Congressional Statistics, December 2003

Arizona

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. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in Arizona with benefits in current-payment status and monthly benefit amount, December 2003
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
Arizona 863,905 562,478 106,090 76,415 50,001 68,921 743,448 527,791 68,241 615,292
1 125,546 77,666 16,465 11,266 8,101 12,048 102,027 69,936 9,211 85,108
2 167,294 119,135 16,496 13,461 8,818 9,384 148,080 112,020 12,380 127,310
3 91,031 59,062 11,860 8,379 4,570 7,160 83,904 59,177 7,988 64,686
4 67,140 34,757 13,903 5,912 3,084 9,484 51,728 30,823 4,803 38,953
5 77,376 52,918 7,752 6,991 4,592 5,123 73,666 54,358 6,892 57,974
6 101,228 67,748 11,598 8,992 5,335 7,555 88,719 63,628 8,255 73,667
7 101,536 60,991 14,387 9,609 6,432 10,117 78,912 52,579 7,849 67,935
8 132,754 90,201 13,629 11,805 9,069 8,050 116,408 85,265 10,861 99,659
All areas c 47,038,391 29,531,615 5,873,673 4,899,704 2,772,576 3,960,823 39,541,474 27,230,628 4,238,982 33,433,599
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
c. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.

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. Number of recipients of federally administered SSI payments in Arizona and monthly payment amount, December 2003
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly payment amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
Arizona 91,786 13,231 927 77,628 39,176 3,798 381 34,995 29,866 22,714
1 18,789 2,680 216 15,893 7,737 641 89 7,006 6,882 5,479
2 9,705 1,303 102 8,300 4,310 366 40 3,903 3,275 2,217
3 8,231 1,018 77 7,136 3,722 347 31 3,343 2,261 1,568
4 18,702 2,068 154 16,480 8,290 639 62 7,588 5,369 3,844
5 4,629 670 50 3,909 1,969 222 19 1,727 1,322 1,010
6 6,102 804 54 5,244 2,600 231 24 2,344 1,790 1,248
7 17,102 3,330 167 13,605 7,040 945 71 6,022 6,008 5,284
8 8,526 1,358 107 7,061 3,503 403 41 3,058 2,959 2,064
All areas b 6,902,364 1,232,778 77,082 5,592,504 3,077,818 424,774 35,646 2,617,398 2,421,362 1,989,737
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.
b. Includes recipients in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Northern Mariana Islands.