 290 1,990 1,275 3,215 40 830 6,600 8,625
New Castle 78,260 49,625 3,955 620 7,710 3,120 10,210 155 2,865 23,105 32,445
Sussex 40,435 28,485 1,670 295 3,335 1,145 4,340 90 1,075 13,100 16,385
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 with unknown county code.
Table 5. Amount of benefits in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2003 (in thousands of dollars)
County Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers a Spouses Children Widow(er)s b Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
Total, Delaware c 126,219 89,409 3,371 595 12,087 3,493 15,935 64 1,266 47,114 47,448
Kent 18,739 12,754 442 144 1,688 786 2,704 10 209 6,699 6,650
New Castle 72,226 50,230 2,124 314 7,405 2,001 9,324 36 790 26,618 27,896
Sussex 35,198 26,381 804 136 2,988 705 3,900 18 266 13,781 12,876
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 with unknown county code.