Congressional Statistics, December 2024

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 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
Massachusetts 1,348,171 1,031,409 153,966 59,203 31,266 72,327 2,606,060 2,149,782 111,215 1,103,434
1 185,955 133,066 27,869 8,760 3,796 12,464 327,846 257,076 15,002 142,861
2 146,751 111,600 17,767 6,329 3,119 7,936 278,881 228,126 11,804 119,167
3 142,025 104,016 19,244 6,472 3,377 8,916 266,989 213,845 11,733 111,596
4 150,662 115,003 17,330 6,459 3,270 8,600 304,308 250,804 12,553 122,805
5 123,123 98,751 10,101 5,307 3,698 5,266 262,599 225,209 10,782 106,717
6 160,933 128,235 14,443 7,265 3,885 7,105 331,855 281,172 14,693 137,306
7 91,803 65,640 13,826 3,471 2,675 6,191 148,438 116,420 5,386 70,753
8 138,053 106,508 15,028 6,049 3,164 7,304 268,803 222,184 11,582 113,934
9 208,866 168,590 18,358 9,091 4,282 8,545 416,340 354,947 17,681 178,295
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
Massachusetts 163,417 26,781 1,823 134,813 17,981 85,750 59,686 117,360 15,582 1,235 100,543 49,364
1 34,988 2,170 367 32,451 5,532 20,913 8,543 26,304 1,061 255 24,988 10,214
2 16,572 2,100 196 14,276 1,884 9,393 5,295 12,091 1,213 140 10,739 4,717
3 19,880 2,903 248 16,729 2,301 10,332 7,247 14,203 1,700 155 12,348 6,113
4 13,473 1,827 154 11,492 1,488 7,960 4,025 9,683 1,025 108 8,550 3,925
5 10,421 3,231 143 7,047 784 4,381 5,256 7,116 1,958 93 5,065 3,057
6 12,650 2,328 132 10,190 1,033 6,569 5,048 9,075 1,413 94 7,568 3,851
7 29,339 7,434 286 21,619 2,610 12,061 14,668 21,050 4,626 193 16,231 8,812
8 14,000 3,810 152 10,038 1,072 6,588 6,340 9,452 2,139 102 7,210 4,407
9 12,094 978 145 10,971 1,277 7,553 3,264 8,386 447 96 7,843 4,268
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.