Congressional Statistics, December 2010

New Jersey

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to an eligible worker and family members when the worker elects to start receiving retirement benefits or when the worker dies or becomes disabled. A worker's lifetime covered earnings largely determines the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2010
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)
Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers Disabled workers Widow(er)s a Spouses b Children c All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s a
New Jersey 1,472,335 1,017,596 185,970 109,435 54,231 105,103 1,773,403 1,322,502 133,159 1,082,802
1 116,267 71,939 20,107 9,960 3,879 10,382 131,824 89,524 11,523 77,525
2 136,482 89,930 21,075 9,984 4,245 11,248 156,193 111,566 11,690 93,880
3 153,673 109,717 17,326 11,438 5,613 9,579 187,890 142,518 14,167 115,877
4 143,086 102,697 15,966 11,025 4,819 8,579 175,473 133,583 13,647 108,810
5 116,145 85,177 10,480 8,695 4,898 6,895 151,742 118,524 11,412 90,956
6 97,802 65,592 13,943 7,690 3,359 7,218 118,000 85,187 9,364 69,513
7 105,819 77,205 9,636 7,892 4,321 6,765 137,827 106,813 10,330 82,608
8 99,864 68,789 13,041 7,046 3,808 7,180 117,338 88,183 8,422 73,659
9 105,891 76,138 11,812 7,722 4,550 5,669 127,162 97,886 9,301 81,761
10 87,228 53,714 16,004 5,918 2,300 9,292 92,637 63,417 6,186 56,595
11 109,884 82,230 9,413 7,806 4,444 5,991 145,561 115,249 10,467 87,526
12 120,771 85,332 12,884 8,548 4,540 9,467 154,089 117,481 10,967 90,796
13 79,423 49,136 14,283 5,711 3,455 6,838 77,665 52,572 5,682 53,296
All areas d 54,031,968 34,593,080 8,203,951 4,445,547 2,476,836 4,312,554 58,048,295 40,662,492 4,884,520 37,291,572
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
d. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 States, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.

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. Number of recipients of federally administered SSI payments and total monthly payments, December 2010
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments
(thousands of dollars)
Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
New Jersey 168,423 34,284 829 133,310 90,354 14,280 376 75,698 53,733 53,754
1 17,615 1,526 110 15,979 10,319 546 55 9,718 5,528 3,322
2 15,884 1,629 74 14,181 8,832 547 32 8,253 5,567 3,177
3 7,997 1,030 38 6,929 4,273 391 18 3,864 2,691 1,686
4 9,250 1,237 45 7,968 4,906 472 19 4,416 2,951 2,102
5 5,915 1,686 31 4,198 2,820 695 13 2,113 1,751 2,207
6 10,340 2,404 52 7,884 5,504 1,021 22 4,460 3,301 3,588
7 5,794 2,128 30 3,636 2,770 912 13 1,845 1,610 2,682
8 16,570 3,760 80 12,730 8,597 1,609 36 6,952 5,271 5,935
9 12,014 4,464 45 7,505 6,178 2,048 19 4,111 3,945 6,040
10 26,040 3,769 119 22,152 14,657 1,505 54 13,098 7,477 6,731
11 5,412 1,953 28 3,431 2,707 899 11 1,796 1,601 2,466
12 9,529 2,517 47 6,965 5,112 1,135 22 3,954 2,781 3,480
13 26,063 6,181 130 19,752 13,680 2,499 63 11,118 9,259 10,338
All areas b 7,912,266 1,183,853 69,289 6,659,124 4,273,680 474,932 36,836 3,761,912 2,697,963 2,041,490
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.
b. Includes recipients in the 50 States, District of Columbia, and Northern Mariana Islands.