Congressional Statistics, December 2017

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 2017
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 1,613,096 1,159,770 196,663 95,826 61,673 99,164 2,320,979 1,801,850 137,699 1,249,367
1 143,793 95,426 23,548 9,295 4,465 11,059 198,123 144,462 12,839 102,822
2 166,510 116,309 24,661 9,637 4,451 11,452 229,844 173,600 13,433 122,134
3 173,188 125,628 21,228 10,573 5,472 10,287 254,364 196,926 15,555 134,136
4 160,759 120,567 16,063 10,191 5,906 8,032 242,434 192,699 15,323 130,070
5 137,466 104,098 11,902 8,039 6,249 7,178 214,473 173,214 12,553 113,220
6 116,700 81,471 16,005 7,218 4,701 7,305 165,742 124,758 10,337 87,855
7 125,403 95,033 10,746 7,245 5,735 6,644 199,191 160,631 11,424 103,642
8 90,865 60,557 14,232 5,281 4,221 6,574 102,648 74,236 6,005 65,628
9 122,075 87,812 14,438 7,161 5,730 6,934 161,887 126,248 9,539 95,135
10 110,092 72,154 18,709 6,092 3,387 9,750 138,129 100,494 7,525 76,668
11 138,050 107,313 10,176 8,066 6,327 6,168 221,857 182,799 12,757 117,324
12 128,195 93,402 14,955 7,028 5,029 7,781 192,289 151,783 10,409 100,733
All areas c 61,903,360 42,446,992 8,695,475 4,090,523 2,501,729 4,168,641 79,732,580 59,602,066 5,271,028 45,808,776
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 2017
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
New Jersey 181,512 37,057 818 143,637 24,325 96,403 60,784 101,860 15,547 413 85,900 58,669
1 20,388 1,935 96 18,357 3,117 12,768 4,503 12,356 777 47 11,533 6,259
2 18,400 1,826 69 16,505 2,914 11,643 3,843 10,971 654 35 10,282 6,218
3 9,888 1,104 51 8,733 1,403 6,492 1,993 5,374 395 26 4,954 3,285
4 8,185 1,305 35 6,845 1,094 4,824 2,267 4,482 489 19 3,974 2,653
5 8,685 2,875 37 5,773 664 4,092 3,929 4,379 1,227 15 3,137 2,512
6 13,574 4,093 53 9,428 1,483 6,288 5,803 7,141 1,762 26 5,352 4,404
7 6,139 1,650 30 4,459 548 3,339 2,252 3,133 711 14 2,408 1,818
8 25,939 6,279 100 19,560 3,392 11,589 10,958 14,286 2,545 50 11,692 9,570
9 19,759 5,814 92 13,853 2,664 8,346 8,749 10,694 2,547 45 8,102 6,975
10 28,961 4,508 164 24,289 4,427 16,115 8,419 17,143 1,868 89 15,187 8,840
11 6,427 2,285 23 4,119 439 2,955 3,033 3,167 1,042 11 2,115 1,777
12 15,167 3,383 68 11,716 2,180 7,952 5,035 8,734 1,531 37 7,165 4,358
All areas b 8,227,676 1,176,476 68,947 6,982,253 1,182,593 4,805,112 2,239,971 4,754,456 506,540 39,787 4,208,129 2,738,814
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.