SSI Recipients by State and County, 2001

South Carolina

Table 3. Number of recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county
County Total Category Age SSI
recipients
also
receiving
OASDI
Amount of
payments
(thousands
of dollars)
Aged Blind and
disabled
Under 18 18–64 65 or
older
Total, South Carolina 107,022 15,965 91,057 17,260 60,481 29,281 44,507 39,435
Abbeville 590 115 475 77 309 204 264 215
Aiken 3,655 400 3,255 665 2,158 832 1,293 1,428
Allendale 798 124 674 144 410 244 324 331
Anderson 3,265 432 2,833 515 1,947 803 1,475 1,147
Bamberg 822 150 672 89 455 278 356 293
Barnwell 1,168 163 1,005 217 632 319 435 461
Beaufort 1,861 295 1,566 331 1,029 501 748 705
Berkeley 2,638 389 2,249 449 1,534 655 1,060 1,029
Calhoun 508 114 394 52 264 192 247 166
Charleston 8,320 1,065 7,255 1,474 4,783 2,063 3,168 3,189
Cherokee 1,163 181 982 155 706 302 507 412
Chester 924 142 782 150 526 248 396 348
Chesterfield 1,687 311 1,376 208 908 571 808 568
Clarendon 1,714 350 1,364 190 898 626 801 692
Colleton 1,918 243 1,675 293 1,131 494 766 712
Darlington 2,755 471 2,284 413 1,476 866 1,126 1,014
Dillon 2,025 351 1,674 302 1,034 689 923 732
Dorchester 2,050 270 1,780 287 1,266 497 783 751
Edgefield 725 122 603 96 403 226 334 250
Fairfield 875 159 716 137 454 284 383 306
Florence 5,906 1,002 4,904 861 3,177 1,868 2,477 2,117
Georgetown 1,669 237 1,432 271 944 454 736 569
Greenville 7,294 965 6,329 1,218 4,436 1,640 2,961 2,813
Greenwood 1,604 238 1,366 279 912 413 693 563
Hampton 1,091 184 907 133 604 354 516 393
Horry 4,325 629 3,696 716 2,401 1,208 2,055 1,565
Jasper 626 126 500 100 313 213 277 217
Kershaw 1,380 250 1,130 197 768 415 612 471
Lancaster 1,269 180 1,089 226 713 330 541 499
Laurens 1,921 204 1,717 300 1,217 404 797 642
Lee 1,047 247 800 156 480 411 507 369
Lexington 2,986 325 2,661 547 1,828 611 1,153 1,150
Marion 1,916 372 1,544 251 951 714 918 659
Marlboro 1,800 331 1,469 279 915 606 847 624
McCormick 363 70 293 37 195 131 170 126
Newberry 979 178 801 152 517 310 488 343
Oconee 1,149 177 972 144 675 330 555 393
Orangeburg 4,571 894 3,677 697 2,393 1,481 2,005 1,643
Pickens 1,489 162 1,327 258 926 305 599 578
Richland 7,312 854 6,458 1,498 4,225 1,589 2,531 2,695
Saluda 607 104 503 108 306 193 260 226
Spartanburg 6,095 704 5,391 966 3,730 1,399 2,355 2,253
Sumter 4,225 711 3,514 669 2,285 1,271 1,744 1,587
Union 940 124 816 157 547 236 394 375
Williamsburg 2,294 455 1,839 294 1,184 816 1,049 802
York 2,605 384 2,221 487 1,461 657 1,037 961
Unknown 98 11 87 15 55 28 33 53