Congressional Statistics, December 2021

Massachusetts

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
Massachusetts 1,295,088 939,694 173,945 63,458 39,234 78,757 2,061,173 1,625,073 100,586 1,018,621
1 169,855 115,140 28,853 8,714 4,447 12,701 248,044 186,197 12,667 124,830
2 143,160 101,421 21,729 6,959 3,752 9,299 220,287 169,439 10,711 109,313
3 137,266 94,971 21,582 6,803 4,183 9,727 213,947 163,288 10,539 102,855
4 140,203 103,904 16,371 6,707 4,617 8,604 239,317 191,980 11,340 112,948
5 121,237 93,151 11,800 5,927 4,691 5,668 211,790 174,954 10,097 102,266
6 154,329 116,856 16,703 7,996 4,956 7,818 260,248 210,814 13,509 126,977
7 91,248 61,749 16,078 3,842 2,911 6,668 124,443 93,019 5,175 67,193
8 138,212 101,288 17,588 6,921 4,134 8,281 222,695 175,834 11,260 110,034
9 199,578 151,214 23,241 9,589 5,543 9,991 320,402 259,549 15,287 162,205
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
Massachusetts 172,887 24,420 1,987 146,480 19,309 97,881 55,697 101,224 11,818 1,089 88,317 51,823
1 35,469 1,968 381 33,120 5,630 22,287 7,552 21,676 807 228 20,641 10,534
2 18,937 1,813 237 16,887 2,288 11,742 4,907 11,277 869 131 10,277 5,327
3 21,819 2,769 269 18,781 2,623 12,257 6,939 12,807 1,352 137 11,318 6,628
4 10,599 1,584 142 8,873 1,081 6,418 3,100 6,116 757 80 5,278 3,038
5 10,188 2,761 136 7,291 734 4,820 4,634 5,640 1,377 70 4,193 2,922
6 13,000 2,055 170 10,775 1,072 7,279 4,649 7,490 1,020 92 6,378 3,927
7 31,754 7,141 304 24,309 2,867 14,463 14,424 18,688 3,729 169 14,790 9,260
8 14,126 3,221 161 10,744 1,106 7,362 5,658 7,732 1,517 85 6,130 4,404
9 16,995 1,108 187 15,700 1,908 11,253 3,834 9,800 389 99 9,311 5,783
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.