Congressional Statistics, December 2004

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 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
Maryland 761,112 500,288 85,925 74,859 36,337 63,703 681,574 482,890 69,046 554,470
1 122,228 84,960 11,976 11,194 5,960 8,138 112,250 83,195 10,600 90,974
2 105,787 65,055 14,400 11,684 4,877 9,771 95,585 64,134 10,966 73,875
3 100,727 67,502 10,612 10,613 4,799 7,201 94,838 68,343 10,351 76,129
4 66,100 41,837 8,189 5,302 2,619 8,153 53,810 36,631 4,380 44,905
5 77,835 50,910 8,801 7,235 3,741 7,148 66,845 46,392 6,206 55,263
6 108,904 71,581 11,792 11,642 6,063 7,826 97,986 69,189 10,800 79,790
7 97,786 59,211 14,728 9,648 3,070 11,129 82,621 55,227 8,181 65,526
8 81,745 59,232 5,427 7,541 5,208 4,337 77,640 59,779 7,561 68,008
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 Maryland 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
Maryland 93,010 15,411 691 76,908 42,283 4,965 286 37,031 26,506 24,773
1 8,322 1,178 69 7,075 3,437 243 25 3,168 3,278 1,914
2 13,396 1,159 120 12,117 6,279 327 46 5,905 3,686 2,270
3 11,678 2,371 83 9,224 5,341 864 39 4,438 3,203 3,688
4 10,443 2,389 84 7,970 4,715 859 34 3,821 2,405 3,249
5 6,982 1,335 63 5,584 3,042 395 23 2,622 2,049 2,043
6 7,902 791 61 7,050 3,389 183 27 3,179 2,825 1,507
7 25,941 2,334 151 23,456 12,518 588 64 11,864 7,109 5,496
8 8,346 3,854 60 4,432 3,557 1,502 24 2,030 1,951 4,606
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.