Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin, 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
Wisconsin 917,742 615,530 91,901 93,899 51,958 64,454 778,626 564,701 83,586 684,321
1 111,489 75,096 11,563 10,998 5,484 8,348 99,335 72,161 10,267 81,720
2 97,937 66,582 10,170 9,137 4,815 7,233 85,569 63,125 8,413 72,860
3 117,313 77,726 11,405 12,761 7,653 7,768 92,257 65,941 10,486 88,280
4 100,110 59,478 16,016 9,833 3,781 11,002 81,152 54,001 8,495 66,595
5 114,662 82,762 8,107 11,504 6,486 5,803 108,442 83,049 11,349 91,760
6 122,461 84,533 10,974 12,312 6,912 7,730 104,166 76,986 11,049 93,393
7 134,408 89,178 13,029 14,576 8,796 8,829 107,755 77,118 12,224 100,219
8 119,362 80,175 10,637 12,778 8,031 7,741 99,946 72,316 11,300 89,494
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 Wisconsin, 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
Wisconsin 87,327 9,201 970 77,156 33,940 2,042 377 31,522 31,169 16,567
1 8,447 659 98 7,690 3,349 159 38 3,151 2,891 1,278
2 8,676 717 110 7,849 3,260 180 37 3,044 3,177 1,373
3 10,171 1,488 114 8,569 3,558 233 43 3,282 4,653 2,499
4 29,004 2,176 272 26,556 12,714 608 118 11,988 7,726 4,537
5 4,307 748 52 3,507 1,565 224 17 1,324 1,580 1,106
6 7,551 864 95 6,592 2,657 175 35 2,448 3,055 1,467
7 11,232 1,568 121 9,543 3,928 262 48 3,618 5,014 2,648
8 7,939 981 108 6,850 2,909 201 41 2,667 3,073 1,659
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.