Congressional Statistics, December 2025

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 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
Massachusetts 1,409,032 1,076,890 151,027 64,737 44,789 71,589 2,890,349 2,391,224 130,900 1,167,531
1 192,524 138,076 27,104 9,439 5,785 12,120 360,265 284,061 17,615 150,704
2 154,654 117,477 17,355 7,011 4,858 7,953 312,435 256,575 14,201 127,276
3 148,245 108,787 18,918 7,024 4,655 8,861 295,583 237,888 13,814 118,209
4 158,050 120,471 17,030 7,102 4,911 8,536 338,608 279,756 14,799 130,482
5 128,248 102,735 9,899 5,683 4,666 5,265 289,480 248,752 12,351 111,928
6 168,799 133,942 14,177 7,985 5,628 7,067 369,385 313,192 17,207 145,338
7 94,435 68,072 13,508 3,665 3,139 6,051 161,852 128,176 6,107 73,853
8 144,452 111,212 14,850 6,637 4,469 7,284 298,149 247,138 13,529 120,452
9 219,625 176,118 18,186 10,191 6,678 8,452 464,592 395,686 21,278 189,289
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
Massachusetts 162,498 27,251 1,771 133,476 18,568 83,175 60,755 122,128 16,726 1,243 104,159 49,288
1 34,666 2,208 364 32,094 5,616 20,224 8,826 27,009 1,141 272 25,596 10,129
2 16,627 2,199 189 14,239 1,923 9,207 5,497 12,719 1,368 140 11,211 4,785
3 19,436 2,917 222 16,297 2,282 9,885 7,269 14,490 1,789 142 12,559 6,070
4 13,526 1,899 161 11,466 1,606 7,767 4,153 10,337 1,141 119 9,077 3,937
5 10,417 3,285 142 6,990 848 4,227 5,342 7,409 2,097 95 5,218 3,082
6 12,518 2,370 134 10,014 1,001 6,389 5,128 9,334 1,513 95 7,725 3,852
7 29,107 7,494 272 21,341 2,812 11,573 14,722 21,778 4,869 186 16,723 8,764
8 14,151 3,926 139 10,086 1,159 6,478 6,514 9,947 2,328 96 7,523 4,420
9 12,050 953 148 10,949 1,321 7,425 3,304 9,105 480 98 8,528 4,249
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.