Congressional Statistics, December 2005

Minnesota

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. Number of OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2005
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)
Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
Minnesota 787,610 526,794 89,817 74,492 43,643 52,864 734,154 529,553 72,541 583,205
1 116,832 79,216 10,861 12,384 7,888 6,483 104,179 75,845 11,707 91,387
2 75,509 51,625 8,132 6,302 3,572 5,878 73,776 54,116 6,410 54,672
3 86,503 62,076 7,880 7,298 4,262 4,987 91,027 69,610 8,105 67,049
4 87,086 58,110 11,193 7,507 3,741 6,535 85,146 61,658 7,917 63,600
5 79,681 52,487 12,214 6,567 2,840 5,573 76,891 55,256 6,791 57,473
6 80,707 52,806 10,120 6,861 4,133 6,787 76,492 54,097 6,731 55,850
7 126,640 83,245 12,186 14,372 9,087 7,750 106,116 75,207 12,582 97,283
8 134,652 87,229 17,231 13,201 8,120 8,871 120,527 83,763 12,298 95,891
All areas e 48,434,281 30,460,839 6,518,989 4,749,379 2,680,259 4,024,815 44,351,668 30,521,816 4,470,918 34,019,044
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. 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.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
e. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, 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 2005
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
Minnesota 72,951 10,017 716 62,218 32,721 3,336 305 29,079 23,328 16,462
1 7,604 1,149 90 6,365 3,056 287 36 2,732 3,108 1,788
2 4,533 688 51 3,794 1,970 254 23 1,692 1,310 1,068
3 6,213 1,186 68 4,959 2,970 511 29 2,430 1,343 1,785
4 13,986 1,755 123 12,108 6,803 715 55 6,032 3,357 3,229
5 15,499 2,267 159 13,073 7,537 980 69 6,487 3,708 3,562
6 5,024 586 49 4,389 2,188 161 19 2,007 1,809 961
7 8,930 1,408 79 7,443 3,388 255 26 3,107 4,236 2,206
8 11,162 978 97 10,087 4,805 170 45 4,590 4,457 1,863
All areas b 7,113,879 1,214,296 75,039 5,824,544 3,366,951 440,023 36,382 2,890,546 2,500,705 1,994,511
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.