Congressional Statistics, December 2022

South 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 2022
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
South Carolina 1,238,565 915,425 155,753 66,838 25,326 75,223 2,121,373 1,689,862 108,329 951,690
1 179,796 142,300 14,745 8,984 5,173 8,594 338,209 284,674 16,257 149,299
2 159,501 118,914 18,112 8,816 3,559 10,100 282,470 226,709 15,036 123,833
3 180,468 131,144 25,794 9,421 3,198 10,911 302,626 236,712 14,864 135,360
4 164,743 121,132 21,314 8,755 3,885 9,657 288,971 229,956 14,840 127,458
5 174,624 126,961 23,671 9,689 3,229 11,074 295,005 231,189 15,417 131,785
6 151,512 104,097 23,753 9,210 2,540 11,912 226,057 169,182 12,888 109,016
7 227,921 170,877 28,364 11,963 3,742 12,975 388,034 311,441 19,028 174,939
All areas c 65,994,457 48,587,883 7,604,098 3,840,827 2,113,864 3,847,785 111,421,667 88,679,497 6,324,926 52,052,807
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 2022
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients with OASDI a
Total By type By age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older Total Aged Blind Disabled
South Carolina 107,044 7,884 1,203 97,957 15,618 66,790 24,636 66,570 2,671 718 63,181 36,535
1 8,599 713 90 7,796 1,543 5,071 1,985 5,348 248 52 5,048 2,803
2 11,371 757 133 10,481 1,797 7,192 2,382 7,338 255 77 7,006 3,464
3 13,495 819 153 12,523 1,807 9,004 2,684 8,333 261 94 7,978 4,669
4 14,395 1,229 179 12,987 2,230 8,875 3,290 8,975 462 111 8,402 4,771
5 16,272 1,127 189 14,956 2,525 10,271 3,476 10,254 381 110 9,763 5,295
6 23,085 1,852 270 20,963 3,075 13,845 6,165 14,107 630 163 13,315 8,318
7 19,827 1,387 189 18,251 2,641 12,532 4,654 12,214 434 112 11,669 7,215
All areas b 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324 4,910,154 569,774 43,223 4,297,157 2,530,634
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.