SSI Recipients by State and County, 2002

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 2002
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 105,944 14,860 91,084 17,349 60,537 28,058 43,469 39,916
Abbeville 573 104 469 68 310 195 252 204
Aiken 3,625 376 3,249 690 2,156 779 1,248 1,517
Allendale 791 116 675 151 406 234 308 326
Anderson 3,368 418 2,950 579 2,018 771 1,489 1,287
Bamberg 766 137 629 88 414 264 321 280
Barnwell 1,142 150 992 204 630 308 431 448
Beaufort 1,816 267 1,549 327 1,026 463 715 730
Berkeley 2,505 353 2,152 394 1,496 615 990 952
Calhoun 488 104 384 46 261 181 239 183
Charleston 8,217 985 7,232 1,455 4,747 2,015 3,135 3,210
Cherokee 1,201 173 1,028 168 739 294 516 425
Chester 936 136 800 159 529 248 396 352
Chesterfield 1,655 264 1,391 220 926 509 768 566
Clarendon 1,699 327 1,372 201 889 609 777 617
Colleton 1,927 228 1,699 286 1,169 472 759 800
Darlington 2,699 426 2,273 430 1,453 816 1,102 1,053
Dillon 1,956 328 1,628 281 1,001 674 906 734
Dorchester 2,015 250 1,765 299 1,235 481 771 726
Edgefield 715 112 603 95 397 223 319 248
Fairfield 863 159 704 138 437 288 374 309
Florence 5,741 960 4,781 832 3,110 1,799 2,404 2,034
Georgetown 1,628 210 1,418 269 938 421 680 578
Greenville 7,322 893 6,429 1,274 4,467 1,581 2,937 2,866
Greenwood 1,618 226 1,392 284 946 388 677 576
Hampton 1,081 169 912 129 611 341 501 389
Horry 4,324 575 3,749 722 2,461 1,141 2,062 1,578
Jasper 612 110 502 91 332 189 263 223
Kershaw 1,383 233 1,150 205 779 399 589 500
Lancaster 1,289 170 1,119 240 733 316 525 479
Laurens 1,922 183 1,739 312 1,228 382 783 693
Lee 1,004 227 777 142 471 391 485 348
Lexington 2,962 305 2,657 565 1,817 580 1,132 1,112
Marion 1,839 342 1,497 236 938 665 858 657
Marlboro 1,716 296 1,420 248 902 566 797 619
McCormick 338 60 278 37 184 117 154 113
Newberry 976 160 816 153 535 288 467 339
Oconee 1,162 172 990 149 691 322 547 401
Orangeburg 4,466 835 3,631 647 2,397 1,422 1,925 1,703
Pickens 1,527 161 1,366 254 971 302 619 640
Richland 7,336 807 6,529 1,545 4,251 1,540 2,492 2,787
Saluda 558 81 477 91 303 164 227 202
Spartanburg 6,109 691 5,418 1,013 3,707 1,389 2,360 2,329
Sumter 4,183 673 3,510 661 2,273 1,249 1,693 1,634
Union 916 113 803 143 545 228 383 353
Williamsburg 2,187 411 1,776 294 1,124 769 976 772
York 2,694 375 2,319 522 1,526 646 1,084 985
Unknown 94 9 85 12 58 24 33 36
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, SORD file, 100 percent data.