Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania, 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
Pennsylvania 2,374,525 1,546,390 242,145 276,582 142,259 167,149 2,015,576 1,423,706 245,170 1,780,598
1 100,078 55,565 16,360 11,528 3,976 12,649 74,284 46,291 8,903 64,040
2 106,642 66,133 14,000 11,877 3,572 11,060 85,591 58,398 9,779 74,734
3 130,886 80,507 14,645 16,110 9,422 10,202 109,400 73,969 14,439 94,762
4 135,374 86,264 11,160 18,879 11,403 7,668 119,182 82,370 17,605 105,410
5 130,215 83,195 14,531 14,803 8,894 8,792 106,757 74,405 12,703 94,912
6 111,889 78,194 9,541 11,234 5,760 7,160 103,866 77,900 10,905 87,335
7 115,971 80,288 8,676 12,983 6,536 7,488 108,604 80,467 12,734 92,570
8 106,569 72,578 10,523 10,731 5,446 7,291 98,541 72,026 10,253 80,864
9 127,963 80,904 13,425 15,480 9,747 8,407 100,169 68,563 12,695 94,116
10 137,807 90,335 15,246 14,299 7,645 10,282 111,254 78,769 12,009 100,306
11 148,193 96,192 17,903 15,995 6,608 11,495 118,560 82,822 13,196 107,488
12 152,898 88,094 16,384 24,806 13,469 10,145 124,817 78,917 21,326 113,986
13 124,549 85,904 10,372 14,130 6,635 7,508 113,476 83,744 13,364 99,255
14 132,588 81,948 14,485 19,177 7,896 9,082 109,956 73,999 16,762 100,358
15 125,702 86,676 12,057 12,533 6,104 8,332 109,993 81,608 11,470 95,654
16 107,590 74,769 9,718 9,830 5,958 7,315 93,945 70,712 9,008 82,563
17 128,259 88,180 12,460 13,190 6,228 8,201 106,200 77,901 11,271 96,994
18 136,063 89,158 10,501 18,109 10,962 7,333 121,860 86,169 16,972 106,963
19 115,289 81,506 10,158 10,888 5,998 6,739 99,110 74,665 9,769 88,288
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 Pennsylvania, 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
Pennsylvania 301,561 34,071 2,376 265,114 135,453 9,490 1,001 124,962 95,151 64,118
1 46,109 4,355 340 41,414 23,006 1,377 164 21,465 10,973 9,148
2 35,697 4,064 285 31,348 17,213 1,137 134 15,942 9,397 8,396
3 17,254 1,317 131 15,806 7,735 297 59 7,379 5,832 2,617
4 10,523 1,158 78 9,287 4,576 279 32 4,266 3,699 2,030
5 15,712 1,476 87 14,149 6,671 311 37 6,323 5,793 2,846
6 7,108 893 57 6,158 3,002 258 22 2,723 2,389 1,474
7 6,732 1,251 74 5,407 2,761 397 29 2,334 2,059 1,793
8 6,275 1,056 83 5,136 2,748 387 32 2,330 1,603 1,920
9 16,488 1,775 121 14,592 7,018 386 48 6,584 6,032 3,391
10 13,595 1,622 101 11,872 5,399 330 35 5,034 5,513 2,798
11 15,556 1,709 130 13,717 6,640 364 47 6,228 5,972 3,211
12 22,925 2,103 139 20,683 10,184 476 58 9,650 7,629 4,370
13 13,241 2,997 93 10,151 6,196 1,255 42 4,900 2,964 4,818
14 24,708 2,623 203 21,882 11,353 708 86 10,560 7,751 5,289
15 11,162 1,323 81 9,758 4,725 378 34 4,313 3,893 2,310
16 10,923 1,260 90 9,573 4,741 364 34 4,344 3,696 2,243
17 10,784 1,211 110 9,463 4,542 297 43 4,201 3,732 2,145
18 8,558 987 91 7,480 3,513 257 35 3,221 3,124 1,801
19 8,211 891 82 7,238 3,430 233 32 3,165 3,100 1,518
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.