Congressional Statistics, December 2015 (Expanded Edition)

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 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
New Jersey 1,583,456 1,118,670 202,497 99,859 59,203 103,227 2,176,808 1,662,280 137,943 1,201,412
1 141,272 91,579 24,077 9,819 4,428 11,369 185,513 132,339 12,989 98,507
2 162,909 111,487 25,209 9,900 4,496 11,817 214,781 159,269 13,238 116,778
3 170,361 121,678 21,503 11,005 5,429 10,746 238,127 181,599 15,440 129,781
4 156,802 115,874 16,596 10,489 5,621 8,222 225,565 176,659 15,116 124,527
5 134,101 100,502 12,096 8,279 5,931 7,293 199,801 159,686 12,402 108,716
6 114,106 77,965 16,549 7,509 4,466 7,617 155,405 114,731 10,315 83,858
7 122,232 91,500 10,934 7,605 5,292 6,901 184,717 146,954 11,486 99,257
8 90,078 58,512 15,206 5,466 4,118 6,776 98,177 69,347 6,037 63,380
9 119,869 84,682 14,981 7,396 5,500 7,310 153,105 117,584 9,608 91,561
10 108,084 69,172 19,235 6,348 3,223 10,106 130,587 92,909 7,599 73,264
11 136,586 105,015 10,556 8,571 5,986 6,458 209,337 170,447 13,066 114,305
12 127,056 90,704 15,555 7,472 4,713 8,612 181,692 140,756 10,648 97,478
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
New Jersey 182,247 36,092 755 145,400 101,646 15,333 379 85,933 57,886 25,775 58,379
1 20,309 1,886 97 18,326 12,156 755 49 11,351 6,287 3,239 4,219
2 18,134 1,731 66 16,337 10,552 629 33 9,890 6,160 2,931 3,593
3 9,788 1,104 47 8,637 5,381 400 22 4,959 3,242 1,427 1,900
4 9,057 1,391 35 7,631 4,895 523 17 4,356 2,954 1,206 2,393
5 8,194 2,679 30 5,485 4,153 1,177 13 2,963 2,359 706 3,595
6 12,679 3,836 45 8,798 6,624 1,661 22 4,941 3,960 1,533 5,311
7 6,084 1,625 33 4,426 3,099 720 16 2,364 1,766 571 2,188
8 25,422 5,989 94 19,339 13,882 2,424 42 11,417 9,138 3,524 10,387
9 19,524 5,578 83 13,863 10,728 2,500 42 8,185 6,714 2,866 8,314
10 31,353 4,841 148 26,364 18,303 2,049 83 16,171 9,273 4,980 8,794
11 6,638 2,208 22 4,408 3,215 1,016 10 2,189 1,760 543 2,975
12 15,065 3,224 55 11,786 8,657 1,480 30 7,147 4,273 2,249 4,710
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.