OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2024

Delaware

Table 4. Number of beneficiaries in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2024
County ANSI Code Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s and parents Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
Total, Delaware 10 248,565 198,391 3,833 1,800 11,125 6,711 23,705 173 2,827 90,481 114,742
Kent 10001 44,225 33,315 595 440 2,060 1,670 5,405 45 695 15,110 19,235
New Castle 10003 112,910 87,490 2,085 910 5,410 3,500 11,975 65 1,475 39,730 52,200
Sussex 10005 91,430 77,585 1,155 450 3,655 1,540 6,325 65 655 35,640 43,305
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTE: ANSI = American National Standards Institute
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5. Amount of benefits in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2024 (in thousands of dollars)
County ANSI Code Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers Spouses Children Widow(er)s and parents Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
Total, Delaware 10 508,624 430,634 4,286 1,768 21,915 7,524 40,841 83 1,574 218,190 226,933
Kent 10001 81,737 65,751 602 430 3,711 1,863 8,995 18 367 32,944 34,965
New Castle 10003 233,285 193,604 2,350 894 10,898 3,986 20,678 36 840 97,345 105,275
Sussex 10005 193,602 171,279 1,333 444 7,306 1,675 11,169 29 367 87,900 86,693
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTE: ANSI = American National Standards Institute
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.