Congressional Statistics, December 2014

Minnesota

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 2014
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
Minnesota 965,018 680,724 127,364 61,904 33,637 61,389 1,220,801 930,821 80,706 718,415
1 131,597 94,388 15,517 9,156 4,815 7,721 159,360 122,816 11,572 101,018
2 102,791 74,117 12,412 6,056 3,348 6,858 137,965 106,771 8,480 77,200
3 112,437 84,021 11,367 6,763 4,312 5,974 159,990 127,862 10,022 89,080
4 109,260 75,637 15,983 6,281 3,526 7,833 144,672 109,846 8,808 79,303
5 95,218 63,563 16,858 5,284 2,628 6,885 121,751 90,127 7,237 67,226
6 103,193 71,935 14,651 5,956 3,101 7,550 132,974 100,010 7,819 73,770
7 149,594 105,183 17,707 11,697 6,068 8,939 170,254 128,865 13,549 114,383
8 160,928 111,880 22,869 10,711 5,839 9,629 193,835 144,522 13,218 116,435
All areas c 59,007,158 39,008,771 8,954,518 4,236,220 2,452,435 4,355,214 71,693,353 51,826,267 5,212,795 42,084,088
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 2014
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 94,207 10,611 730 82,866 53,139 4,912 396 47,831 28,074 20,649
1 9,200 1,040 83 8,077 4,880 385 45 4,450 3,472 1,915
2 6,772 910 69 5,793 3,852 434 37 3,381 1,866 1,530
3 7,032 1,308 53 5,671 4,039 668 26 3,345 1,744 2,171
4 18,134 2,085 143 15,906 10,891 1,110 83 9,698 4,146 4,516
5 22,629 2,961 160 19,508 13,667 1,640 99 11,928 5,257 5,576
6 6,911 629 58 6,224 3,818 256 31 3,532 2,080 1,097
7 10,500 962 82 9,456 5,149 255 33 4,862 4,357 1,961
8 13,029 716 82 12,231 6,843 167 42 6,634 5,152 1,883
All areas b 8,335,704 1,151,940 67,383 7,116,381 4,686,279 484,313 37,911 4,164,055 2,749,128 2,122,871
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.