Four of every ten persons in Webster County receive some form of Social Security benefits, with nearly two of every ten persons in the county receiving Social Security disability (SSD) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), there were a total of 3,627 Webster County residents receiving some form of Social Security in 2011. As the 2010 U.S. Census revealed that the county has 9,154 residents, that translates into 39.6% of the county's population on Social Security.
The SSA also reported that 1,900 county residents receive regular Social Security retirement benefits, or 20.7% of the county's population.
Webster County has a median household income of $28,025.00, based on an average of 2.2 persons in each household in the county. Persons living under the federal poverty level amount to 22.9% of the county's population.
In comparison, neighboring Pocahontas County, with a 2010 population of 8,719 residents, has three of every ten residents receiving some form of Social Security benefits (2,569 residents total for 29.5% of the Pocahontas population). Only one of ten Pocahontas residents receive SSD or SSI, which is half of the Webster percentage on disability. The median household income in Pocahontas is $32,161.00, based on an average of 2.18 persons in each household. 15.3% of Pocahontas residents live below the poverty level.Statewide, 28.7% of West Virginia residents receive some form of Social Security benefits. Pocahontas is close to the statewide average. Webster easily eclipses the statewide average by nearly 12% more.
Links in support of statistics included in this article include:
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/oasdi_sc/2011/wv.html
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