Congressional Statistics, December 2021

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 2021
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 668,984 503,615 74,363 37,818 17,075 36,113 1,039,410 840,728 59,257 533,699
1 172,462 130,452 18,717 9,829 4,568 8,896 268,081 217,599 15,485 138,151
2 167,416 125,288 19,536 9,166 4,274 9,152 258,448 208,358 14,276 132,097
3 158,452 118,620 18,780 8,293 3,554 9,205 253,789 204,988 13,215 124,605
4 170,654 129,255 17,330 10,530 4,679 8,860 259,092 209,783 16,281 138,846
All areas c 65,228,238 47,292,977 7,877,129 3,888,166 2,261,928 3,908,038 99,804,910 78,413,357 5,833,092 50,795,566
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 2021
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 50,149 2,970 600 46,579 7,814 34,111 8,224 30,060 1,107 323 28,630 16,983
1 12,639 667 150 11,822 2,060 8,693 1,886 7,663 243 85 7,335 4,273
2 14,861 797 150 13,914 2,444 10,058 2,359 9,030 271 82 8,677 4,948
3 13,125 994 180 11,951 1,933 8,707 2,485 7,911 427 94 7,390 4,213
4 9,524 512 120 8,892 1,377 6,653 1,494 5,455 165 62 5,228 3,549
All areas b 7,695,900 1,115,723 65,587 6,514,590 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853 4,703,458 521,509 40,636 4,141,312 2,561,072
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.