Congressional Statistics, December 2013

Colorado

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 determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2013
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 and parents Spouses a Children b All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s and parents
Colorado 774,056 532,629 105,715 52,457 32,599 50,656 925,092 683,656 64,865 565,181
1 100,989 68,205 16,476 6,752 3,638 5,918 120,995 88,085 8,436 72,630
2 107,456 79,541 10,706 6,636 5,137 5,436 137,022 107,372 8,766 83,327
3 138,982 94,389 19,605 9,884 5,881 9,223 154,112 112,027 11,349 100,120
4 83,263 55,903 11,536 6,308 3,703 5,813 95,660 69,374 7,504 60,483
5 116,736 76,755 17,615 8,107 5,307 8,952 133,318 94,898 9,659 81,672
6 114,369 80,890 13,536 7,180 4,757 8,006 146,757 111,354 9,470 85,198
7 112,261 76,946 16,241 7,590 4,176 7,308 137,229 100,547 9,682 81,751
All areas c 57,978,610 37,892,659 8,940,950 4,290,073 2,442,308 4,412,620 68,544,382 49,026,786 5,152,133 40,865,508
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
c. 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 2013
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
Colorado 72,154 9,085 505 62,564 39,430 3,591 263 35,576 23,904 15,955
1 16,347 2,804 102 13,441 9,266 1,247 53 7,966 5,013 4,633
2 5,034 519 47 4,468 2,706 201 23 2,482 1,714 906
3 14,369 1,166 95 13,108 7,436 289 44 7,103 5,558 2,746
4 7,591 795 42 6,754 3,902 238 18 3,645 2,884 1,613
5 10,033 818 77 9,138 5,611 275 47 5,289 3,358 1,578
6 9,098 1,826 73 7,199 5,110 850 40 4,221 2,443 2,491
7 9,682 1,157 69 8,456 5,399 491 37 4,870 2,934 1,988
All areas b 8,363,477 1,157,118 67,671 7,138,688 4,677,154 483,984 37,494 4,155,676 2,770,750 2,107,524
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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.