February 2026

Social Security Administration Beneficiaries
Social Security Direct Deposit and Check Statistics


State County Check Payments Direct Deposit Payments Total Payments Percent Direct Deposit
 
North Carolina

 Alamance 219 41,492 41,711 99.5

 Alexander 36 9,226 9,262 99.6

 Alleghany 11 4,142 4,153 99.7

 Anson 62 6,186 6,248 99.0

 Ashe 28 8,987 9,015 99.7

 Avery 26 5,914 5,940 99.6

 Beaufort 48 15,737 15,785 99.7

 Bertie 36 6,066 6,102 99.4

 Bladen 52 8,252 8,304 99.4

 Brunswick 162 68,124 68,286 99.8

 Buncombe 229 66,129 66,358 99.7

 Burke 99 22,711 22,810 99.6

 Cabarrus 177 42,841 43,018 99.6

 Caldwell 102 22,043 22,145 99.5

 Camden 13 2,371 2,384 99.5

 Carteret 59 20,954 21,013 99.7

 Caswell 21 4,821 4,842 99.6

 Catawba 189 42,762 42,951 99.6

 Chatham 44 14,803 14,847 99.7

 Cherokee 32 11,982 12,014 99.7

 Chowan 15 4,671 4,686 99.7

 Clay 10 5,035 5,045 99.8

 Cleveland 118 28,071 28,189 99.6

 Columbus 85 14,993 15,078 99.4

 Craven 113 30,148 30,261 99.6

 Cumberland 318 67,415 67,733 99.5

 Currituck 20 7,617 7,637 99.7

 Dare 27 11,294 11,321 99.8

 Davidson 152 36,888 37,040 99.6

 Davie 30 12,405 12,435 99.8

 Duplin 77 11,846 11,923 99.4

 Durham 254 54,657 54,911 99.5

 Edgecombe 92 14,523 14,615 99.4

 Forsyth 371 91,672 92,043 99.6

 Franklin 93 16,170 16,263 99.4

 Gaston 313 52,899 53,212 99.4

 Gates 14 3,048 3,062 99.5

 Graham 15 2,427 2,442 99.4

 Granville 93 12,419 12,512 99.3

 Greene 22 3,767 3,789 99.4

 Guilford 566 119,153 119,719 99.5

 Halifax 87 15,902 15,989 99.5

 Harnett 120 23,031 23,151 99.5

 Haywood 87 20,331 20,418 99.6

 Henderson 94 38,414 38,508 99.8

 Hertford 21 6,037 6,058 99.7

 Hoke 41 8,067 8,108 99.5

 Hyde 6 1,266 1,272 99.5

 Iredell 148 43,235 43,383 99.7

 Jackson 30 9,494 9,524 99.7

 Johnston 163 37,726 37,889 99.6

 Jones 12 3,367 3,379 99.6

 Lee 80 18,389 18,469 99.6

 Lenoir 72 17,401 17,473 99.6

 Lincoln 109 23,923 24,032 99.5

 Mcdowell 83 13,487 13,570 99.4

 Macon 27 13,262 13,289 99.8

 Madison 29 6,513 6,542 99.6

 Martin 31 7,182 7,213 99.6

 Mecklenburg 732 167,967 168,699 99.6

 Mitchell 25 4,858 4,883 99.5

 Montgomery 34 6,801 6,835 99.5

 Moore 100 29,575 29,675 99.7

 Nash 141 25,963 26,104 99.5

 New Hanover 205 55,580 55,785 99.6

 Northampton 33 6,031 6,064 99.5

 Onslow 160 37,181 37,341 99.6

 Orange 77 30,173 30,250 99.7

 Pamlico 16 4,298 4,314 99.6

 Pasquotank 35 10,453 10,488 99.7

 Pender 61 15,529 15,590 99.6

 Perquimans 7 4,609 4,616 99.8

 Person 54 11,081 11,135 99.5

 Pitt 169 37,609 37,778 99.6

 Polk 18 7,601 7,619 99.8

 Randolph 124 31,373 31,497 99.6

 Richmond 135 11,171 11,306 98.8

 Robeson 284 31,622 31,906 99.1

 Rockingham 135 26,354 26,489 99.5

 Rowan 149 32,952 33,101 99.5

 Rutherford 89 18,523 18,612 99.5

 Sampson 81 13,887 13,968 99.4

 Scotland 65 8,863 8,928 99.3

 Stanly 57 17,884 17,941 99.7

 Stokes 68 12,923 12,991 99.5

 Surry 78 22,034 22,112 99.6

 Swain 50 4,561 4,611 98.9

 Transylvania 22 11,153 11,175 99.8

 Tyrrell 5 939 944 99.5

 Union 160 43,385 43,545 99.6

 Vance 100 12,439 12,539 99.2

 Wake 631 196,059 196,690 99.7

 Warren 39 4,307 4,346 99.1

 Washington 24 3,858 3,882 99.4

 Watauga 21 9,487 9,508 99.8

 Wayne 119 28,046 28,165 99.6

 Wilkes 60 19,056 19,116 99.7

 Wilson 119 20,305 20,424 99.4

 Yadkin 35 10,586 10,621 99.7

 Yancey 23 6,173 6,196 99.6
North Carolina Total 10,223 2,386,937 2,397,160 99.6