For most people living in the US, Social Security benefits will come through the Old-Age, Survivors,

For most people living in the US, Social Security benefits will come through the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability (OASDI) program. The beneficiaries can be retired workers (plus their spouses and children), widowers, parents, or children of the deceased, or disabled workers (plus their spouses and children). This set of maps shows some county-level statistics related to OASDI payments. The top left map identifies the percentage of a county’s population that receives OASDI benefits. The top right map reveals which group tends to be the beneficiary; retired people are the largest group to receive benefits, but as stated in the previous paragraph, there are others who are also supported by the program. The white region in the Southeastern US is due to the large population of disabled workers receiving OASDI payments in those counties. The bottom maps are concerned with the amount of money paid out. On the left is the average monthly payment across all beneficiaries. On the right, I identified the difference in payment for men and women (subtracting the average women’s payment from the men’s). This metric only considers seniors (ages 65+), but includes people receiving OASDI benefits for any reason. There were no counties where women had a higher average payment than men. Data sources: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/oasdi_sc/index.html http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml (for county populations) -- source link

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