Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Hawaii

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 Hawaii, 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
Hawaii 192,752 136,553 15,909 15,866 10,144 14,280 157,818 120,604 12,996 147,077
1 104,186 77,203 7,062 8,140 5,585 6,196 86,252 68,462 6,658 83,258
2 88,566 59,350 8,847 7,726 4,559 8,084 71,566 52,141 6,337 63,819
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 Hawaii, 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
Hawaii 21,642 6,603 190 14,849 9,778 2,364 82 7,332 6,836 8,509
1 11,955 4,816 93 7,046 5,317 1,797 40 3,480 3,941 6,046
2 9,687 1,787 97 7,803 4,461 567 42 3,852 2,895 2,463
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.