Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Connecticut

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. OASDI in Connecticut, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current-payment status
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number
of OASDI
beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Wives and
husbands		 Children All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
United States, total 46,444,240 29,190,150 5,543,981 4,967,155 2,832,767 3,910,187 37,854,411 26,125,087 4,169,125 33,162,456
Connecticut 580,887 404,213 58,159 51,086 26,151 41,278 527,703 396,048 48,065 445,415
1 126,014 87,580 13,289 10,318 4,998 9,829 112,318 84,320 9,559 95,374
2 111,631 76,556 11,509 10,084 5,627 7,855 99,450 73,249 9,341 83,890
3 121,669 84,168 12,985 10,962 4,884 8,670 109,660 81,711 10,175 93,108
4 105,672 75,566 8,058 9,653 5,946 6,449 101,608 78,357 9,533 84,991
5 115,901 80,343 12,318 10,069 4,696 8,475 104,666 78,408 9,455 88,052
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.

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. SSI in Connecticut, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
United States, total 6,787,857 1,251,528 77,658 5,458,671 2,951,425 415,574 35,144 2,500,707 2,406,327 1,995,284
Connecticut 50,494 7,001 498 42,995 20,799 2,217 214 18,368 15,415 12,400
1 13,775 2,083 149 11,543 5,727 678 62 4,987 4,106 3,692
2 6,671 653 65 5,953 2,644 165 32 2,447 2,322 1,214
3 10,821 1,270 104 9,447 4,602 392 43 4,167 3,223 2,426
4 8,770 1,673 86 7,011 3,527 575 36 2,916 2,536 2,730
5 10,457 1,322 94 9,041 4,299 408 40 3,851 3,228 2,338
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.