Congressional Statistics, December 2007

North Carolina

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2007
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)
Number of beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
North Carolina 1,587,350 998,365 270,824 128,304 56,205 133,652 1,548,633 1,062,514 121,588 1,058,491
1 136,708 76,038 28,564 13,096 4,660 14,350 118,816 73,323 10,692 84,044
2 110,040 63,789 22,284 9,231 3,460 11,276 100,728 64,109 8,037 68,247
3 117,117 73,937 18,434 10,255 5,187 9,304 111,263 75,984 9,509 78,923
4 88,387 58,935 12,197 6,584 3,368 7,303 95,252 69,003 7,180 62,093
5 133,924 88,488 20,336 10,648 4,966 9,486 132,025 93,803 10,215 93,408
6 138,610 95,230 19,469 9,832 4,828 9,251 143,462 105,731 10,132 99,023
7 141,737 83,537 27,481 12,253 5,250 13,216 133,902 87,013 10,995 88,626
8 106,925 63,425 21,129 8,379 3,144 10,848 101,711 66,419 7,728 67,209
9 105,839 71,069 14,392 8,287 3,951 8,140 114,387 82,933 9,054 74,685
10 135,390 87,351 23,590 9,746 3,816 10,887 133,058 92,708 9,242 90,108
11 164,526 108,287 24,729 13,910 7,653 9,947 159,898 113,469 13,329 116,732
12 102,385 62,207 19,614 7,878 2,705 9,981 99,108 66,303 7,532 65,451
13 105,762 66,072 18,605 8,205 3,217 9,663 105,021 71,717 7,942 69,942
All areas e 49,864,838 31,527,728 7,098,723 4,602,812 2,584,884 4,050,691 49,218,145 34,004,494 4,657,266 35,119,015
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Excludes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. 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.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
e. 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 2007
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 205,506 23,358 1,744 180,404 92,969 4,992 706 87,271 81,241 46,591
1 32,786 3,996 256 28,534 14,317 749 102 13,465 14,047 8,375
2 18,497 2,165 139 16,193 8,508 418 60 8,031 7,575 4,370
3 13,235 1,609 111 11,515 5,620 310 42 5,268 5,246 2,914
4 8,808 1,055 89 7,664 4,107 305 34 3,768 3,009 1,954
5 12,087 1,714 121 10,252 5,128 337 43 4,748 5,342 3,200
6 9,979 1,027 89 8,863 4,687 221 36 4,430 3,776 1,922
7 24,424 2,485 159 21,780 10,818 473 60 10,285 9,959 5,506
8 16,348 1,562 124 14,662 7,875 364 51 7,460 5,764 3,179
9 8,419 1,060 64 7,295 3,930 329 25 3,576 2,674 1,732
10 13,320 1,352 127 11,841 6,269 283 57 5,929 5,292 2,732
11 15,620 2,099 128 13,393 6,761 438 59 6,264 7,019 4,107
12 17,659 1,486 178 15,995 8,464 358 71 8,034 5,865 3,187
13 14,324 1,748 159 12,417 6,486 407 66 6,012 5,673 3,413
All areas b 7,359,525 1,204,512 71,727 6,083,286 3,735,792 465,272 36,571 3,233,949 2,568,637 2,016,588
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.