Congressional Statistics, December 2025

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 2025
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 1,333,647 1,021,012 149,711 65,730 24,161 73,033 2,594,883 2,128,791 120,648 1,058,998
1 186,423 152,213 13,330 8,383 4,691 7,806 403,834 349,021 17,178 158,553
2 174,553 133,902 18,431 8,857 3,351 10,012 347,836 285,831 16,915 138,814
3 199,126 150,077 25,306 9,686 3,202 10,855 377,869 304,957 17,300 155,201
4 170,134 129,966 19,455 8,246 3,448 9,019 337,613 277,343 15,780 136,094
5 183,978 138,331 22,551 9,306 3,025 10,765 351,566 283,457 16,733 143,465
6 168,881 122,856 22,638 9,203 2,663 11,521 293,081 230,298 15,153 128,629
7 250,552 193,667 28,000 12,049 3,781 13,055 483,084 397,884 21,589 198,242
All areas c 70,451,490 53,624,664 7,125,880 3,810,382 2,171,194 3,719,370 135,480,578 111,072,575 7,086,628 57,310,568
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data based on district definitions for the 119th Congress.
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 2025
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 All recipients Aged Blind Disabled
South Carolina 104,107 8,276 1,202 94,629 15,711 61,598 26,798 77,469 3,496 962 73,011 36,776
1 8,234 731 92 7,411 1,482 4,612 2,140 6,219 320 115 5,783 2,783
2 12,571 886 139 11,546 2,228 7,532 2,811 9,788 385 99 9,305 3,917
3 13,848 884 150 12,814 1,913 8,823 3,112 10,353 374 124 9,855 4,873
4 14,032 1,401 183 12,448 2,221 8,065 3,746 10,211 675 145 9,390 4,856
5 15,030 1,117 173 13,740 2,299 9,073 3,658 11,406 462 135 10,808 5,128
6 20,896 1,819 268 18,809 2,850 11,732 6,314 15,270 732 206 14,333 7,941
7 19,496 1,438 197 17,861 2,718 11,761 5,017 14,223 547 138 13,538 7,278
All areas b 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399 5,649,867 709,106 49,808 4,890,952 2,534,176
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data based on district definitions for the 119th Congress.
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.