OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2025

Delaware

Table 4. Number of beneficiaries in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2025
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 10 257,024 206,680 4,052 1,855 11,113 6,653 23,762 179 2,730 94,386 119,689
Kent 10001 45,485 34,535 635 440 2,045 1,650 5,465 50 665 15,695 20,035
New Castle 10003 115,725 90,500 2,085 945 5,345 3,445 11,920 65 1,420 41,125 53,995
Sussex 10005 95,815 81,645 1,335 470 3,720 1,560 6,375 65 645 37,565 45,660
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 2025 (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 10 551,165 469,943 4,674 1,883 22,863 7,727 42,410 92 1,572 237,703 247,869
Kent 10001 87,944 71,260 662 440 3,870 1,909 9,422 22 360 35,661 38,034
New Castle 10003 250,251 209,385 2,422 953 11,198 4,065 21,344 35 849 104,981 113,884
Sussex 10005 212,970 189,299 1,589 491 7,795 1,754 11,644 35 363 97,061 95,951
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.