Congressional Statistics, December 2003

Maryland

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 Maryland 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
Maryland 751,348 493,484 80,746 76,214 37,380 63,524 647,905 459,230 67,775 550,356
1 123,611 85,802 11,497 11,639 6,386 8,287 109,405 81,142 10,609 92,682
2 101,365 62,685 13,007 11,511 4,747 9,415 88,321 59,559 10,444 71,526
3 91,751 61,143 9,356 10,034 4,505 6,713 82,542 59,206 9,367 69,315
4 64,427 40,596 7,649 5,587 2,670 7,925 50,684 34,375 4,504 43,939
5 76,237 49,667 8,316 7,287 3,770 7,197 62,751 43,474 6,018 54,249
6 107,995 70,885 11,135 11,883 6,287 7,805 93,520 66,015 10,622 79,541
7 104,620 63,877 14,570 10,768 3,621 11,784 86,355 58,181 8,971 71,342
8 81,342 58,829 5,216 7,505 5,394 4,398 74,324 57,274 7,236 67,762
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 Maryland 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
Maryland 91,100 15,580 711 74,809 39,519 4,878 293 34,347 26,349 24,860
1 8,435 1,243 78 7,114 3,294 247 30 3,016 3,390 2,007
2 12,807 1,281 120 11,406 5,746 367 44 5,334 3,597 2,395
3 11,427 2,277 85 9,065 4,996 815 34 4,146 3,132 3,602
4 9,968 2,378 79 7,511 4,307 819 33 3,455 2,382 3,184
5 6,925 1,334 70 5,521 2,826 376 29 2,420 2,088 2,050
6 7,659 821 65 6,773 3,147 184 29 2,932 2,773 1,526
7 25,635 2,422 157 23,056 11,752 603 69 11,079 7,074 5,518
8 8,244 3,824 57 4,363 3,447 1,464 22 1,960 1,913 4,578
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.