Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Georgia

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 Georgia, 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
Georgia 1,143,597 673,120 171,409 122,230 54,813 122,025 891,061 580,396 94,716 745,704
1 96,546 53,757 15,752 10,829 5,353 10,855 71,963 44,719 8,082 60,774
2 88,883 49,830 13,853 10,704 4,188 10,308 63,032 39,456 7,495 57,116
3 111,635 60,383 20,370 12,575 4,852 13,455 77,561 46,209 8,486 68,236
4 85,782 50,726 11,808 9,050 4,083 10,115 68,999 45,632 7,339 56,902
5 69,420 40,770 11,133 7,466 2,852 7,199 54,407 35,398 6,025 46,009
6 59,549 40,324 4,725 6,073 3,873 4,554 55,787 40,784 5,829 44,419
7 60,446 37,446 7,656 6,011 3,035 6,298 51,538 34,850 5,174 40,054
8 87,855 55,083 11,503 8,687 4,317 8,265 72,566 49,478 7,162 59,207
9 111,592 68,859 16,001 11,223 5,563 9,946 85,988 57,820 8,420 74,483
10 103,277 63,548 15,227 10,434 4,966 9,102 82,605 55,503 8,249 68,804
11 100,500 58,973 16,165 10,586 4,248 10,528 78,442 50,877 8,131 65,018
12 94,732 52,574 15,037 11,191 4,466 11,464 70,924 43,954 8,455 60,137
13 73,380 40,847 12,179 7,401 3,017 9,936 57,242 35,712 5,863 44,545
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 Georgia, 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
Georgia 199,025 30,944 2,196 165,885 75,906 6,198 854 68,854 79,580 55,497
1 18,293 2,639 177 15,477 6,793 419 63 6,310 8,049 4,992
2 22,938 3,298 229 19,411 8,857 556 92 8,209 9,491 6,273
3 26,916 3,978 327 22,611 9,728 659 123 8,946 11,807 7,894
4 16,561 3,112 218 13,231 6,468 787 83 5,598 5,946 4,936
5 18,882 2,759 219 15,904 7,849 601 85 7,162 6,681 4,895
6 3,377 995 30 2,352 1,355 359 15 981 880 1,289
7 5,585 1,308 66 4,211 2,158 402 29 1,727 1,851 1,880
8 8,678 1,330 111 7,237 3,229 239 39 2,951 3,523 2,295
9 15,188 2,677 168 12,343 5,338 459 65 4,815 6,960 4,871
10 11,613 1,818 110 9,685 4,143 291 42 3,810 5,226 3,263
11 16,536 2,176 180 14,180 6,425 394 72 5,959 6,613 4,110
12 21,254 2,890 221 18,143 8,161 505 89 7,567 8,333 5,530
13 13,204 1,964 140 11,100 5,404 527 58 4,819 4,220 3,269
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.