Congressional Statistics, December 2024

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 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
New Jersey 1,735,645 1,358,286 160,398 85,050 45,464 86,447 3,561,479 2,974,716 168,363 1,443,359
1 156,882 115,887 19,973 8,117 3,199 9,706 309,310 246,891 15,642 123,621
2 196,863 151,224 22,125 9,374 3,470 10,670 388,752 318,437 18,165 158,195
3 162,212 127,502 15,074 7,940 3,555 8,141 350,166 292,315 16,549 135,062
4 187,040 151,286 15,069 9,613 4,063 7,009 399,671 338,458 20,219 159,916
5 152,333 125,187 9,064 7,304 4,979 5,799 340,711 295,319 15,539 133,909
6 128,711 99,306 12,965 6,545 3,626 6,269 257,484 211,647 12,713 105,640
7 152,644 124,476 10,463 7,144 3,848 6,713 348,483 300,126 15,749 131,731
8 86,585 63,014 9,926 4,721 3,557 5,367 134,546 105,051 7,214 68,389
9 125,440 95,881 11,932 6,474 4,660 6,493 226,451 185,719 11,363 102,915
10 112,186 81,936 13,938 5,299 2,816 8,197 197,737 157,412 8,855 86,971
11 139,870 115,770 8,220 6,482 4,003 5,395 320,238 279,304 14,056 123,249
12 134,879 106,817 11,649 6,037 3,688 6,688 287,929 244,038 12,300 113,761
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
New Jersey 164,398 35,857 905 127,636 23,570 77,925 62,903 116,103 19,262 663 96,178 53,145
1 18,717 1,841 98 16,778 2,981 10,550 5,186 13,957 975 73 12,909 5,548
2 18,112 1,929 85 16,098 3,176 10,264 4,672 13,477 902 72 12,503 5,752
3 9,397 1,734 48 7,615 1,406 5,080 2,911 6,859 958 33 5,869 2,750
4 7,396 1,026 39 6,331 1,005 4,234 2,157 5,233 497 31 4,705 2,446
5 8,603 3,306 39 5,258 743 3,446 4,414 5,496 1,791 28 3,677 2,844
6 12,462 3,969 64 8,429 1,608 5,036 5,818 8,398 2,211 41 6,146 4,017
7 7,072 1,689 41 5,342 732 3,770 2,570 4,774 879 23 3,872 2,142
8 20,706 5,259 101 15,346 2,993 8,005 9,708 14,394 2,688 90 11,616 7,944
9 16,650 4,808 98 11,744 2,367 6,474 7,809 11,247 2,602 66 8,579 5,985
10 24,438 4,481 161 19,796 3,860 11,707 8,871 17,693 2,375 116 15,201 7,809
11 7,048 2,470 42 4,536 533 3,027 3,488 4,487 1,431 31 3,025 2,057
12 13,797 3,345 89 10,363 2,166 6,332 5,299 10,087 1,953 59 8,075 3,851
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.