Congressional Statistics, December 2009

North Carolina

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to an eligible worker and family members when the worker elects to start receiving retirement benefits or when the worker 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 in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2009
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)
Number of beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers Disabled workers Widow(er)s a Spouses b Children c All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s a
North Carolina 1,698,677 1,082,726 296,118 126,002 54,127 139,704 1,798,292 1,250,210 129,940 1,123,672
1 141,763 80,439 30,368 12,424 4,313 14,219 134,080 84,366 11,070 86,717
2 118,171 69,744 24,293 9,115 3,264 11,755 118,186 76,513 8,726 72,837
3 125,177 80,637 19,917 10,035 4,876 9,712 129,304 90,049 10,128 84,472
4 98,410 67,084 13,434 6,764 3,544 7,584 115,478 85,328 8,000 69,203
5 143,625 95,631 22,683 10,410 4,720 10,181 153,646 110,062 10,906 98,783
6 149,799 103,260 21,930 9,755 4,660 10,194 167,225 123,860 10,871 105,390
7 152,003 92,266 29,028 12,056 5,153 13,500 156,595 104,689 11,800 95,733
8 113,283 67,686 23,145 8,196 3,029 11,227 116,592 76,763 8,166 70,419
9 116,406 78,888 16,236 8,452 4,040 8,790 136,153 99,677 10,048 81,297
10 144,669 94,231 25,798 9,593 3,684 11,363 153,834 108,231 9,849 95,128
11 174,148 115,757 27,135 13,568 7,121 10,567 182,837 130,968 14,116 121,927
12 109,579 66,747 21,946 7,732 2,602 10,552 114,377 76,916 7,972 68,718
13 111,644 70,356 20,205 7,902 3,121 10,060 119,986 82,788 8,288 73,048
All areas d 52,522,819 33,514,013 7,788,013 4,488,492 2,501,723 4,230,578 55,905,731 39,020,920 4,893,329 36,594,122
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. 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.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
d. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.

Supplemental Security Income

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 2009
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments
(thousands of dollars)
Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
North Carolina 213,408 21,520 1,692 190,196 105,887 5,077 747 100,063 81,418 45,048
1 32,663 3,496 235 28,932 15,615 702 102 14,811 13,696 7,897
2 19,022 1,964 146 16,912 9,295 417 69 8,809 7,482 4,180
3 13,456 1,361 110 11,985 6,303 287 48 5,969 5,225 2,700
4 9,534 1,089 86 8,359 5,039 348 38 4,653 3,068 1,983
5 12,391 1,524 114 10,753 5,762 316 45 5,401 5,242 2,974
6 10,762 996 96 9,670 5,378 235 42 5,102 3,921 1,909
7 24,609 2,154 144 22,311 12,118 453 61 11,605 9,689 5,215
8 17,364 1,505 126 15,733 8,912 388 56 8,468 5,995 3,178
9 9,503 1,113 62 8,328 4,965 382 27 4,556 2,908 1,861
10 13,777 1,213 118 12,446 7,234 277 54 6,903 5,278 2,596
11 16,261 1,927 130 14,204 7,823 432 60 7,332 7,132 3,945
12 19,054 1,539 177 17,338 9,997 416 80 9,501 6,167 3,290
13 15,012 1,639 148 13,225 7,445 424 66 6,954 5,615 3,320
All areas b 7,676,686 1,185,959 69,302 6,421,425 4,120,127 475,505 36,702 3,607,920 2,621,649 2,025,610
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.