Congressional Statistics, December 2007

Virginia

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
Virginia 1,180,114 742,755 179,229 106,060 54,649 97,421 1,161,431 795,535 104,493 818,625
1 111,753 75,387 12,601 10,149 5,530 8,086 111,461 80,504 10,325 81,744
2 82,885 53,545 10,433 8,076 4,386 6,445 81,446 57,041 8,184 59,449
3 107,263 62,257 20,254 10,248 3,563 10,941 97,514 62,174 9,431 68,622
4 114,646 69,348 18,793 10,739 4,613 11,153 110,319 72,811 10,237 75,478
5 147,588 93,021 24,402 12,297 5,867 12,001 141,030 96,995 11,339 100,207
6 137,401 88,578 20,982 11,772 5,831 10,238 135,695 94,967 11,853 96,839
7 115,258 77,748 13,978 10,071 4,985 8,476 122,636 89,015 10,916 84,215
8 58,172 42,380 5,166 4,679 2,781 3,166 60,931 47,155 4,937 46,789
9 164,203 81,308 40,490 16,583 9,202 16,620 152,249 83,540 15,012 96,271
10 73,622 50,847 7,151 6,314 3,819 5,491 77,350 57,050 6,735 55,773
11 67,323 48,336 4,979 5,132 4,072 4,804 70,800 54,282 5,523 53,238
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
Virginia 140,656 20,008 1,190 119,458 63,120 6,195 512 56,413 49,855 34,719
1 8,116 1,096 91 6,929 3,538 285 36 3,217 2,889 1,885
2 8,709 1,214 82 7,413 3,967 373 35 3,559 2,772 1,901
3 24,105 1,876 228 22,001 11,690 431 103 11,157 7,516 4,051
4 15,760 1,448 134 14,178 7,060 334 52 6,674 5,371 2,954
5 17,951 2,323 113 15,515 7,580 473 49 7,059 7,803 4,463
6 13,293 1,202 131 11,960 5,750 269 56 5,425 5,332 2,570
7 8,614 1,240 80 7,294 3,904 378 35 3,490 3,028 2,091
8 7,195 2,980 57 4,158 3,359 1,289 27 2,044 1,866 3,852
9 24,555 1,857 140 22,558 10,676 359 58 10,260 10,162 4,945
10 6,070 2,013 69 3,988 2,694 792 30 1,872 1,772 2,627
11 6,288 2,759 65 3,464 2,901 1,212 33 1,656 1,344 3,380
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.