Congressional Statistics, December 2019

Iowa

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 2019
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
Iowa 657,019 482,117 76,483 40,268 21,559 36,592 921,357 728,612 57,590 516,148
1 169,553 124,988 19,202 10,478 5,797 9,088 238,296 189,294 15,023 133,804
2 164,959 120,361 20,179 9,866 5,275 9,278 230,075 181,328 14,019 127,876
3 153,630 112,188 19,215 8,483 4,447 9,297 221,726 175,120 12,345 118,871
4 168,877 124,580 17,887 11,441 6,040 8,929 231,260 182,870 16,204 135,597
All areas c 64,064,496 45,094,245 8,378,374 3,996,448 2,543,961 4,051,468 88,523,452 67,769,892 5,476,827 48,653,036
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 2019
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
Iowa 51,633 3,206 625 47,802 8,202 35,368 8,063 29,920 1,120 336 28,465 17,621
1 13,172 690 153 12,329 2,263 9,103 1,806 7,809 226 87 7,496 4,425
2 15,250 838 162 14,250 2,489 10,507 2,254 8,886 268 93 8,524 5,170
3 13,229 1,074 186 11,969 1,958 8,812 2,459 7,752 448 100 7,205 4,250
4 9,982 604 124 9,254 1,492 6,946 1,544 5,473 178 56 5,240 3,776
All areas b 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228 4,815,717 524,357 41,163 4,250,196 2,682,082
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.