SSI Recipients by State and County, 2020

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 2020
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 37 227,652 16,578 211,074 34,808 147,094 45,750 77,180 133,991
Alamance 37001 3,638 269 3,369 557 2,435 646 1,194 2,153
Alexander 37003 627 33 594 69 438 120 228 356
Alleghany 37005 297 22 275 33 200 64 112 164
Anson 37007 988 34 954 156 662 170 320 581
Ashe 37009 755 82 673 35 494 226 350 417
Avery 37011 382 43 339 31 238 113 165 217
Beaufort 37013 1,771 128 1,643 245 1,138 388 706 1,005
Bertie 37015 1,060 70 990 117 661 282 498 588
Bladen 37017 1,465 83 1,382 171 959 335 575 854
Brunswick 37019 2,139 89 2,050 293 1,488 358 732 1,217
Buncombe 37021 5,371 425 4,946 654 3,567 1,150 1,978 3,201
Burke 37023 2,035 100 1,935 206 1,508 321 657 1,258
Cabarrus 37025 3,331 273 3,058 690 2,066 575 940 1,998
Caldwell 37027 2,009 69 1,940 276 1,468 265 601 1,247
Camden 37029 117 14 103 (X) 79 (X) 50 66
Carteret 37031 1,161 94 1,067 112 794 255 470 677
Caswell 37033 649 52 597 71 402 176 274 349
Catawba 37035 3,174 262 2,912 427 2,115 632 1,107 1,833
Chatham 37037 910 72 838 138 595 177 287 526
Cherokee 37039 763 56 707 60 515 188 325 408
Chowan 37041 498 41 457 57 306 135 233 264
Clay 37043 265 27 238 19 163 83 115 135
Cleveland 37045 3,297 146 3,151 433 2,342 522 1,106 1,978
Columbus 37047 2,769 148 2,621 329 1,791 649 1,080 1,634
Craven 37049 2,491 136 2,355 363 1,670 458 831 1,477
Cumberland 37051 11,057 569 10,488 2,098 7,085 1,874 3,407 6,885
Currituck 37053 296 20 276 48 196 52 112 166
Dare 37055 270 25 245 27 198 45 103 156
Davidson 37057 3,299 161 3,138 502 2,286 511 1,005 2,089
Davie 37059 648 62 586 84 437 127 230 364
Duplin 37061 1,498 91 1,407 173 958 367 586 841
Durham 37063 6,196 497 5,699 1,167 3,865 1,164 1,946 3,713
Edgecombe 37065 2,751 153 2,598 405 1,791 555 1,035 1,602
Forsyth 37067 8,582 586 7,996 1,478 5,601 1,503 2,680 5,156
Franklin 37069 1,362 78 1,284 169 909 284 485 763
Gaston 37071 5,521 263 5,258 829 3,864 828 1,685 3,343
Gates 37073 300 30 270 30 190 80 133 214
Graham 37075 231 17 214 13 158 60 113 109
Granville 37077 1,271 80 1,191 175 828 268 414 681
Greene 37079 532 56 476 66 344 122 201 293
Guilford 37081 11,644 1,035 10,609 1,930 7,529 2,185 3,572 7,142
Halifax 37083 3,459 188 3,271 374 2,255 830 1,365 2,017
Harnett 37085 2,777 150 2,627 430 1,819 528 966 1,653
Haywood 37087 1,544 87 1,457 144 1,087 313 610 896
Henderson 37089 1,728 131 1,597 208 1,158 362 630 959
Hertford 37091 1,126 92 1,034 124 707 295 466 653
Hoke 37093 1,215 87 1,128 243 738 234 398 734
Hyde 37095 133 22 111 10 77 46 67 69
Iredell 37097 2,643 167 2,476 439 1,764 440 828 1,562
Jackson 37099 673 53 620 83 445 145 258 395
Johnston 37101 3,582 264 3,318 627 2,239 716 1,298 1,994
Jones 37103 342 38 304 41 208 93 152 179
Lee 37105 1,636 105 1,531 295 1,041 300 525 986
Lenoir 37107 2,810 205 2,605 417 1,774 619 1,009 1,576
Lincoln 37109 1,458 72 1,386 169 1,064 225 447 883
McDowell 37111 1,380 61 1,319 144 997 239 504 889
Macon 37113 731 76 655 78 460 193 309 404
Madison 37115 631 57 574 38 410 183 262 338
Martin 37117 1,009 80 929 146 572 291 424 573
Mecklenburg 37119 17,238 2,068 15,170 3,270 9,893 4,075 4,826 10,217
Mitchell 37121 457 40 417 29 291 137 212 241
Montgomery 37123 668 36 632 93 447 128 258 388
Moore 37125 1,504 118 1,386 215 967 322 519 882
Nash 37127 3,406 254 3,152 516 2,163 727 1,300 1,960
New Hanover 37129 3,966 223 3,743 608 2,619 739 1,435 2,235
Northampton 37131 991 54 937 108 609 274 394 544
Onslow 37133 3,271 170 3,101 596 2,137 538 1,047 1,960
Orange 37135 1,458 167 1,291 246 888 324 429 805
Pamlico 37137 232 18 214 16 159 57 95 135
Pasquotank 37139 1,215 97 1,118 177 771 267 474 721
Pender 37141 1,117 60 1,057 154 741 222 414 654
Perquimans 37143 384 35 349 49 242 93 174 204
Person 37145 1,063 65 998 143 691 229 410 578
Pitt 37147 5,767 340 5,427 1,139 3,522 1,106 2,012 3,377
Polk 37149 291 19 272 38 201 52 114 157
Randolph 37151 3,398 245 3,153 538 2,295 565 1,138 2,036
Richmond 37153 2,086 58 2,028 306 1,447 333 687 1,248
Robeson 37155 7,231 376 6,855 1,121 4,586 1,524 2,680 4,257
Rockingham 37157 3,046 184 2,862 371 2,096 579 1,148 1,863
Rowan 37159 2,816 132 2,684 466 1,923 427 851 1,736
Rutherford 37161 1,940 85 1,855 216 1,408 316 618 1,177
Sampson 37163 2,030 163 1,867 293 1,269 468 763 1,176
Scotland 37165 1,656 52 1,604 265 1,081 310 557 1,044
Stanly 37167 1,393 70 1,323 224 955 214 480 783
Stokes 37169 922 66 856 108 615 199 314 531
Surry 37171 1,981 150 1,831 187 1,352 442 800 1,146
Swain 37173 344 28 316 56 201 87 140 180
Transylvania 37175 584 38 546 72 391 121 236 329
Tyrrell 37177 122 13 109 (X) 69 (X) 78 69
Union 37179 2,377 283 2,094 400 1,441 536 630 1,407
Vance 37181 2,217 95 2,122 319 1,509 389 751 1,297
Wake 37183 12,117 1,556 10,561 2,035 7,211 2,871 3,519 6,940
Warren 37185 794 46 748 85 498 211 308 439
Washington 37187 646 36 610 65 410 171 261 370
Watauga 37189 563 48 515 45 382 136 231 289
Wayne 37191 3,924 235 3,689 658 2,498 768 1,377 2,179
Wilkes 37193 1,901 125 1,776 201 1,319 381 724 1,112
Wilson 37195 2,947 192 2,755 496 1,793 658 1,095 1,682
Yadkin 37197 763 51 712 95 513 155 299 462
Yancey 37199 529 61 468 27 343 159 223 298
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTES: 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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