Congressional Statistics, December 2006

Iowa

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2006
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
Iowa 555,803 369,639 61,782 56,661 32,285 35,436 536,138 385,097 57,849 419,018
1 112,043 73,520 12,715 11,651 6,938 7,219 108,152 76,902 11,927 83,009
2 104,771 70,247 12,633 9,776 5,356 6,759 103,447 74,923 10,065 77,123
3 101,566 68,541 12,123 9,299 4,680 6,923 100,638 73,302 9,655 75,425
4 116,925 78,909 11,218 12,749 7,362 6,687 112,318 81,360 13,080 91,382
5 120,498 78,422 13,093 13,186 7,949 7,848 111,582 78,609 13,122 92,079
All areas e 49,122,624 30,976,145 6,806,918 4,666,962 2,632,069 4,040,530 46,938,032 32,351,857 4,576,981 34,468,217
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
e. 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 2006
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
Iowa 43,883 3,560 770 39,553 18,680 811 295 17,573 17,188 7,018
1 10,524 695 166 9,663 4,694 145 62 4,485 3,824 1,387
2 9,243 588 161 8,494 4,144 140 68 3,936 3,525 1,279
3 8,529 842 173 7,514 3,687 252 69 3,364 3,071 1,588
4 6,736 643 129 5,964 2,593 127 45 2,421 2,915 1,203
5 8,851 792 141 7,918 3,560 144 49 3,365 3,853 1,561
All areas b 7,235,583 1,211,681 73,418 5,950,484 3,499,569 453,537 36,296 3,009,734 2,528,975 2,004,476
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent 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.