Congressional Statistics, December 2021

Pennsylvania

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
Pennsylvania 2,878,165 2,088,154 368,244 172,163 86,232 163,372 4,573,216 3,591,417 273,443 2,244,859
1 158,077 120,825 16,085 8,558 5,036 7,573 285,084 232,601 15,327 130,162
2 112,309 68,634 23,265 7,037 3,149 10,224 147,972 100,347 9,330 75,706
3 122,188 83,271 21,370 6,722 2,393 8,432 177,090 133,507 9,127 89,443
4 148,883 115,405 13,601 7,790 4,762 7,325 274,604 227,136 14,316 124,579
5 135,399 97,602 16,821 8,075 4,239 8,662 228,463 179,554 13,591 106,612
6 140,044 105,784 14,361 7,412 5,058 7,429 247,165 202,353 12,928 114,507
7 165,759 120,912 21,368 9,150 4,609 9,720 268,692 212,528 14,741 128,891
8 175,920 123,091 26,777 9,928 4,048 12,076 265,595 200,485 14,921 130,542
9 177,155 130,150 23,398 10,049 4,267 9,291 274,702 215,575 15,336 137,656
10 160,393 119,388 19,973 8,288 3,892 8,852 257,719 206,838 13,452 125,759
11 162,113 123,608 17,891 8,268 4,729 7,617 268,267 218,620 13,787 131,394
12 168,128 123,471 20,637 9,870 4,975 9,175 250,960 197,601 14,864 130,870
13 182,637 132,681 23,224 11,504 5,795 9,433 270,716 210,978 17,230 142,282
14 187,955 133,648 22,989 14,264 7,336 9,718 294,285 226,538 22,415 147,063
15 184,806 129,892 25,006 12,531 6,706 10,671 272,733 207,506 19,037 140,039
16 176,529 124,619 24,213 11,483 5,446 10,768 267,433 205,657 18,016 133,898
17 169,748 126,928 17,571 11,304 5,667 8,278 285,339 228,416 19,179 138,017
18 150,122 108,245 19,694 9,930 4,125 8,128 236,397 185,180 15,847 117,439
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
Pennsylvania 335,583 24,599 2,073 308,911 53,195 205,564 76,824 208,267 11,041 1,213 196,013 95,985
1 8,116 1,302 73 6,741 931 4,572 2,613 4,767 625 40 4,101 2,157
2 43,489 4,388 199 38,902 6,764 23,387 13,338 28,325 2,227 122 25,977 10,131
3 45,866 3,371 282 42,213 6,450 27,367 12,049 29,882 1,500 166 28,215 11,765
4 7,507 830 46 6,631 1,221 4,554 1,732 4,423 387 28 4,009 1,858
5 19,872 2,063 137 17,672 3,015 11,276 5,581 12,637 1,015 86 11,536 5,070
6 12,764 1,150 84 11,530 2,387 7,554 2,823 7,893 490 54 7,349 3,745
7 16,404 1,594 108 14,702 2,981 9,493 3,930 9,830 686 62 9,082 5,146
8 19,520 1,403 122 17,995 3,775 11,917 3,828 11,842 530 71 11,241 6,048
9 12,999 769 85 12,145 2,153 8,476 2,370 7,704 292 46 7,367 4,129
10 16,688 1,527 152 15,009 3,328 9,791 3,569 10,344 795 81 9,467 4,308
11 10,865 772 62 10,031 2,161 6,608 2,096 6,513 371 36 6,106 3,134
12 13,863 554 88 13,221 2,071 9,413 2,379 8,284 175 47 8,062 4,576
13 15,393 668 85 14,640 2,429 10,261 2,703 9,172 212 49 8,911 5,142
14 19,377 723 109 18,545 2,540 13,091 3,746 11,916 261 64 11,591 6,019
15 17,049 577 84 16,388 2,261 11,941 2,847 10,257 193 56 10,009 5,974
16 21,208 778 133 20,297 3,424 14,258 3,526 13,171 313 82 12,776 6,678
17 12,498 692 80 11,726 1,933 8,185 2,380 7,601 275 41 7,285 3,827
18 22,105 1,438 144 20,523 3,371 13,420 5,314 13,706 693 85 12,928 6,278
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.