Congressional Statistics
Social Security
for December 2005
North 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 2005
Number of beneficiaries Retired Congressional district North Carolina 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 All areas e Total 1,509,649 133,578 102,507 111,015 79,262 127,617 127,546 134,119 103,343 98,724 129,820 158,878 98,688 104,552 48,434,281 workers a 940,866 73,633 58,708 68,805 52,410 83,846 87,544 77,275 61,082 65,882 83,447 103,258 59,998 64,978 30,460,839 Disabled b workers Widow(er)s 249,758 26,896 20,142 16,898 10,747 18,633 17,136 26,195 19,592 13,065 21,822 23,203 17,908 17,521 6,518,989 130,129 13,536 9,317 10,423 6,299 10,880 9,505 12,326 8,596 8,261 10,026 14,208 8,086 8,666 4,749,379 Spouses c 57,946 5,012 3,551 5,372 3,190 5,228 4,807 5,331 3,236 3,894 3,880 8,111 2,792 3,542 2,680,259 Children d 130,950 14,501 10,789 9,517 6,616 9,030 8,554 12,992 10,837 7,622 10,645 10,098 9,904 9,845 4,024,815 Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars) All beneficiaries 1,357,350 106,842 86,005 96,538 78,541 116,070 122,282 116,311 90,769 98,880 117,868 142,435 88,669 96,140 44,351,668 Retired workers 924,928 65,578 54,247 65,098 56,463 82,020 89,958 74,101 59,237 71,297 81,873 100,115 59,413 65,526 30,521,816 Widow(er)s
b
Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older 999,406 81,741 63,089 74,045 55,350 88,596 90,879 82,406 64,700 69,367 85,637 111,351 63,151 69,094 34,019,044
113,744 10,241 7,463 8,882 6,261 9,617 9,115 10,144 7,308 8,373 8,789 12,566 7,181 7,805 4,470,918
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, 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 2005
Number of recipients Congressional district North Carolina 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 All areas b Total 199,139 33,224 17,392 13,188 8,214 11,776 8,510 24,084 15,926 7,827 12,776 15,347 16,624 14,251 7,113,879 Aged 25,396 4,555 2,368 1,810 1,070 1,879 1,007 2,859 1,645 1,024 1,489 2,375 1,514 1,801 1,214,296 Blind 1,801 261 132 129 94 129 75 172 137 61 120 139 183 169 75,039 Disabled 171,942 28,408 14,892 11,249 7,050 9,768 7,428 21,053 14,144 6,742 11,167 12,833 14,927 12,281 5,824,544 Total 82,516 13,773 7,034 5,190 3,489 4,513 3,665 9,778 6,862 3,444 5,311 6,119 7,275 6,055 3,366,951 Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Aged 4,987 800 424 315 280 342 200 507 355 285 293 448 335 397 440,023 Blind 688 102 50 48 33 46 27 60 49 26 49 59 74 59 36,382 Disabled 76,840 12,870 6,559 4,826 3,175 4,124 3,437 9,210 6,457 3,132 4,968 5,612 6,865 5,598 2,890,546 Number of recipients With OASDI a 82,362 14,645 7,618 5,505 2,914 5,466 3,417 10,350 5,831 2,609 5,210 7,228 5,711 5,858 2,500,705 Aged 65 or older 48,597 8,925 4,560 3,189 1,894 3,448 1,805 5,866 3,250 1,695 2,825 4,415 3,197 3,528 1,994,511
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.
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2 Congressional Statistics for December 2005, North Carolina