SSI Recipients by State and County, 2025

North Carolina

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2025
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, North Carolina 37 217,616 18,175 199,441 35,079 130,257 52,280 74,854 160,301
Alamance 37001 3,527 297 3,230 617 2,154 756 1,144 2,677
Alexander 37003 596 28 568 75 398 123 211 467
Alleghany 37005 256 16 240 24 169 63 101 183
Anson 37007 924 36 888 144 597 183 301 688
Ashe 37009 636 59 577 36 411 189 298 433
Avery 37011 335 37 298 21 202 112 144 225
Beaufort 37013 1,680 111 1,569 233 1,044 403 704 1,148
Bertie 37015 937 53 884 99 583 255 423 634
Bladen 37017 1,355 77 1,278 172 831 352 527 964
Brunswick 37019 2,133 117 2,016 294 1,379 460 755 1,500
Buncombe 37021 4,379 413 3,966 455 2,694 1,230 1,700 3,001
Burke 37023 1,883 78 1,805 222 1,312 349 626 1,407
Cabarrus 37025 3,553 370 3,183 782 1,990 781 1,052 2,672
Caldwell 37027 1,903 94 1,809 229 1,308 366 631 1,466
Camden 37029 116 (X) (X) 12 75 29 51 76
Carteret 37031 1,054 96 958 87 678 289 467 764
Caswell 37033 580 38 542 76 353 151 218 431
Catawba 37035 2,944 234 2,710 394 1,933 617 1,028 2,245
Chatham 37037 898 81 817 136 559 203 274 648
Cherokee 37039 713 61 652 63 449 201 307 499
Chowan 37041 452 41 411 45 250 157 220 297
Clay 37043 268 29 239 25 159 84 129 167
Cleveland 37045 3,223 137 3,086 477 2,190 556 1,048 2,414
Columbus 37047 2,542 135 2,407 340 1,551 651 1,008 1,863
Craven 37049 2,513 188 2,325 395 1,532 586 853 1,835
Cumberland 37051 10,073 606 9,467 2,033 5,906 2,134 3,165 7,773
Currituck 37053 303 24 279 37 193 73 126 217
Dare 37055 250 37 213 17 155 78 104 160
Davidson 37057 3,171 177 2,994 490 2,096 585 1,035 2,445
Davie 37059 635 49 586 93 391 151 227 470
Duplin 37061 1,487 84 1,403 202 923 362 573 1,049
Durham 37063 5,878 661 5,217 1,129 3,195 1,554 1,880 4,322
Edgecombe 37065 2,651 160 2,491 430 1,618 603 992 1,908
Forsyth 37067 8,353 685 7,668 1,508 4,968 1,877 2,804 6,356
Franklin 37069 1,289 84 1,205 175 808 306 471 962
Gaston 37071 5,184 308 4,876 875 3,326 983 1,633 4,013
Gates 37073 280 34 246 29 157 94 126 171
Graham 37075 194 13 181 14 127 53 81 128
Granville 37077 1,129 74 1,055 140 695 294 392 755
Greene 37079 448 42 406 67 260 121 172 333
Guilford 37081 11,653 1,191 10,462 2,145 6,759 2,749 3,759 8,721
Halifax 37083 3,045 150 2,895 334 1,857 854 1,206 2,173
Harnett 37085 3,280 195 3,085 559 2,017 704 1,078 2,457
Haywood 37087 1,224 69 1,155 104 830 290 490 852
Henderson 37089 1,546 135 1,411 167 963 416 625 1,081
Hertford 37091 1,060 92 968 128 596 336 437 756
Hoke 37093 1,191 92 1,099 239 690 262 404 874
Hyde 37095 114 20 94 (X) 57 (X) 62 77
Iredell 37097 2,739 200 2,539 508 1,674 557 886 2,051
Jackson 37099 597 39 558 70 386 141 235 420
Johnston 37101 3,536 310 3,226 620 2,053 863 1,252 2,591
Jones 37103 346 34 312 48 198 100 141 262
Lee 37105 1,508 113 1,395 282 875 351 511 1,149
Lenoir 37107 2,704 209 2,495 435 1,568 701 1,003 1,983
Lincoln 37109 1,500 91 1,409 176 1,034 290 480 1,094
McDowell 37111 1,235 50 1,185 127 856 252 435 895
Macon 37113 615 54 561 61 379 175 258 409
Madison 37115 489 45 444 31 300 158 197 328
Martin 37117 910 68 842 139 503 268 367 656
Mecklenburg 37119 16,987 2,418 14,569 3,465 8,625 4,897 5,011 12,750
Mitchell 37121 374 24 350 19 247 108 170 266
Montgomery 37123 670 42 628 91 426 153 264 497
Moore 37125 1,435 123 1,312 205 894 336 496 1,104
Nash 37127 3,340 236 3,104 537 1,963 840 1,285 2,423
New Hanover 37129 3,743 297 3,446 574 2,253 916 1,396 2,568
Northampton 37131 853 50 803 104 490 259 341 575
Onslow 37133 3,190 184 3,006 575 1,973 642 1,066 2,402
Orange 37135 1,414 193 1,221 217 814 383 454 1,001
Pamlico 37137 232 19 213 31 130 71 92 158
Pasquotank 37139 1,099 94 1,005 162 632 305 452 795
Pender 37141 1,048 60 988 164 646 238 380 743
Perquimans 37143 344 43 301 46 187 111 160 226
Person 37145 991 65 926 168 588 235 369 686
Pitt 37147 5,720 364 5,356 1,259 3,208 1,253 1,935 4,259
Polk 37149 285 27 258 35 183 67 104 200
Randolph 37151 3,174 277 2,897 457 2,038 679 1,147 2,351
Richmond 37153 2,001 71 1,930 332 1,282 387 675 1,517
Robeson 37155 6,949 392 6,557 1,076 4,221 1,652 2,580 5,352
Rockingham 37157 2,820 188 2,632 368 1,822 630 1,050 2,073
Rowan 37159 2,800 147 2,653 506 1,802 492 831 2,161
Rutherford 37161 1,766 93 1,673 177 1,247 342 563 1,317
Sampson 37163 1,788 131 1,657 266 1,054 468 673 1,282
Scotland 37165 1,668 56 1,612 302 1,030 336 563 1,309
Stanly 37167 1,314 83 1,231 209 855 250 448 1,008
Stokes 37169 835 53 782 79 554 202 313 581
Surry 37171 1,857 125 1,732 181 1,247 429 738 1,384
Swain 37173 289 25 264 33 189 67 117 242
Transylvania 37175 462 28 434 52 305 105 193 309
Tyrrell 37177 103 (X) (X) (X) 50 (X) 61 55
Union 37179 2,493 419 2,074 376 1,375 742 671 1,821
Vance 37181 1,949 90 1,859 305 1,219 425 676 1,446
Wake 37183 12,637 1,976 10,661 2,281 6,755 3,601 3,627 9,074
Warren 37185 708 44 664 85 421 202 272 489
Washington 37187 591 42 549 66 343 182 241 447
Watauga 37189 464 46 418 30 295 139 213 319
Wayne 37191 3,633 245 3,388 601 2,200 832 1,288 2,535
Wilkes 37193 1,751 100 1,651 176 1,195 380 655 1,295
Wilson 37195 2,721 191 2,530 489 1,559 673 1,026 1,908
Yadkin 37197 680 28 652 84 471 125 233 497
Yancey 37199 421 47 374 21 255 145 198 283
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; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. The state payment total does not equal the sum of the rounded county totals.
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