Congressional Statistics, December 2016

Washington

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 2016
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
Washington 1,291,198 904,793 178,805 77,404 54,369 75,827 1,696,167 1,287,638 104,637 969,835
1 109,496 79,790 12,162 6,526 5,553 5,465 152,143 118,835 9,275 86,538
2 136,793 97,994 18,034 8,021 5,707 7,037 181,619 139,659 11,041 104,752
3 150,271 103,631 21,964 9,443 6,170 9,063 195,951 146,227 12,629 110,197
4 123,785 84,479 19,172 7,270 4,589 8,275 153,017 114,263 9,357 89,516
5 148,019 99,547 23,906 9,069 5,743 9,754 184,101 135,355 11,829 106,405
6 158,049 111,925 21,706 9,430 6,489 8,499 200,969 152,954 12,317 118,948
7 106,293 78,648 12,119 5,944 5,048 4,534 152,164 121,107 8,710 85,973
8 112,994 80,675 14,618 6,529 4,608 6,564 154,409 118,288 9,078 85,473
9 101,270 72,861 12,165 5,892 4,750 5,602 136,972 106,626 8,233 79,536
10 144,228 95,243 22,959 9,280 5,712 11,034 184,823 134,326 12,168 102,497
All areas c 60,907,307 41,233,126 8,808,736 4,138,134 2,505,754 4,221,557 75,917,962 56,082,551 5,184,802 44,506,717
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 2016
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients with OASDI a
Total By type By age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older Total Aged Blind Disabled
Washington 150,658 17,400 893 132,365 17,227 97,535 35,896 88,293 8,221 494 79,579 42,426
1 6,866 1,176 47 5,643 720 4,114 2,032 3,853 566 25 3,262 1,811
2 15,124 1,956 85 13,083 1,450 9,922 3,752 8,826 965 45 7,817 4,243
3 16,067 1,296 130 14,641 1,989 10,980 3,098 9,519 595 72 8,853 4,530
4 17,135 1,322 73 15,740 3,255 10,810 3,070 9,823 467 43 9,313 5,296
5 19,354 1,038 81 18,235 2,450 13,874 3,030 11,947 412 43 11,492 6,061
6 16,356 1,114 102 15,140 1,512 11,854 2,990 9,434 488 56 8,890 4,860
7 13,572 2,478 75 11,019 718 8,125 4,729 7,787 1,243 39 6,505 3,743
8 10,008 1,292 62 8,654 1,203 6,404 2,401 5,855 639 32 5,184 2,532
9 16,981 4,378 117 12,486 1,500 8,196 7,285 9,892 2,235 68 7,590 3,953
10 19,195 1,350 121 17,724 2,430 13,256 3,509 11,357 611 72 10,674 5,397
All areas b 8,251,161 1,164,589 68,344 7,018,228 1,213,079 4,845,735 2,192,347 4,740,264 501,520 39,380 4,199,364 2,721,951
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.