Congressional Statistics, December 2003

Iowa

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 Iowa 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
Iowa 546,078 359,421 53,812 61,233 36,686 34,926 463,328 330,695 55,084 416,282
1 107,175 69,576 10,776 12,295 7,575 6,953 91,109 64,367 11,058 80,141
2 100,681 67,021 10,813 10,343 5,882 6,622 87,484 63,083 9,410 75,313
3 100,850 67,539 10,699 10,273 5,442 6,897 87,854 63,746 9,364 75,725
4 113,527 75,525 9,732 13,455 8,314 6,501 95,923 68,822 12,183 89,218
5 123,845 79,760 11,792 14,867 9,473 7,953 100,956 70,676 13,067 95,885
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 Iowa 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
Iowa 41,893 3,827 791 37,275 15,884 771 283 14,828 16,464 7,196
1 9,619 765 166 8,688 3,815 140 57 3,618 3,474 1,423
2 8,462 620 153 7,689 3,357 126 59 3,171 3,253 1,276
3 8,186 826 183 7,177 3,241 235 64 2,941 2,933 1,545
4 6,508 695 127 5,686 2,230 118 45 2,066 2,802 1,201
5 9,118 921 162 8,035 3,239 151 56 3,032 4,002 1,751
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.