OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2023

Delaware

Table 4. Number of beneficiaries in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2023
County ANSI Code Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s and parents Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
Total, Delaware 10 241,454 190,772 4,061 1,695 11,317 6,629 23,852 157 2,971 87,050 110,509
Kent 10001 42,995 32,080 635 415 2,090 1,640 5,375 35 725 14,560 18,520
New Castle 10003 110,535 84,640 2,185 865 5,600 3,500 12,105 60 1,580 38,365 50,815
Sussex 10005 87,925 74,055 1,240 415 3,625 1,490 6,370 65 665 34,125 41,175
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTE: ANSI = American National Standards Institute
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5. Amount of benefits in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2023 (in thousands of dollars)
County ANSI Code Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s and parents Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
Total, Delaware 10 474,756 398,637 4,426 1,627 21,569 7,212 39,663 70 1,552 202,171 209,772
Kent 10001 76,631 61,181 629 395 3,653 1,763 8,640 12 358 30,719 32,383
New Castle 10003 219,636 180,609 2,405 832 10,892 3,864 20,163 30 840 90,743 98,523
Sussex 10005 178,489 156,848 1,392 400 7,024 1,585 10,859 28 355 80,710 78,866
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTE: ANSI = American National Standards Institute
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.