Congressional Statistics, December 2022

New Jersey

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
New Jersey 1,669,244 1,274,772 167,868 87,604 50,435 88,565 3,147,563 2,575,217 161,155 1,364,085
1 147,299 105,659 20,395 8,075 3,502 9,668 266,665 207,707 14,369 113,160
2 174,237 129,695 21,647 8,941 3,595 10,359 314,542 251,180 16,023 136,325
3 180,822 139,139 18,763 9,616 4,110 9,194 349,399 284,864 18,416 147,157
4 165,927 131,247 13,876 9,085 4,653 7,066 330,412 275,529 17,795 140,353
5 144,838 115,482 10,452 7,333 5,116 6,455 297,646 251,627 14,621 124,208
6 121,620 91,145 13,467 6,634 3,969 6,405 224,884 180,184 12,038 97,859
7 133,602 107,021 9,447 6,717 4,516 5,901 281,490 238,640 13,713 114,953
8 90,378 64,006 11,457 5,138 3,856 5,921 130,713 99,584 7,389 69,718
9 124,924 94,682 11,917 6,708 5,231 6,386 211,350 172,396 11,059 102,395
10 109,389 76,782 15,338 5,648 2,925 8,696 175,319 134,921 8,662 81,752
11 142,323 116,210 8,569 7,245 4,821 5,478 302,434 260,030 14,838 125,091
12 133,885 103,704 12,540 6,464 4,141 7,036 262,709 218,555 12,233 111,114
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
New Jersey 164,931 34,330 850 129,751 21,921 82,901 60,109 103,016 16,394 540 86,082 53,071
1 18,700 1,770 103 16,827 2,798 11,129 4,773 12,282 819 65 11,398 5,505
2 17,505 1,748 76 15,681 2,905 10,406 4,194 11,527 709 56 10,763 5,606
3 9,607 1,081 46 8,480 1,407 6,009 2,191 6,112 460 32 5,620 2,903
4 8,095 1,303 39 6,753 1,007 4,614 2,474 4,887 597 22 4,268 2,661
5 8,062 2,515 30 5,517 658 3,805 3,599 4,716 1,230 17 3,468 2,394
6 11,991 3,830 55 8,106 1,434 5,051 5,506 7,121 1,904 30 5,187 3,778
7 5,911 1,605 29 4,277 513 3,113 2,285 3,484 786 13 2,684 1,718
8 22,661 5,618 102 16,941 2,995 9,351 10,315 13,706 2,539 60 11,106 8,642
9 16,650 5,046 86 11,518 2,086 6,595 7,969 10,161 2,481 52 7,628 6,148
10 25,982 4,473 169 21,340 3,808 13,379 8,795 16,851 2,130 116 14,605 8,090
11 5,533 1,942 29 3,562 338 2,520 2,675 3,085 980 19 2,086 1,530
12 14,234 3,399 86 10,749 1,972 6,929 5,333 9,084 1,757 57 7,269 4,096
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.