OASDI Beneficiaries by State and County, 2004

Delaware

Table 4. Number of beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2004
County Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers a Spouses Children Widow(er)s b Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
Total, Delaware c 145,825 94,854 6,430 1,196 13,013 5,581 19,454 275 5,022 43,719 58,533
Kent 24,035 14,925 970 300 2,015 1,295 3,555 40 935 6,920 9,030
New Castle 79,935 50,370 3,830 620 7,645 3,180 11,150 150 2,990 23,275 32,650
Sussex 41,855 29,560 1,630 275 3,355 1,105 4,750 85 1,095 13,525 16,855
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
c. Includes beneficiaries with unknown county code.
Table 5. Amount of benefits in current-payment status, by county, type of benefit, and sex of beneficiaries aged 65 or older, December 2004 (in thousands of dollars)
County Total Retirement Survivors Disability Aged 65 or older
Retired workers a Spouses Children Widow(er)s b Children Disabled workers Spouses Children Men Women
Total, Delaware c 135,173 95,350 3,409 624 12,491 3,657 18,177 64 1,403 49,940 50,202
Kent 20,625 14,041 465 157 1,775 819 3,127 11 230 7,340 7,237
New Castle 76,602 52,847 2,128 333 7,610 2,133 10,625 36 889 27,815 29,169
Sussex 37,946 28,462 816 133 3,105 705 4,425 17 283 14,785 13,795
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
c. Includes beneficiaries with unknown county code.