Congressional Statistics, December 2024

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 2024
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 1,297,829 985,737 149,108 65,811 23,081 74,092 2,414,996 1,967,825 115,641 1,020,548
1 179,661 145,888 13,226 8,277 4,303 7,967 370,213 318,324 16,249 151,622
2 170,002 129,298 18,404 8,845 3,245 10,210 324,227 264,592 16,173 133,859
3 195,131 145,621 25,424 9,719 3,112 11,255 354,642 284,062 16,550 150,234
4 165,219 125,159 19,305 8,294 3,393 9,068 314,132 256,265 15,258 130,892
5 179,548 133,855 22,565 9,389 2,935 10,804 328,998 263,289 16,180 138,857
6 165,987 119,756 22,629 9,330 2,591 11,681 275,419 214,819 14,651 124,934
7 242,281 186,160 27,555 11,957 3,502 13,107 447,365 366,474 20,580 190,150
All areas c 68,455,973 51,772,651 7,231,147 3,734,707 1,947,761 3,769,707 125,577,970 102,268,471 6,617,163 55,120,239
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 2024
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 104,129 8,326 1,179 94,624 15,428 62,506 26,195 75,119 3,306 866 70,947 36,906
1 8,232 752 93 7,387 1,455 4,668 2,109 5,847 303 64 5,480 2,826
2 12,518 889 139 11,490 2,159 7,640 2,719 9,451 370 96 8,985 3,943
3 14,164 931 150 13,083 1,935 9,113 3,116 10,497 361 121 10,015 5,016
4 13,730 1,348 171 12,211 2,170 7,997 3,563 9,697 606 121 8,970 4,756
5 15,051 1,105 179 13,767 2,272 9,228 3,551 11,080 434 144 10,503 5,102
6 20,881 1,847 255 18,779 2,780 11,912 6,189 14,628 703 185 13,739 7,902
7 19,553 1,454 192 17,907 2,657 11,948 4,948 13,919 529 135 13,255 7,361
All areas b 7,423,856 1,190,660 63,747 6,169,449 1,002,887 3,951,866 2,469,103 5,528,062 677,097 48,833 4,802,132 2,532,902
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.