SSI Recipients by State and County, 2021

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 2021
County ANSI Code Total Category Age SSI recipients also receiving OASDI Amount of payments (thousands of dollars) a
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Total, South Carolina 45 109,771 7,276 102,495 16,374 69,922 23,475 36,997 65,024
Abbeville 45001 492 30 462 51 324 117 189 301
Aiken 45003 3,767 169 3,598 573 2,538 656 1,106 2,412
Allendale 45005 534 37 497 53 332 149 199 339
Anderson 45007 4,084 202 3,882 556 2,811 717 1,385 2,439
Bamberg 45009 632 53 579 57 398 177 246 371
Barnwell 45011 1,023 68 955 126 642 255 374 593
Beaufort 45013 1,804 144 1,660 314 1,064 426 638 1,075
Berkeley 45015 3,462 221 3,241 686 2,106 670 1,076 2,061
Calhoun 45017 345 24 321 35 215 95 132 187
Charleston 45019 6,478 579 5,899 927 3,803 1,748 2,371 3,676
Cherokee 45021 1,437 50 1,387 248 948 241 450 840
Chester 45023 1,050 51 999 149 707 194 325 653
Chesterfield 45025 1,471 79 1,392 166 1,011 294 502 870
Clarendon 45027 1,385 113 1,272 166 854 365 530 813
Colleton 45029 1,488 94 1,394 175 937 376 535 870
Darlington 45031 2,654 181 2,473 342 1,673 639 937 1,588
Dillon 45033 1,421 74 1,347 166 919 336 516 820
Dorchester 45035 2,665 146 2,519 488 1,676 501 775 1,556
Edgefield 45037 819 64 755 125 492 202 241 504
Fairfield 45039 712 47 665 81 452 179 231 446
Florence 45041 5,301 348 4,953 720 3,323 1,258 1,911 3,129
Georgetown 45043 1,685 122 1,563 217 1,087 381 574 931
Greenville 45045 9,103 742 8,361 1,495 5,709 1,899 3,063 5,308
Greenwood 45047 1,643 91 1,552 257 1,070 316 571 949
Hampton 45049 879 61 818 88 554 237 329 496
Horry 45051 5,873 380 5,493 901 3,834 1,138 2,129 3,443
Jasper 45053 632 44 588 104 387 141 226 379
Kershaw 45055 1,474 94 1,380 223 944 307 497 928
Lancaster 45057 1,728 84 1,644 278 1,152 298 526 1,046
Laurens 45059 1,803 69 1,734 254 1,242 307 629 1,091
Lee 45061 732 61 671 63 472 197 286 423
Lexington 45063 4,492 255 4,237 763 2,904 825 1,300 2,784
McCormick 45065 278 28 250 23 167 88 125 139
Marion 45067 1,460 95 1,365 178 932 350 569 866
Marlboro 45069 1,346 88 1,258 164 859 323 521 763
Newberry 45071 891 57 834 133 573 185 327 506
Oconee 45073 1,380 63 1,317 179 954 247 487 787
Orangeburg 45075 3,624 283 3,341 432 2,228 964 1,303 2,133
Pickens 45077 2,129 127 2,002 281 1,504 344 714 1,240
Richland 45079 8,265 504 7,761 1,458 5,208 1,599 2,499 4,933
Saluda 45081 376 24 352 52 239 85 141 218
Spartanburg 45083 6,970 509 6,461 1,063 4,446 1,461 2,202 4,125
Sumter 45085 3,835 286 3,549 556 2,368 911 1,305 2,390
Union 45087 913 48 865 121 644 148 286 531
Williamsburg 45089 1,574 104 1,470 159 1,000 415 590 901
York 45091 3,662 283 3,379 728 2,220 714 1,129 2,169
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTE: ANSI = American National Standards Institute.
a. The state payment total does not equal the sum of the rounded county totals.
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