Congressional Statistics, December 2006

Pennsylvania

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
Pennsylvania 2,438,397 1,571,817 309,778 250,688 127,231 178,883 2,416,233 1,690,363 259,324 1,769,591
1 96,164 51,249 19,452 9,816 3,369 12,278 82,188 49,389 8,665 58,425
2 101,339 61,617 16,577 9,984 2,841 10,320 94,557 63,371 9,451 68,484
3 135,677 83,016 18,938 14,731 8,474 10,518 131,716 88,545 15,385 94,805
4 138,147 88,633 14,114 17,331 9,996 8,073 142,136 98,466 18,918 105,353
5 138,188 87,462 18,815 13,677 8,329 9,905 131,582 90,834 13,719 98,089
6 115,019 80,045 11,918 10,205 5,137 7,714 125,250 93,590 11,607 87,652
7 116,833 80,690 10,844 11,690 5,653 7,956 127,950 94,512 13,417 91,024
8 114,259 77,976 12,914 10,333 5,155 7,881 124,428 90,899 11,572 85,418
9 138,038 86,587 17,958 14,803 9,263 9,427 126,405 85,932 14,146 98,641
10 144,817 93,966 19,350 13,335 6,998 11,168 137,465 96,114 13,132 102,193
11 150,333 94,828 22,713 14,070 6,075 12,647 140,390 95,541 13,559 103,871
12 152,735 87,781 20,723 21,698 11,927 10,606 145,395 91,606 21,702 109,624
13 120,849 81,946 12,782 12,295 5,511 8,315 127,899 93,115 13,542 92,790
14 125,030 74,653 18,350 15,980 6,213 9,834 119,186 78,030 16,130 89,568
15 133,900 90,880 16,024 11,773 5,725 9,498 136,706 100,041 12,510 98,254
16 117,639 80,314 13,865 9,519 5,703 8,238 119,889 88,855 10,197 87,460
17 132,722 89,649 16,587 12,065 5,490 8,931 128,956 93,013 12,070 96,632
18 139,282 91,972 13,380 16,688 9,676 7,566 145,990 103,575 18,297 107,084
19 127,426 88,553 14,474 10,695 5,696 8,008 128,145 94,933 11,303 94,224
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
Pennsylvania 326,156 28,822 2,145 295,189 158,822 8,768 924 149,129 95,699 60,804
1 50,345 3,952 288 46,105 26,220 1,305 133 24,781 11,114 9,296
2 36,744 3,363 262 33,119 18,732 1,015 126 17,589 8,894 7,758
3 19,553 1,064 134 18,355 9,717 277 57 9,381 6,220 2,435
4 11,178 875 68 10,235 5,464 219 27 5,217 3,582 1,740
5 16,698 1,086 76 15,536 7,692 249 32 7,411 5,870 2,470
6 7,913 947 55 6,911 3,711 306 21 3,382 2,424 1,516
7 7,337 1,058 76 6,203 3,241 344 34 2,863 2,056 1,652
8 6,607 985 67 5,555 3,044 375 29 2,639 1,713 2,008
9 17,540 1,378 110 16,052 8,136 320 48 7,767 6,130 3,083
10 14,547 1,296 97 13,154 6,708 310 36 6,361 5,342 2,550
11 17,005 1,446 112 15,447 7,884 348 44 7,490 6,016 2,961
12 23,649 1,487 139 22,023 11,414 360 58 10,995 7,476 3,811
13 15,055 2,898 93 12,064 7,380 1,267 41 6,071 3,133 5,161
14 26,140 1,973 164 24,003 13,053 589 64 12,399 7,580 4,613
15 13,132 1,349 72 11,711 6,090 431 31 5,628 4,122 2,483
16 12,925 1,166 93 11,666 6,286 349 38 5,899 4,068 2,331
17 11,978 987 101 10,890 5,679 272 40 5,366 3,847 1,968
18 8,608 735 61 7,812 4,071 207 24 3,839 2,966 1,508
19 9,202 777 77 8,348 4,292 218 30 4,043 3,146 1,460
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.