SSI Recipients by State and County, 2023

South Carolina

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2023
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, South Carolina 45 104,837 8,150 96,687 15,127 64,322 25,388 36,435 71,592
Abbeville 45001 487 41 446 53 307 127 176 347
Aiken 45003 3,579 203 3,376 534 2,336 709 1,079 2,622
Allendale 45005 495 36 459 42 302 151 196 323
Anderson 45007 3,749 198 3,551 478 2,517 754 1,292 2,597
Bamberg 45009 604 52 552 55 380 169 240 390
Barnwell 45011 980 69 911 110 613 257 359 669
Beaufort 45013 1,715 160 1,555 289 976 450 642 1,155
Berkeley 45015 3,481 275 3,206 714 1,995 772 1,079 2,355
Calhoun 45017 329 19 310 32 198 99 130 201
Charleston 45019 6,052 665 5,387 841 3,295 1,916 2,356 3,985
Cherokee 45021 1,387 61 1,326 220 901 266 453 970
Chester 45023 1,012 56 956 154 642 216 318 746
Chesterfield 45025 1,437 74 1,363 158 963 316 498 1,002
Clarendon 45027 1,325 128 1,197 142 782 401 521 856
Colleton 45029 1,378 100 1,278 163 851 364 522 942
Darlington 45031 2,542 193 2,349 308 1,557 677 944 1,742
Dillon 45033 1,394 82 1,312 167 873 354 525 926
Dorchester 45035 2,618 170 2,448 466 1,597 555 776 1,805
Edgefield 45037 781 76 705 101 447 233 249 549
Fairfield 45039 677 47 630 71 419 187 214 474
Florence 45041 5,146 376 4,770 693 3,120 1,333 1,911 3,413
Georgetown 45043 1,621 138 1,483 188 1,018 415 595 1,039
Greenville 45045 8,739 813 7,926 1,395 5,264 2,080 3,031 5,855
Greenwood 45047 1,584 118 1,466 252 965 367 560 1,064
Hampton 45049 824 75 749 76 493 255 335 570
Horry 45051 5,648 449 5,199 834 3,547 1,267 2,105 3,922
Jasper 45053 606 54 552 93 359 154 222 395
Kershaw 45055 1,443 106 1,337 223 894 326 494 1,010
Lancaster 45057 1,572 101 1,471 249 1,010 313 492 1,168
Laurens 45059 1,679 72 1,607 240 1,140 299 568 1,125
Lee 45061 689 64 625 60 418 211 274 454
Lexington 45063 4,285 310 3,975 709 2,671 905 1,297 3,102
McCormick 45065 265 25 240 23 153 89 129 151
Marion 45067 1,418 113 1,305 158 867 393 574 969
Marlboro 45069 1,299 97 1,202 158 787 354 500 852
Newberry 45071 847 52 795 139 517 191 304 571
Oconee 45073 1,234 72 1,162 133 863 238 442 816
Orangeburg 45075 3,310 286 3,024 353 1,973 984 1,236 2,190
Pickens 45077 1,994 127 1,867 238 1,398 358 686 1,358
Richland 45079 8,027 608 7,419 1,388 4,813 1,826 2,532 5,564
Saluda 45081 342 24 318 50 201 91 126 229
Spartanburg 45083 6,770 606 6,164 973 4,112 1,685 2,243 4,575
Sumter 45085 3,665 272 3,393 511 2,233 921 1,261 2,547
Union 45087 858 59 799 108 579 171 280 621
Williamsburg 45089 1,475 107 1,368 146 905 424 562 971
York 45091 3,475 321 3,154 639 2,071 765 1,107 2,403
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
NOTE: ANSI = American National Standards Institute.
a. The state payment total does not equal the sum of the rounded county totals.
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