Congressional Statistics, December 2015 (Expanded Edition)

New Mexico

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 Mexico 408,931 266,801 65,167 27,465 17,802 31,696 469,318 336,627 31,792 286,562
1 130,996 86,266 21,944 8,456 5,252 9,078 157,795 113,930 10,323 92,311
2 139,954 90,893 21,845 10,018 6,853 10,345 153,445 109,115 11,291 98,573
3 137,981 89,642 21,378 8,991 5,697 12,273 158,078 113,582 10,178 95,678
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 Mexico 64,175 8,417 454 55,304 34,726 2,613 233 31,880 24,609 9,054 17,307
1 19,209 2,180 126 16,903 10,709 739 62 9,908 6,562 2,784 4,254
2 23,719 3,720 188 19,811 12,483 1,125 101 11,257 9,876 3,223 7,080
3 21,247 2,517 140 18,590 11,534 749 71 10,715 8,171 3,047 5,973
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.