Congressional Statistics, December 2015 (Expanded Edition)

Massachusetts

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 2015
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
Massachusetts 1,236,248 821,212 205,060 73,218 44,112 92,646 1,550,369 1,126,523 95,118 898,173
1 164,216 101,050 33,010 9,959 5,233 14,964 191,475 132,024 12,044 110,303
2 134,266 86,078 25,096 8,000 4,027 11,065 163,485 114,795 10,129 93,402
3 129,133 80,651 25,175 7,441 4,601 11,265 158,932 110,721 9,424 87,990
4 130,568 89,537 18,640 7,588 5,186 9,617 174,157 129,486 10,495 98,298
5 120,769 86,129 14,857 7,334 5,581 6,868 164,413 126,378 10,194 96,047
6 145,885 102,172 19,850 9,080 5,634 9,149 193,676 145,782 12,499 112,190
7 91,204 54,401 20,835 4,536 2,964 8,468 99,232 66,104 5,026 59,356
8 134,801 91,013 21,061 8,378 4,753 9,596 171,864 125,422 11,099 100,080
9 185,406 130,181 26,536 10,902 6,133 11,654 233,135 175,811 14,208 140,507
All areas c 59,963,425 40,089,061 8,909,430 4,190,676 2,477,567 4,296,691 73,642,029 53,790,278 5,194,659 43,243,199
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 2015
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 Under age 18 Aged 65 or older
Massachusetts 188,207 22,663 2,343 163,201 102,783 9,858 1,189 91,736 56,801 23,670 49,069
1 37,288 1,923 443 34,922 21,383 731 236 20,416 11,442 6,528 6,155
2 20,414 1,652 278 18,484 11,207 699 138 10,369 6,006 2,756 4,044
3 24,277 2,433 300 21,544 13,419 1,053 148 12,218 7,319 3,419 5,891
4 11,259 1,522 172 9,565 5,863 633 86 5,144 3,471 1,271 2,916
5 11,834 2,547 176 9,111 6,078 1,170 85 4,823 3,435 997 4,415
6 14,120 1,827 173 12,120 7,609 832 86 6,690 4,234 1,399 4,056
7 34,007 6,560 358 27,089 18,867 3,145 187 15,535 9,341 3,549 12,865
8 16,116 3,002 189 12,925 8,295 1,254 96 6,945 4,982 1,494 5,304
9 18,892 1,197 254 17,441 10,062 339 128 9,595 6,571 2,257 3,423
All areas b 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 2,731,528 1,267,160 2,153,849
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.