Congressional Statistics
Social Security
for December 2006
South Carolina
Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker’s level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.
Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2006
Number of beneficiaries Retired Congressional district South Carolina 1 2 3 4 5 6 All areas e Total 801,076 134,364 124,376 147,094 132,717 135,950 126,575 49,122,624 workers a 489,743 86,185 81,036 91,358 81,034 80,682 69,448 30,976,145 Disabled b workers Widow(er)s 135,892 19,735 16,179 25,954 24,771 24,804 24,449 6,806,918 70,167 11,599 10,996 11,357 10,431 12,466 13,318 4,666,962 Spouses c 30,760 6,001 5,820 5,233 4,624 4,466 4,616 2,632,069 Children d 74,514 10,844 10,345 13,192 11,857 13,532 14,744 4,040,530 Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars) All beneficiaries 752,077 128,202 123,029 140,008 128,817 125,479 106,542 46,938,032 Retired workers 503,672 89,025 87,558 94,566 86,253 81,593 64,678 32,351,857 Widow(er)s
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Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older 519,054 90,393 85,728 95,254 85,739 85,453 76,487 34,468,217
63,666 11,083 10,818 10,440 10,099 10,748 10,479 4,576,981
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 receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased. c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled. d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled. e. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Table 2. Number of recipients of federally administered SSI payments and total monthly payments, December 2006
Number of recipients Congressional district South Carolina 1 2 3 4 5 6 All areas b Total 105,524 12,677 12,996 15,317 14,758 20,422 29,354 7,235,583 Aged 11,771 1,297 1,350 1,473 1,394 2,516 3,741 1,211,681 Blind 1,381 137 195 190 202 244 413 73,418 Disabled 92,372 11,243 11,451 13,654 13,162 17,662 25,200 5,950,484 Total 45,189 5,340 5,497 6,730 6,722 8,659 12,238 3,499,569 Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Aged 2,418 283 291 269 319 503 751 453,537 Blind 555 54 77 79 81 104 158 36,296 Disabled 42,215 5,003 5,128 6,381 6,321 8,051 11,329 3,009,734 Number of recipients With OASDI a 41,178 4,877 4,741 6,008 5,510 8,300 11,742 2,528,975 Aged 65 or older 24,314 2,698 2,757 3,052 2,828 5,170 7,809 2,004,476
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data. a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits. b. Includes recipients in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Northern Mariana Islands.
For questions pertaining to the data, please call Cherice Jefferies at (410) 965-5520 or e-mail cong.stats@ssa.gov.
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2 Congressional Statistics for December 2006, South Carolina