Congressional Statistics, December 2016

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 2016
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 1,246,936 837,720 202,428 71,304 45,134 90,350 1,590,928 1,167,999 93,668 917,048
1 165,397 103,066 32,705 9,715 5,292 14,619 195,793 136,421 11,851 112,678
2 134,981 87,814 24,718 7,731 4,104 10,614 167,075 118,829 9,879 95,277
3 129,652 82,070 24,629 7,260 4,640 11,053 162,184 114,353 9,295 89,588
4 131,962 91,237 18,521 7,416 5,396 9,392 179,348 134,439 10,345 100,490
5 120,669 86,746 14,349 7,097 5,785 6,692 167,552 129,839 9,969 97,017
6 151,312 106,463 20,748 9,105 5,832 9,164 203,746 154,091 12,678 116,976
7 90,328 55,012 19,886 4,349 3,039 8,042 100,017 67,919 4,896 60,106
8 135,282 92,216 20,660 8,067 4,825 9,514 175,343 129,188 10,860 101,314
9 187,353 133,096 26,212 10,564 6,221 11,260 239,870 182,920 13,894 143,602
All areas c 60,907,307 41,233,126 8,808,736 4,138,134 2,505,754 4,221,557 75,917,962 56,082,551 5,184,802 44,506,717
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
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 2016
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 Total Aged Blind Disabled
Massachusetts 186,896 23,237 2,298 161,361 22,246 114,041 50,609 103,153 10,256 1,163 91,735 56,266
1 37,250 2,001 442 34,807 6,242 24,536 6,472 21,450 762 234 20,454 11,421
2 20,225 1,676 282 18,267 2,590 13,441 4,194 11,273 721 146 10,405 5,864
3 24,007 2,531 287 21,189 3,150 14,698 6,159 13,398 1,111 137 12,150 7,262
4 11,103 1,524 167 9,412 1,143 7,009 2,951 5,899 646 85 5,168 3,384
5 11,000 2,525 159 8,316 896 5,795 4,309 5,746 1,174 80 4,492 3,123
6 14,128 1,874 166 12,088 1,304 8,608 4,216 7,652 859 78 6,716 4,234
7 34,269 6,825 351 27,093 3,331 17,567 13,371 19,047 3,303 182 15,562 9,553
8 16,131 3,091 195 12,845 1,408 9,252 5,471 8,500 1,322 96 7,082 4,971
9 18,783 1,190 249 17,344 2,182 13,135 3,466 10,189 359 123 9,706 6,454
All areas b 8,251,161 1,164,589 68,344 7,018,228 1,213,079 4,845,735 2,192,347 4,740,264 501,520 39,380 4,199,364 2,721,951
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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.