Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Oregon

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 Oregon, 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
Oregon 580,684 386,523 63,591 57,038 35,749 37,783 486,888 349,731 50,407 426,622
1 86,924 58,747 9,088 8,309 4,941 5,839 76,097 55,490 7,651 64,392
2 146,082 97,750 15,439 14,128 9,672 9,093 118,482 85,258 12,068 107,232
3 97,012 63,167 12,501 9,550 4,804 6,990 81,798 57,801 8,537 70,108
4 134,367 87,554 15,169 13,913 9,428 8,303 111,541 78,649 12,183 98,080
5 116,299 79,305 11,394 11,138 6,904 7,558 98,968 72,531 9,965 86,810
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 Oregon, 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
Oregon 56,289 7,604 640 48,045 23,559 2,131 253 21,175 19,738 12,301
1 7,862 1,463 93 6,306 3,270 488 37 2,744 2,689 2,152
2 12,037 1,326 129 10,582 4,907 232 52 4,623 4,843 2,225
3 14,654 2,579 173 11,902 6,299 916 66 5,317 4,467 4,185
4 12,081 1,036 129 10,916 5,104 192 54 4,858 4,337 1,778
5 9,655 1,200 116 8,339 3,980 303 44 3,633 3,402 1,961
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.