Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Oklahoma

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 Oklahoma, 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
Oklahoma 604,744 372,047 72,789 71,061 38,501 50,346 473,626 318,562 57,331 426,992
1 110,009 70,645 11,861 12,340 6,789 8,374 95,030 66,698 11,133 80,557
2 146,139 84,183 21,195 17,729 9,280 13,752 106,132 67,215 13,001 97,005
3 126,147 77,965 13,195 15,988 9,061 9,938 98,197 66,173 13,003 91,556
4 111,387 68,384 13,226 13,189 7,398 9,190 85,297 56,754 10,400 78,425
5 111,062 70,870 13,312 11,815 5,973 9,092 88,967 61,721 9,792 79,449
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 Oklahoma, 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
Oklahoma 73,769 9,528 814 63,427 28,767 1,861 326 26,580 27,512 17,337
1 10,647 1,207 121 9,319 4,303 269 50 3,984 3,609 2,059
2 22,899 3,396 248 19,255 8,451 570 103 7,778 9,745 6,564
3 12,440 1,624 126 10,690 4,740 289 45 4,407 4,857 2,900
4 12,463 1,581 150 10,732 4,886 318 60 4,508 4,558 2,806
5 15,320 1,720 169 13,431 6,388 415 69 5,904 4,743 3,008
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.