Congressional Statistics, December 2004

Washington

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 Washington 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
Washington 911,503 595,563 115,295 83,039 53,705 63,901 834,592 591,570 79,953 655,153
1 82,345 56,940 7,772 7,688 4,933 5,012 79,599 58,740 7,796 62,601
2 108,730 71,354 13,576 9,740 6,819 7,241 99,053 70,318 9,323 78,157
3 116,805 73,714 16,219 10,861 6,915 9,096 106,240 73,071 10,373 80,155
4 102,993 67,631 13,020 8,940 5,768 7,634 90,777 64,886 8,322 73,682
5 117,064 73,893 16,223 11,182 7,054 8,712 102,370 70,403 10,484 82,571
6 124,874 79,850 17,187 11,751 7,407 8,679 109,099 75,713 10,758 88,213
7 84,722 57,443 11,453 7,264 4,004 4,558 81,527 59,638 7,425 63,861
8 82,163 56,031 7,835 7,065 5,392 5,840 81,527 59,973 7,281 61,060
9 91,807 58,707 12,010 8,548 5,413 7,129 84,402 58,828 8,191 64,853
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 Washington 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
Washington 112,065 14,296 942 96,827 52,631 5,311 398 46,921 30,586 25,529
1 6,733 1,492 62 5,179 3,198 614 27 2,557 1,543 2,238
2 11,002 1,093 105 9,804 5,354 370 45 4,938 3,247 2,061
3 13,673 1,263 129 12,281 6,179 451 51 5,677 3,828 2,396
4 12,960 1,324 90 11,546 6,023 373 40 5,609 4,283 2,611
5 15,277 1,111 113 14,053 7,188 323 50 6,814 4,760 2,442
6 18,013 1,444 155 16,414 8,435 510 62 7,861 4,920 3,155
7 15,594 3,280 133 12,181 7,318 1,315 55 5,947 3,777 5,435
8 6,666 1,530 48 5,088 3,220 649 20 2,550 1,304 2,243
9 12,147 1,759 107 10,281 5,713 702 45 4,965 2,924 2,948
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.