Congressional Statistics, December 2007

Maryland

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 2007
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
Maryland 786,407 523,329 98,060 69,426 33,268 62,324 802,360 574,070 72,561 574,591
1 130,774 91,870 14,117 10,921 5,556 8,310 137,250 102,577 11,800 97,928
2 106,784 65,478 16,607 10,627 4,293 9,779 108,892 72,675 11,263 73,676
3 99,750 67,623 11,573 9,430 4,198 6,926 106,739 77,614 10,387 75,338
4 68,560 44,564 9,142 4,880 2,349 7,625 64,024 44,478 4,569 47,339
5 84,069 56,067 10,051 7,046 3,608 7,297 82,949 58,543 6,931 60,563
6 115,305 76,757 13,787 11,052 5,731 7,978 118,246 84,336 11,622 84,766
7 98,098 59,643 16,813 8,673 2,726 10,243 94,172 63,165 8,277 65,671
8 83,067 61,327 5,970 6,797 4,807 4,166 90,086 70,682 7,713 69,310
All areas e 49,864,838 31,527,728 7,098,723 4,602,812 2,584,884 4,050,691 49,218,145 34,004,494 4,657,266 35,119,015
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Excludes 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 2007
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
Maryland 98,038 15,165 616 82,257 49,740 5,410 273 44,057 27,630 24,755
1 8,916 1,034 69 7,813 4,148 247 30 3,871 3,292 1,778
2 14,623 1,173 101 13,349 7,672 371 42 7,259 3,931 2,380
3 11,610 2,281 67 9,262 5,865 918 32 4,914 3,129 3,637
4 11,160 2,488 76 8,596 5,491 943 36 4,512 2,645 3,365
5 7,624 1,261 48 6,315 3,634 414 20 3,200 2,194 2,017
6 8,557 765 67 7,725 4,182 213 31 3,938 2,986 1,539
7 26,869 2,250 130 24,489 14,685 655 58 13,972 7,255 5,316
8 8,679 3,913 58 4,708 4,062 1,648 25 2,389 2,198 4,723
All areas b 7,359,525 1,204,512 71,727 6,083,286 3,735,792 465,272 36,571 3,233,949 2,568,637 2,016,588
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.