Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Colorado

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. OASDI in Colorado, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current-payment status
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)
Number
of OASDI
beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Wives and
husbands
Children All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
United States, total 46,444,240 29,190,150 5,543,981 4,967,155 2,832,767 3,910,187 37,854,411 26,125,087 4,169,125 33,162,456
Colorado 547,954 348,382 63,775 55,731 37,650 42,416 441,252 304,878 47,541 396,578
1 80,643 51,662 11,103 8,006 4,364 5,508 65,999 45,885 7,005 59,265
2 56,514 36,433 6,522 5,281 3,593 4,685 48,203 33,711 4,741 40,286
3 109,150 66,797 13,380 11,974 8,134 8,865 81,932 54,722 9,529 77,167
4 84,311 53,140 9,161 9,396 6,469 6,145 66,239 45,438 7,931 62,118
5 79,910 49,518 9,611 8,146 6,026 6,609 61,494 41,493 6,668 56,594
6 58,331 39,373 4,868 5,236 4,163 4,691 52,256 37,894 4,957 43,146
7 79,095 51,459 9,130 7,692 4,901 5,913 65,125 45,733 6,707 58,002
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Table 2. SSI in Colorado, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)
Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
United States, total 6,787,857 1,251,528 77,658 5,458,671 2,951,425 415,574 35,144 2,500,707 2,406,327 1,995,284
Colorado 53,828 8,679 551 44,598 21,347 2,500 224 18,623 19,552 13,774
1 12,849 2,507 128 10,214 5,202 818 51 4,333 4,344 3,889
2 4,303 767 46 3,490 1,804 272 21 1,511 1,344 1,090
3 13,127 1,839 108 11,180 5,025 353 43 4,629 5,460 3,184
4 6,910 1,048 60 5,802 2,601 225 21 2,354 2,931 1,747
5 6,723 781 90 5,852 2,642 200 39 2,403 2,465 1,324
6 2,460 502 34 1,924 1,065 196 16 852 661 679
7 7,456 1,235 85 6,136 3,008 435 33 2,540 2,347 1,861
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.