Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Minnesota

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 Minnesota, 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
Minnesota 756,258 501,664 75,503 79,330 48,348 51,413 622,289 446,508 68,417 567,481
1 115,634 77,529 9,101 13,435 9,093 6,476 91,366 66,008 11,284 91,292
2 66,366 44,901 6,240 6,268 3,676 5,281 56,824 41,364 5,582 48,529
3 80,623 57,598 6,449 7,570 4,561 4,445 75,471 57,445 7,464 63,134
4 86,802 57,890 9,909 8,332 4,214 6,457 75,399 54,513 7,774 64,406
5 82,994 55,140 10,996 7,557 3,407 5,894 71,523 51,649 6,951 61,213
6 71,082 45,627 8,100 6,847 4,256 6,252 58,927 41,158 5,899 49,423
7 124,775 80,997 10,384 15,437 10,255 7,702 92,105 64,706 11,990 97,069
8 127,982 81,982 14,324 13,884 8,886 8,906 100,670 69,662 11,470 92,415
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 Minnesota, 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
Minnesota 67,088 9,924 722 56,442 26,972 2,881 284 23,807 21,746 15,510
1 7,179 1,249 82 5,848 2,535 280 30 2,226 2,986 1,860
2 3,964 628 39 3,297 1,621 205 16 1,400 1,176 907
3 5,017 974 52 3,991 2,130 382 20 1,728 1,135 1,422
4 12,730 1,620 131 10,979 5,553 592 60 4,900 2,976 2,844
5 14,278 2,116 170 11,992 6,249 823 66 5,360 3,463 3,256
6 4,596 571 57 3,968 1,808 133 23 1,653 1,690 868
7 8,482 1,592 82 6,808 2,897 274 29 2,594 4,041 2,339
8 10,842 1,174 109 9,559 4,179 192 40 3,947 4,279 2,014
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.