Congressional Statistics, December 2008

Illinois

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. 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 in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2008
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 a Spouses b Children c All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s a
Illinois 1,948,578 1,270,660 251,483 179,552 89,987 156,896 2,139,985 1,514,523 207,586 1,414,329
1 99,866 59,689 15,973 9,796 3,093 11,315 101,718 67,081 10,215 66,950
2 102,793 59,078 17,044 9,694 3,728 13,249 106,219 67,813 10,514 66,484
3 97,475 65,719 11,048 9,398 4,447 6,863 107,883 77,695 10,950 73,724
d 47,311 25,085 9,295 3,907 2,996 6,028 42,029 25,048 3,630 28,684
5 77,247 52,927 9,773 6,391 3,317 4,839 82,788 60,447 7,214 58,421
6 86,875 62,526 8,238 7,255 3,742 5,114 105,446 80,362 9,222 67,906
7 81,777 48,108 14,555 7,044 2,421 9,649 85,535 56,782 7,340 53,132
8 88,796 60,922 10,363 7,221 3,648 6,642 105,703 77,771 8,945 65,163
9 96,781 68,635 11,199 7,590 3,942 5,415 112,206 85,236 9,413 76,141
10 98,877 72,478 7,239 8,345 5,579 5,236 126,074 98,508 11,447 81,524
11 117,592 74,839 15,680 11,202 5,404 10,467 130,800 89,931 13,223 83,019
12 124,379 73,127 20,169 13,408 6,260 11,415 127,013 81,783 14,568 84,349
13 92,257 65,468 8,442 7,895 4,122 6,330 112,360 84,664 10,022 71,112
14 98,118 66,538 11,649 8,099 4,243 7,589 112,897 82,268 9,825 71,598
15 118,278 76,438 14,774 12,060 6,202 8,804 123,611 86,166 13,675 86,840
16 122,441 82,576 15,862 9,914 5,145 8,944 137,879 99,974 11,755 88,819
17 133,255 85,343 18,247 13,490 6,918 9,257 138,645 96,119 15,098 96,581
18 130,318 85,995 14,812 12,705 7,039 9,767 141,860 101,551 14,906 96,152
19 134,142 85,169 17,121 14,138 7,741 9,973 139,320 95,322 15,623 97,730
All areas e 50,898,244 32,273,651 7,426,691 4,541,467 2,524,841 4,131,594 53,666,109 37,207,910 4,908,428 35,818,757
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. 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.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
d. Reflects a correction to a previously used methodology that was erroneously inflating the data for the 4th district.
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 2008
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
Illinois 265,538 30,481 2,325 232,732 135,265 11,578 1,091 122,596 68,456 59,184
1 31,033 1,586 261 29,186 16,830 467 127 16,236 6,755 4,828
2 25,609 1,226 224 24,159 13,660 370 110 13,181 5,527 3,489
3 10,125 1,821 118 8,186 5,005 731 54 4,220 2,559 2,835
4 18,184 2,470 150 15,564 9,458 892 73 8,493 4,837 4,973
5 12,444 3,250 124 9,070 6,127 1,356 61 4,710 3,363 5,290
6 5,792 1,867 63 3,862 2,719 810 26 1,884 1,238 2,509
7 31,626 2,613 256 28,757 17,119 931 135 16,053 7,109 6,464
8 5,948 1,432 56 4,460 2,937 588 27 2,322 1,507 2,044
9 19,314 5,507 135 13,672 9,315 2,515 62 6,738 3,563 9,270
10 6,666 1,851 42 4,773 3,227 804 19 2,403 1,422 2,979
11 9,379 522 90 8,767 4,516 157 44 4,316 2,771 1,260
12 19,282 801 152 18,329 10,016 181 72 9,763 5,719 2,510
13 5,074 1,437 50 3,587 2,457 616 24 1,817 1,199 1,850
14 6,410 951 72 5,387 3,076 353 33 2,690 1,706 1,367
15 10,711 555 91 10,065 5,324 138 35 5,151 3,617 1,281
16 9,804 714 91 8,999 4,972 247 40 4,684 2,888 1,354
17 15,429 711 145 14,573 7,558 150 58 7,350 5,154 1,854
18 11,390 534 116 10,740 5,491 139 52 5,300 3,537 1,342
19 11,318 633 89 10,596 5,457 134 38 5,284 3,985 1,685
All areas b 7,519,593 1,203,089 70,311 6,246,193 3,880,019 475,824 36,376 3,367,820 2,612,149 2,033,285
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.