Congressional Statistics, December 2024

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 2024
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 987,075 791,895 77,912 47,535 26,280 43,453 1,898,697 1,612,924 89,104 835,280
1 91,084 71,774 8,769 4,081 2,298 4,162 171,816 145,162 7,419 75,883
2 117,896 99,897 5,939 4,962 3,490 3,608 246,912 218,830 10,041 105,116
3 174,797 138,071 15,641 8,887 4,188 8,010 302,148 251,514 15,328 145,162
4 128,767 104,770 8,434 6,499 3,684 5,380 261,680 224,240 12,778 110,930
5 119,330 91,641 11,375 6,204 3,640 6,470 221,251 181,508 11,420 97,340
6 109,930 88,878 8,130 4,934 2,981 5,007 221,826 190,517 9,653 93,979
7 141,844 117,747 9,361 6,543 3,380 4,813 283,339 246,055 12,827 123,180
8 103,427 79,117 10,263 5,425 2,619 6,003 189,726 155,099 9,637 83,690
All areas c 68,455,973 51,772,651 7,231,147 3,734,707 1,947,761 3,769,707 125,577,970 102,268,471 6,617,163 55,120,239
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 2024
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 67,591 12,148 527 54,916 7,036 38,005 22,550 48,915 6,228 377 42,310 23,580
1 12,689 2,886 81 9,722 1,256 6,212 5,221 9,461 1,610 63 7,788 4,476
2 4,110 735 35 3,340 343 2,391 1,376 2,865 344 29 2,493 1,548
3 13,876 1,619 90 12,167 1,223 8,412 4,241 9,827 599 57 9,171 5,456
4 4,879 769 48 4,062 415 3,089 1,375 3,488 365 38 3,085 1,652
5 8,177 1,010 71 7,096 1,108 5,068 2,001 5,887 453 53 5,381 2,714
6 8,964 2,497 67 6,400 1,001 4,383 3,580 6,522 1,528 45 4,948 2,578
7 6,482 997 65 5,420 604 3,901 1,977 4,730 518 40 4,173 2,263
8 8,414 1,635 70 6,709 1,086 4,549 2,779 6,135 812 51 5,272 2,893
All areas b 7,423,856 1,190,660 63,747 6,169,449 1,002,887 3,951,866 2,469,103 5,528,062 677,097 48,833 4,802,132 2,532,902
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.