SSI Recipients by State and County, 2022

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 2022
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 45 107,044 7,884 99,160 15,618 66,790 24,636 36,535 66,570
Abbeville 45001 492 32 460 51 321 120 179 311
Aiken 45003 3,571 171 3,400 532 2,372 667 1,038 2,362
Allendale 45005 506 36 470 45 313 148 196 302
Anderson 45007 3,957 211 3,746 526 2,691 740 1,322 2,414
Bamberg 45009 619 48 571 57 386 176 237 374
Barnwell 45011 1,020 71 949 120 638 262 368 641
Beaufort 45013 1,768 157 1,611 298 1,021 449 646 1,096
Berkeley 45015 3,458 245 3,213 686 2,052 720 1,064 2,157
Calhoun 45017 335 22 313 32 205 98 134 186
Charleston 45019 6,293 651 5,642 912 3,514 1,867 2,380 3,757
Cherokee 45021 1,404 59 1,345 237 914 253 442 889
Chester 45023 1,061 57 1,004 156 695 210 335 683
Chesterfield 45025 1,412 79 1,333 156 952 304 495 855
Clarendon 45027 1,345 124 1,221 150 800 395 534 817
Colleton 45029 1,428 97 1,331 167 888 373 523 878
Darlington 45031 2,588 186 2,402 324 1,602 662 948 1,599
Dillon 45033 1,404 76 1,328 173 887 344 519 868
Dorchester 45035 2,637 163 2,474 470 1,632 535 772 1,673
Edgefield 45037 804 76 728 113 477 214 250 497
Fairfield 45039 692 44 648 73 446 173 215 420
Florence 45041 5,199 372 4,827 685 3,224 1,290 1,918 3,150
Georgetown 45043 1,675 142 1,533 202 1,050 423 595 982
Greenville 45045 8,837 784 8,053 1,410 5,420 2,007 3,005 5,463
Greenwood 45047 1,609 111 1,498 251 1,019 339 571 1,030
Hampton 45049 858 70 788 84 528 246 333 513
Horry 45051 5,744 415 5,329 873 3,662 1,209 2,090 3,648
Jasper 45053 641 50 591 95 392 154 224 404
Kershaw 45055 1,460 99 1,361 225 919 316 486 881
Lancaster 45057 1,651 97 1,554 256 1,086 309 513 1,052
Laurens 45059 1,775 72 1,703 243 1,221 311 634 1,112
Lee 45061 731 63 668 70 456 205 279 439
Lexington 45063 4,443 315 4,128 731 2,791 921 1,315 2,916
McCormick 45065 259 25 234 23 150 86 119 139
Marion 45067 1,436 107 1,329 156 903 377 562 882
Marlboro 45069 1,275 95 1,180 152 781 342 483 769
Newberry 45071 843 55 788 137 527 179 304 492
Oconee 45073 1,279 68 1,211 140 896 243 462 761
Orangeburg 45075 3,495 297 3,198 411 2,091 993 1,278 2,132
Pickens 45077 2,027 130 1,897 249 1,424 354 694 1,266
Richland 45079 8,070 594 7,476 1,380 4,949 1,741 2,497 5,044
Saluda 45081 356 26 330 52 209 95 137 221
Spartanburg 45083 6,843 532 6,311 1,012 4,296 1,535 2,191 4,307
Sumter 45085 3,757 285 3,472 526 2,311 920 1,280 2,412
Union 45087 867 51 816 116 592 159 280 533
Williamsburg 45089 1,539 109 1,430 157 954 428 585 941
York 45091 3,581 315 3,266 704 2,133 744 1,103 2,303
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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