Congressional Statistics, December 2005

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 with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2005
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 1,233,341 736,711 197,045 119,686 53,535 126,364 1,092,427 717,970 105,504 799,010
1 107,176 61,000 18,708 10,926 5,333 11,209 91,044 57,370 9,300 67,565
2 108,273 60,343 19,004 12,090 4,686 12,150 86,458 53,473 9,461 68,188
3 116,914 63,991 23,269 11,783 4,471 13,400 93,136 55,738 9,034 70,833
4 67,809 41,530 9,768 5,963 2,818 7,730 63,561 43,094 5,805 45,152
5 70,762 41,878 12,161 6,956 2,542 7,225 62,424 40,750 6,343 46,421
6 67,881 47,026 5,476 6,407 4,051 4,921 71,876 53,456 6,915 50,746
7 72,701 46,285 9,365 6,469 3,355 7,227 70,344 48,554 6,308 48,287
8 109,365 68,806 15,400 9,908 4,819 10,432 102,606 69,943 9,307 72,383
9 125,257 78,904 18,520 11,501 5,604 10,728 110,361 75,286 9,869 83,520
10 115,330 72,261 17,593 10,535 5,133 9,808 105,158 71,781 9,517 76,564
11 102,539 60,236 17,982 9,867 3,991 10,463 90,213 58,423 8,616 65,469
12 98,646 55,396 16,889 10,727 4,099 11,535 83,622 52,112 9,193 61,969
13 70,688 39,055 12,910 6,554 2,633 9,536 61,626 37,990 5,836 41,913
All areas e 48,434,281 30,460,839 6,518,989 4,749,379 2,680,259 4,024,815 44,351,668 30,521,816 4,470,918 34,019,044
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 and total monthly payments, December 2005
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 203,537 27,472 2,041 174,024 87,712 6,084 860 80,767 77,319 51,648
1 18,255 2,158 159 15,938 7,758 364 61 7,332 7,713 4,409
2 28,171 3,697 266 24,208 12,310 659 107 11,544 11,431 7,357
3 26,242 3,196 283 22,763 10,792 558 119 10,114 11,029 6,853
4 11,531 1,890 137 9,504 5,299 609 55 4,634 3,359 2,943
5 19,037 2,495 207 16,335 8,876 600 95 8,180 6,484 4,659
6 3,917 1,124 32 2,761 1,701 436 14 1,249 991 1,483
7 6,714 1,566 75 5,073 2,889 518 34 2,336 2,010 2,211
8 10,179 1,313 126 8,740 4,292 265 53 3,973 3,732 2,389
9 15,287 2,219 147 12,921 6,438 399 62 5,976 6,777 4,382
10 11,809 1,588 112 10,109 4,761 290 46 4,423 5,091 3,013
11 16,950 1,896 166 14,888 7,234 371 63 6,800 6,482 3,720
12 21,098 2,457 204 18,437 8,963 465 93 8,404 7,946 4,976
13 14,347 1,873 127 12,347 6,394 544 54 5,795 4,274 3,253
All areas b 7,113,879 1,214,296 75,039 5,824,544 3,366,951 440,023 36,382 2,890,546 2,500,705 1,994,511
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.