The SSA has hired about 13,0001 personnel to operate almost 300 offices within the
region.2 In 2010 there were reported to be almost 270,000
Social Security disability benefits recipients in Georgia, comprising just 3.1 % of the total U.S. beneficiaries and 4.4 % in the Southeast U.S. 3 The
Social Security Administration conveniently operates eleven offices within a forty mile radius of Atlanta, Georgia.