Congressional Statistics, December 2003

Oregon

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 Oregon 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
Oregon 591,460 393,764 67,614 56,768 35,124 38,190 511,856 367,101 51,733 432,366
1 91,281 61,805 9,766 8,642 5,062 6,006 82,754 60,388 8,236 67,643
2 138,552 92,868 15,145 13,192 8,762 8,585 116,215 83,639 11,666 101,557
3 95,928 62,086 13,149 9,066 4,566 7,061 82,983 58,193 8,287 68,208
4 147,189 96,262 17,425 14,696 9,979 8,827 125,823 88,734 13,229 107,118
5 118,510 80,743 12,129 11,172 6,755 7,711 104,079 76,144 10,314 87,840
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 Oregon 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
Oregon 57,456 7,584 650 49,222 24,096 2,167 269 21,659 19,967 12,398
1 8,097 1,556 88 6,453 3,421 519 35 2,865 2,760 2,270
2 11,382 1,210 123 10,049 4,585 212 53 4,320 4,525 2,077
3 14,901 2,476 177 12,248 6,383 898 73 5,411 4,523 4,097
4 13,404 1,137 144 12,123 5,632 218 61 5,352 4,711 1,980
5 9,672 1,205 118 8,349 4,073 317 45 3,709 3,448 1,974
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.