Congressional Statistics, December 2021

South 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 determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2021
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 and parents Spouses a Children b All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s and parents
South Carolina 1,215,646 883,812 161,614 66,880 27,398 75,942 1,886,729 1,482,113 98,501 919,531
1 175,315 136,550 15,414 9,013 5,748 8,590 297,669 247,321 14,778 144,020
2 156,187 114,745 18,624 8,844 3,864 10,110 250,862 198,861 13,734 119,585
3 178,228 127,412 26,762 9,426 3,454 11,174 271,112 209,131 13,500 131,468
4 161,877 117,037 22,208 8,742 4,177 9,713 257,623 202,103 13,495 123,493
5 172,157 123,229 24,506 9,650 3,492 11,280 263,961 204,162 13,925 127,717
6 150,142 101,272 24,768 9,341 2,678 12,083 203,518 149,795 11,923 105,912
7 221,740 163,567 29,332 11,864 3,985 12,992 341,983 270,741 17,147 167,336
All areas c 65,228,238 47,292,977 7,877,129 3,888,166 2,261,928 3,908,038 99,804,910 78,413,357 5,833,092 50,795,566
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
c. 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 2021
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients with OASDI a
Total By type By age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older Total Aged Blind Disabled
South Carolina 109,771 7,276 1,230 101,265 16,374 69,922 23,475 65,024 2,346 711 61,967 36,997
1 8,677 633 83 7,961 1,590 5,240 1,847 5,065 212 47 4,805 2,788
2 11,692 670 151 10,871 1,894 7,573 2,225 7,216 223 86 6,907 3,524
3 13,976 771 160 13,045 1,953 9,421 2,602 8,241 235 91 7,915 4,798
4 14,757 1,162 178 13,417 2,348 9,289 3,120 8,664 421 105 8,137 4,825
5 16,643 1,059 192 15,392 2,606 10,671 3,366 10,051 336 109 9,607 5,417
6 23,731 1,698 274 21,759 3,218 14,630 5,883 13,913 543 157 13,213 8,381
7 20,295 1,283 192 18,820 2,765 13,098 4,432 11,875 376 116 11,383 7,264
All areas b 7,695,900 1,115,723 65,587 6,514,590 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853 4,703,458 521,509 40,636 4,141,312 2,561,072
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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.