Congressional Statistics, December 2010

North 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 determines the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2010
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 a Spouses b Children c All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s a
North Carolina 1,757,135 1,125,816 310,399 125,013 53,195 142,712 1,881,592 1,314,890 130,547 1,153,108
1 144,664 82,526 31,649 12,120 4,146 14,223 138,544 87,561 10,927 88,012
2 122,864 72,939 25,606 9,072 3,209 12,038 124,503 81,059 8,797 74,989
3 130,303 84,302 21,143 10,048 4,715 10,095 136,254 95,337 10,262 87,008
4 103,185 71,072 14,053 6,761 3,568 7,731 122,852 91,596 8,109 72,565
5 148,249 99,042 23,750 10,313 4,641 10,503 160,176 115,263 10,910 101,003
6 153,098 106,045 22,665 9,583 4,515 10,290 172,839 128,535 10,816 107,040
7 157,255 96,399 30,140 12,054 5,098 13,564 164,245 110,922 11,950 98,687
8 117,154 70,195 24,241 8,150 3,041 11,527 121,761 80,468 8,209 71,999
9 121,973 82,972 17,244 8,522 4,090 9,145 144,117 105,869 10,262 84,426
10 148,991 97,389 26,915 9,491 3,591 11,605 159,937 113,011 9,828 97,001
11 178,859 119,666 28,233 13,315 6,919 10,726 189,890 136,789 14,087 124,427
12 113,477 69,290 23,272 7,658 2,515 10,742 119,406 80,478 7,970 70,216
13 117,063 73,979 21,488 7,926 3,147 10,523 127,067 88,003 8,421 75,735
All areas d 54,031,968 34,593,080 8,203,951 4,445,547 2,476,836 4,312,554 58,048,295 40,662,492 4,884,520 37,291,572
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
d. 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 2010
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments
(thousands of dollars)
Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
North Carolina 219,570 20,886 1,712 196,972 110,185 4,968 768 104,449 82,346 44,468
1 32,887 3,257 240 29,390 16,003 655 107 15,241 13,639 7,684
2 19,333 1,887 145 17,301 9,425 399 67 8,959 7,474 4,087
3 13,882 1,329 106 12,447 6,716 274 45 6,397 5,295 2,649
4 9,827 1,106 101 8,620 5,069 354 44 4,671 3,140 1,994
5 12,654 1,443 118 11,093 6,022 302 48 5,672 5,268 2,886
6 11,158 1,017 97 10,044 5,623 246 43 5,334 4,003 1,926
7 24,987 1,990 135 22,862 12,592 416 61 12,115 9,680 5,025
8 18,095 1,493 134 16,468 9,416 388 60 8,969 6,110 3,184
9 9,971 1,174 61 8,736 5,270 406 27 4,837 3,022 1,954
10 14,264 1,181 130 12,953 7,456 260 63 7,132 5,323 2,552
11 16,648 1,830 121 14,697 8,170 409 54 7,708 7,181 3,865
12 20,285 1,553 179 18,553 10,663 415 84 10,164 6,510 3,363
13 15,579 1,626 145 13,808 7,760 443 66 7,251 5,701 3,299
All areas b 7,912,266 1,183,853 69,289 6,659,124 4,273,680 474,932 36,836 3,761,912 2,697,963 2,041,490
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
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.