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North Carolina ranks 9th in total widow and parent beneficiaries in 2019

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There were 116,547 OASDI widow and parent beneficiaries in North Carolina in 2019, ranking it ninth in the United States, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) is a program of the Social Security Administration funded primarily through payroll taxes. It was signed into law in 1935 by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The OASDI program aims to supplement a worker’s lost wages due to retirement, disability or death of a spouse.

The following table shows states ranked by number of widow and parent beneficiaries.

State Ranking by Number of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries in 2019
RankStateNumber of Widow and Parent Beneficiaries
1California362,897
2Texas315,685
3Florida268,798
4New York207,475
5Pennsylvania182,826
6Ohio175,757
7Illinois144,255
8Michigan139,023
9North Carolina116,547
10Georgia113,210
11Tennessee93,854
12Virginia92,892
13New Jersey92,329
14Indiana86,843
15Louisiana82,951
16Missouri80,272
17Alabama78,529
18Arizona78,367
19Washington75,223
20Kentucky74,232
21Wisconsin67,451
22South Carolina67,311
23Massachusetts66,711
24Maryland56,217
25Oklahoma55,112
26Minnesota55,062
27Colorado50,543
28Oregon49,521
29Mississippi45,927
30Arkansas44,711
31West Virginia40,741
32Iowa40,268
33Connecticut36,513
34Kansas33,589
35Nevada29,071
36New Mexico26,733
37Utah23,543
38Nebraska21,072
39Idaho19,805
40Maine19,192
41New Hampshire14,720
42Hawaii14,570
43Montana13,927
44Delaware11,744
45Rhode Island11,154
46South Dakota10,859
47North Dakota9,758
48Vermont7,811
49Wyoming6,690
50Alaska5,442
51District of Columbia3,965

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