Congressional Statistics, December 2017

Minnesota

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 2017
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
Minnesota 1,012,620 738,425 122,142 57,628 35,757 58,668 1,367,867 1,076,049 79,352 784,547
1 136,240 100,481 15,312 8,315 4,635 7,497 176,013 139,277 11,036 107,586
2 111,117 82,469 12,126 5,892 4,058 6,572 159,380 126,768 8,740 87,322
3 120,405 91,964 10,813 6,501 5,353 5,774 182,967 149,505 10,219 99,133
4 115,133 82,483 15,206 5,941 4,149 7,354 162,992 127,767 8,792 87,735
5 96,926 67,370 15,155 4,773 3,154 6,474 132,100 101,646 6,820 72,000
6 112,630 81,534 14,399 5,853 3,434 7,410 154,698 120,491 8,158 84,923
7 152,898 111,101 17,236 10,494 5,454 8,613 185,748 144,981 12,779 119,768
8 167,271 121,023 21,895 9,859 5,520 8,974 213,969 165,614 12,808 126,080
All areas c 61,903,360 42,446,992 8,695,475 4,090,523 2,501,729 4,168,641 79,732,580 59,602,066 5,271,028 45,808,776
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 2017
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
Minnesota 93,892 11,104 744 82,044 12,629 58,467 22,796 54,656 5,344 435 48,877 27,200
1 9,249 1,040 88 8,121 1,433 5,766 2,050 4,976 417 49 4,510 3,302
2 7,075 1,001 70 6,004 1,161 4,179 1,735 4,108 482 39 3,586 1,856
3 7,145 1,388 61 5,696 854 3,898 2,393 4,108 723 35 3,350 1,769
4 18,028 2,253 145 15,630 2,163 10,754 5,111 10,971 1,224 90 9,657 4,065
5 22,275 3,138 172 18,965 3,063 12,934 6,278 13,689 1,750 113 11,827 5,167
6 7,031 671 62 6,298 1,096 4,688 1,247 4,044 304 41 3,699 1,976
7 10,260 916 81 9,263 1,403 6,897 1,960 5,536 267 36 5,232 4,113
8 12,829 697 65 12,067 1,456 9,351 2,022 7,224 176 32 7,016 4,952
All areas b 8,227,676 1,176,476 68,947 6,982,253 1,182,593 4,805,112 2,239,971 4,754,456 506,540 39,787 4,208,129 2,738,814
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.