SSI Recipients by State and County, 2024

South Carolina

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2024
County ANSI Code Total Category Age SSI recipients also receiving OASDI Amount of payments (thousands of dollars) a
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Total, South Carolina 45 104,129 8,326 95,803 15,428 62,506 26,195 36,906 75,119
Abbeville 45001 493 44 449 55 305 133 187 360
Aiken 45003 3,536 204 3,332 546 2,263 727 1,107 2,734
Allendale 45005 497 41 456 44 289 164 200 354
Anderson 45007 3,820 215 3,605 507 2,498 815 1,338 2,856
Bamberg 45009 569 46 523 51 349 169 229 387
Barnwell 45011 961 68 893 103 590 268 375 687
Beaufort 45013 1,742 169 1,573 298 988 456 669 1,351
Berkeley 45015 3,554 292 3,262 719 2,003 832 1,136 2,527
Calhoun 45017 325 19 306 37 189 99 131 238
Charleston 45019 5,893 683 5,210 847 3,098 1,948 2,347 3,944
Cherokee 45021 1,357 61 1,296 214 869 274 452 1,000
Chester 45023 965 52 913 140 615 210 317 762
Chesterfield 45025 1,413 80 1,333 153 930 330 502 997
Clarendon 45027 1,310 124 1,186 141 750 419 522 886
Colleton 45029 1,397 103 1,294 178 829 390 540 1,029
Darlington 45031 2,527 192 2,335 322 1,521 684 968 1,842
Dillon 45033 1,393 74 1,319 176 865 352 517 1,027
Dorchester 45035 2,573 175 2,398 477 1,521 575 767 1,841
Edgefield 45037 757 80 677 92 433 232 235 541
Fairfield 45039 653 47 606 70 398 185 210 461
Florence 45041 5,131 378 4,753 726 3,041 1,364 1,934 3,654
Georgetown 45043 1,586 143 1,443 196 963 427 591 1,084
Greenville 45045 8,667 832 7,835 1,395 5,099 2,173 3,049 6,157
Greenwood 45047 1,605 123 1,482 260 954 391 592 1,236
Hampton 45049 806 72 734 86 464 256 327 546
Horry 45051 5,559 457 5,102 844 3,415 1,300 2,108 3,859
Jasper 45053 599 55 544 92 351 156 222 447
Kershaw 45055 1,430 96 1,334 219 874 337 483 1,028
Lancaster 45057 1,536 100 1,436 233 986 317 510 1,174
Laurens 45059 1,717 76 1,641 245 1,156 316 607 1,219
Lee 45061 681 64 617 60 401 220 270 478
Lexington 45063 4,300 339 3,961 754 2,576 970 1,358 3,211
McCormick 45065 259 21 238 29 151 79 119 184
Marion 45067 1,404 105 1,299 167 848 389 577 1,082
Marlboro 45069 1,277 93 1,184 147 792 338 497 924
Newberry 45071 806 48 758 127 495 184 292 579
Oconee 45073 1,250 79 1,171 140 868 242 450 985
Orangeburg 45075 3,248 284 2,964 352 1,912 984 1,225 2,258
Pickens 45077 2,006 131 1,875 244 1,365 397 723 1,460
Richland 45079 7,995 619 7,376 1,434 4,677 1,884 2,555 5,814
Saluda 45081 322 19 303 49 184 89 124 245
Spartanburg 45083 6,794 653 6,141 1,029 3,986 1,779 2,297 4,761
Sumter 45085 3,683 268 3,415 544 2,203 936 1,250 2,699
Union 45087 832 52 780 106 556 170 291 641
Williamsburg 45089 1,478 114 1,364 156 885 437 576 1,053
York 45091 3,423 336 3,087 624 2,001 798 1,130 2,518
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTE: ANSI = American National Standards Institute.
a. The state payment total does not equal the sum of the rounded county totals.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.