Congressional Statistics, December 2025

Iowa

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 2025
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
Iowa 717,616 565,146 70,847 34,105 11,867 35,651 1,397,440 1,174,365 65,914 589,294
1 181,644 143,195 17,919 8,433 3,123 8,974 355,835 299,359 16,493 148,713
2 192,150 151,991 18,543 9,160 3,266 9,190 372,544 313,942 17,718 158,534
3 161,855 126,462 16,934 7,497 2,564 8,398 321,926 269,755 14,562 131,508
4 181,967 143,498 17,451 9,015 2,914 9,089 347,136 291,308 17,141 150,539
All areas c 70,451,490 53,624,664 7,125,880 3,810,382 2,171,194 3,719,370 135,480,578 111,072,575 7,086,628 57,310,568
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data based on district definitions for the 119th Congress.
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 2025
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 All recipients Aged Blind Disabled
Iowa 49,293 3,159 551 45,583 8,084 31,684 9,525 36,082 1,544 375 34,163 16,829
1 13,515 820 126 12,569 2,382 8,628 2,505 9,890 371 86 9,433 4,472
2 12,606 659 134 11,813 2,216 8,118 2,272 9,059 300 92 8,667 4,389
3 12,700 1,116 159 11,425 2,020 7,768 2,912 9,621 613 99 8,910 4,161
4 10,472 564 132 9,776 1,466 7,170 1,836 7,512 260 98 7,154 3,807
All areas b 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399 5,649,867 709,106 49,808 4,890,952 2,534,176
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data based on district definitions for the 119th Congress.
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.