Congressional Statistics, December 2022

Colorado

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 2022
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
Colorado 939,291 732,528 83,080 48,865 30,294 44,524 1,650,988 1,369,434 84,802 779,984
1 109,045 84,443 10,920 5,332 3,351 4,999 192,132 159,478 9,267 90,046
2 138,415 114,304 8,048 6,414 5,202 4,447 265,044 229,774 12,052 121,773
3 169,300 131,358 16,153 8,954 4,830 8,005 273,610 224,365 14,513 138,630
4 142,226 109,720 12,666 7,907 4,676 7,257 249,830 205,365 13,504 117,306
5 143,648 107,917 14,928 7,852 4,884 8,067 240,145 192,810 13,212 114,889
6 115,683 90,935 9,154 5,826 3,894 5,874 215,782 180,887 10,678 97,261
7 120,974 93,851 11,211 6,580 3,457 5,875 214,444 176,756 11,576 100,079
All areas c 65,994,457 48,587,883 7,604,098 3,840,827 2,113,864 3,847,785 111,421,667 88,679,497 6,324,926 52,052,807
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 2022
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
Colorado 68,044 11,008 549 56,487 7,123 40,220 20,701 43,051 5,086 340 37,625 22,896
1 14,111 2,938 107 11,066 1,367 7,460 5,284 9,002 1,469 67 7,465 4,693
2 4,526 720 37 3,769 403 2,810 1,313 2,823 324 20 2,479 1,615
3 12,992 1,323 93 11,576 1,134 8,359 3,499 8,113 424 56 7,633 4,946
4 8,601 1,141 70 7,390 853 5,387 2,361 5,456 449 48 4,960 3,060
5 10,231 1,113 90 9,028 1,324 6,608 2,299 6,387 444 54 5,889 3,393
6 8,979 2,400 71 6,508 1,047 4,557 3,375 5,823 1,321 47 4,456 2,481
7 8,604 1,373 81 7,150 995 5,039 2,570 5,448 655 49 4,744 2,708
All areas b 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324 4,910,154 569,774 43,223 4,297,157 2,530,634
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.