Congressional Statistics, December 2024

Maine

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
Congressional district	Total	Retired workers	Disabled workers	Widow(er)s and parents	Spouses ^a	Children ^b	All beneficiaries	Retired workers	Widow(er)s and parents	Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Maine	375,793	283,387	46,767	17,522	7,523	20,594	660,300	535,223	30,339	299,004
1	178,000	140,588	18,306	7,722	3,280	8,104	335,447	282,101	14,340	147,579
2	197,793	142,799	28,461	9,800	4,243	12,490	324,853	253,122	15,999	151,425
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			Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars)
	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled	Under 18	18–64	65 or older	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled
Maine	32,234	1,733	198	30,303	3,033	22,549	6,652	22,570	702	127	21,741	12,480
1	11,001	757	63	10,181	1,019	7,585	2,397	7,641	366	41	7,235	4,151
2	21,233	976	135	20,122	2,014	14,964	4,255	14,928	336	86	14,506	8,329
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.