Congressional Statistics, December 2015 (Expanded Edition)

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. A worker's lifetime covered earnings largely determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2015
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 and parents Spouses a Children b All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s and parents
North Carolina 1,984,962 1,339,587 330,353 120,100 52,114 142,808 2,448,986 1,797,143 144,592 1,384,173
1 163,421 99,490 35,019 10,930 3,257 14,725 181,013 122,045 11,390 103,462
2 141,495 95,102 22,965 8,732 3,826 10,870 174,312 127,529 10,528 98,809
3 149,317 100,447 24,119 10,059 4,409 10,283 177,259 129,016 11,779 104,112
4 111,289 72,571 19,437 6,745 3,593 8,943 139,859 101,045 8,343 76,394
5 166,487 116,098 25,749 9,769 4,291 10,580 209,141 156,979 12,173 119,662
6 168,695 119,270 25,075 9,619 4,327 10,404 217,733 165,510 12,055 122,768
7 178,400 121,895 28,299 11,011 4,789 12,406 222,020 164,498 13,105 125,435
8 156,654 102,169 29,486 9,203 2,989 12,807 187,553 133,463 10,419 103,864
9 117,285 85,791 12,567 7,190 4,483 7,254 164,405 128,606 10,325 90,415
10 174,684 118,949 30,349 9,862 3,746 11,778 216,242 158,949 12,044 121,267
11 206,035 143,454 32,074 12,503 6,019 11,985 248,472 185,759 14,787 148,791
12 117,433 71,029 26,644 6,563 1,925 11,272 133,682 89,965 7,292 71,998
13 133,767 93,322 18,570 7,914 4,460 9,501 177,296 133,781 10,353 97,196
All areas c 59,963,425 40,089,061 8,909,430 4,190,676 2,477,567 4,296,691 73,642,029 53,790,278 5,194,659 43,243,199
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
c. 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 2015
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 Under age 18 Aged 65 or older
North Carolina 235,704 18,181 1,830 215,693 129,054 5,129 945 122,980 81,087 42,969 43,462
1 38,512 2,750 268 35,494 20,625 624 132 19,869 14,315 6,752 7,686
2 15,434 1,229 117 14,088 8,552 368 64 8,120 5,040 3,140 2,708
3 16,988 1,243 130 15,615 9,133 305 76 8,753 6,290 3,019 3,131
4 16,982 1,341 149 15,492 9,512 474 78 8,960 5,123 3,779 2,831
5 14,129 1,111 136 12,882 7,566 293 63 7,210 4,887 2,453 2,502
6 14,274 1,235 92 12,947 7,712 328 50 7,335 5,091 2,329 2,787
7 19,543 1,387 137 18,019 10,430 309 75 10,046 7,296 3,388 3,817
8 22,028 1,331 155 20,542 12,315 331 77 11,906 7,383 4,463 3,666
9 6,617 1,012 53 5,552 3,675 417 28 3,231 1,794 1,374 1,568
10 19,794 1,253 151 18,390 10,984 333 84 10,567 6,735 2,978 3,115
11 16,875 1,312 139 15,424 8,836 328 66 8,442 6,524 2,143 3,331
12 25,585 2,125 218 23,242 14,813 760 112 13,941 7,613 5,343 4,521
13 8,943 852 85 8,006 4,901 259 41 4,601 2,996 1,808 1,799
All areas b 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 2,731,528 1,267,160 2,153,849
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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.