SSI Recipients by State and County, 2008

South Carolina

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2008
County Total Category Age SSI
recipients
also
receiving
OASDI		 Amount of
payments
(thousands
of dollars)
Aged Blind and
disabled		 Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Total, South Carolina 107,336 10,591 96,745 19,659 64,463 23,214 40,729 50,632
Abbeville 665 76 589 104 380 181 265 296
Aiken 3,798 303 3,495 731 2,378 689 1,251 1,923
Allendale 676 72 604 111 384 181 253 366
Anderson 3,787 289 3,498 795 2,371 621 1,459 1,852
Bamberg 757 94 663 87 458 212 310 334
Barnwell 1,073 88 985 184 663 226 398 496
Beaufort 1,776 198 1,578 335 1,048 393 704 867
Berkeley 3,026 286 2,740 588 1,830 608 1,082 1,398
Calhoun 485 76 409 61 270 154 230 210
Charleston 7,169 731 6,438 1,224 4,286 1,659 2,705 3,196
Cherokee 1,504 107 1,397 259 974 271 589 793
Chester 992 89 903 212 569 211 360 511
Chesterfield 1,635 160 1,475 210 1,034 391 684 721
Clarendon 1,742 244 1,498 228 983 531 774 808
Colleton 1,829 155 1,674 308 1,121 400 716 828
Darlington 2,815 317 2,498 509 1,607 699 1,046 1,320
Dillon 1,722 199 1,523 267 963 492 694 826
Dorchester 2,293 191 2,102 445 1,421 427 793 1,015
Edgefield 651 81 570 102 373 176 282 328
Fairfield 861 107 754 150 483 228 329 387
Florence 5,271 600 4,671 901 3,042 1,328 2,064 2,437
Georgetown 1,565 158 1,407 267 920 378 627 678
Greenville 8,010 718 7,292 1,588 5,000 1,422 2,969 3,986
Greenwood 1,625 138 1,487 334 988 303 602 791
Hampton 969 95 874 160 579 230 375 436
Horry 4,632 427 4,205 899 2,753 980 1,912 2,091
Jasper 644 81 563 126 358 160 269 325
Kershaw 1,414 143 1,271 278 836 300 545 647
Lancaster 1,411 116 1,295 302 854 255 523 724
Laurens 1,971 133 1,838 383 1,270 318 767 930
Lee 1,078 165 913 161 547 370 507 507
Lexington 3,519 248 3,271 746 2,197 576 1,191 1,599
McCormick 293 45 248 24 174 95 126 135
Marion 1,709 247 1,462 259 946 504 744 776
Marlboro 1,465 171 1,294 202 877 386 639 635
Newberry 959 100 859 178 575 206 416 431
Oconee 1,327 125 1,202 180 879 268 574 658
Orangeburg 3,938 535 3,403 589 2,274 1,075 1,563 1,840
Pickens 1,855 122 1,733 301 1,268 286 718 907
Richland 7,325 599 6,726 1,708 4,310 1,307 2,279 3,448
Saluda 507 61 446 81 298 128 210 239
Spartanburg 6,432 524 5,908 1,207 4,013 1,212 2,307 3,159
Sumter 3,927 504 3,423 687 2,237 1,003 1,538 1,841
Union 1,015 76 939 189 649 177 357 503
Williamsburg 2,080 286 1,794 308 1,175 597 861 908
York 3,139 311 2,828 691 1,848 600 1,122 1,526
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Stella Coleman (410) 965-0157 or ssi.sc@ssa.gov.