Congressional Statistics, December 2004

Georgia

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 Georgia with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2004
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
Georgia 1,194,018 708,525 187,985 120,018 53,327 124,163 1,003,697 656,349 100,376 775,347
1 103,905 58,520 17,903 10,992 5,357 11,133 83,628 52,294 8,838 65,467
2 107,372 59,734 18,154 12,370 4,770 12,344 81,346 50,362 9,195 68,034
3 114,781 62,492 22,235 12,003 4,556 13,495 86,458 51,601 8,729 69,785
4 66,736 40,625 9,430 6,079 2,875 7,727 59,727 40,330 5,639 44,559
5 69,610 41,146 11,685 7,075 2,635 7,069 58,481 38,223 6,106 45,982
6 64,513 44,388 5,131 6,324 3,926 4,744 65,010 48,086 6,506 48,265
7 67,791 42,701 8,733 6,287 3,167 6,903 62,376 42,700 5,823 44,956
8 102,937 64,556 14,342 9,656 4,705 9,678 91,686 62,298 8,609 68,465
9 120,372 75,184 17,781 11,464 5,571 10,372 100,483 68,038 9,336 80,301
10 109,008 67,729 16,663 10,315 4,959 9,342 94,277 63,810 8,864 72,449
11 101,042 59,298 17,317 10,002 4,014 10,411 84,703 54,784 8,300 64,841
12 97,245 54,187 16,415 10,878 4,145 11,620 78,322 48,512 8,860 61,152
13 68,706 37,965 12,196 6,573 2,647 9,325 57,201 35,312 5,572 41,091
All areas e 47,687,693 29,952,474 6,198,271 4,828,972 2,721,657 3,986,319 41,574,348 28,601,332 4,329,336 33,696,001
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 receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
e. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.

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 Georgia and total monthly payments, December 2004
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
Georgia 200,208 28,228 2,082 169,898 82,100 6,055 829 75,215 76,424 52,337
1 18,312 2,305 167 15,840 7,229 382 61 6,785 7,729 4,587
2 28,194 3,928 271 23,995 11,803 693 108 11,001 11,468 7,603
3 26,341 3,456 290 22,595 10,292 586 112 9,593 11,088 7,229
4 10,992 1,840 138 9,014 4,757 595 54 4,108 3,173 2,837
5 18,885 2,515 217 16,153 8,410 598 88 7,724 6,346 4,688
6 3,607 1,079 27 2,501 1,566 394 16 1,155 914 1,394
7 6,245 1,469 75 4,701 2,617 480 32 2,104 1,896 2,079
8 9,527 1,282 126 8,119 3,747 246 47 3,453 3,598 2,322
9 15,396 2,361 148 12,887 5,933 415 57 5,459 6,798 4,522
10 11,567 1,599 111 9,857 4,529 276 44 4,208 5,052 3,011
11 16,585 1,944 181 14,460 6,897 368 68 6,460 6,317 3,773
12 21,003 2,557 203 18,243 8,492 470 84 7,937 7,969 5,074
13 13,554 1,893 128 11,533 5,824 546 53 5,223 4,076 3,218
All areas b 6,987,845 1,211,167 75,924 5,700,754 3,224,059 426,925 35,916 2,761,217 2,441,374 1,977,610
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.