OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2005

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 2005
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 150,101 97,950 6,298 1,228 12,846 5,573 20,664 290 5,252 44,764 59,691
Kent 25,415 15,865 960 305 2,015 1,300 3,965 45 960 7,240 9,430
New Castle 81,140 51,220 3,725 645 7,495 3,155 11,590 150 3,160 23,515 32,830
Sussex 43,545 30,865 1,615 280 3,335 1,120 5,105 95 1,130 14,010 17,430
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 2005 (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 146,486 103,540 3,501 677 12,981 3,837 20,326 71 1,553 53,896 53,920
Kent 23,113 15,788 483 167 1,880 855 3,671 13 254 8,127 8,005
New Castle 81,688 56,437 2,164 364 7,842 2,224 11,626 36 990 29,570 30,866
Sussex 41,684 31,314 850 144 3,259 756 5,026 20 309 16,196 15,048
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.