Congressional Statistics, December 2004

Minnesota

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 Minnesota 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
Minnesota 775,689 516,760 85,494 76,170 44,994 52,271 686,680 493,632 70,512 577,134
1 116,317 78,519 10,296 12,795 8,286 6,421 98,645 71,570 11,491 91,479
2 72,157 49,109 7,583 6,318 3,571 5,576 66,865 48,800 6,086 52,350
3 84,915 60,712 7,564 7,422 4,348 4,869 84,968 64,731 7,827 65,948
4 86,635 57,834 10,694 7,759 3,855 6,493 80,602 58,342 7,773 63,708
5 80,660 53,217 11,848 6,902 3,043 5,650 74,136 53,287 6,771 58,674
6 77,237 50,113 9,504 6,802 4,183 6,635 69,358 48,748 6,340 53,563
7 125,330 81,925 11,589 14,693 9,387 7,736 99,651 70,273 12,266 96,702
8 132,438 85,331 16,416 13,479 8,321 8,891 112,454 77,880 11,958 94,710
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 Minnesota 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
Minnesota 70,790 9,869 720 60,201 30,449 3,095 296 27,057 22,739 15,981
1 7,365 1,187 90 6,088 2,827 292 37 2,497 2,994 1,807
2 4,235 645 48 3,542 1,806 225 19 1,561 1,229 973
3 5,709 1,106 73 4,530 2,593 459 29 2,104 1,256 1,633
4 13,541 1,661 129 11,751 6,204 632 55 5,516 3,227 3,032
5 15,109 2,185 158 12,766 6,954 895 67 5,991 3,658 3,444
6 4,876 594 50 4,232 2,059 153 24 1,881 1,748 940
7 8,748 1,455 76 7,217 3,270 259 25 2,986 4,175 2,245
8 11,207 1,036 96 10,075 4,732 176 37 4,519 4,452 1,907
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.