Congressional Statistics, December 2005

Iowa

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
Iowa 552,325 365,400 59,470 58,306 33,709 35,440 510,171 365,118 57,130 416,896
1 110,903 72,393 12,219 11,903 7,177 7,211 102,498 72,660 11,679 82,105
2 103,665 69,168 12,192 10,062 5,534 6,709 98,093 70,769 9,960 76,445
3 100,484 67,563 11,585 9,591 4,857 6,888 95,360 69,271 9,541 74,764
4 116,612 78,163 10,905 13,082 7,727 6,735 107,294 77,311 12,892 91,173
5 120,661 78,113 12,569 13,668 8,414 7,897 106,926 75,108 13,058 92,409
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
Iowa 43,375 3,605 786 38,984 18,303 779 290 17,234 17,112 7,048
1 10,338 711 171 9,456 4,597 138 61 4,397 3,752 1,399
2 9,085 604 160 8,321 3,968 131 62 3,774 3,504 1,288
3 8,396 827 176 7,393 3,722 245 70 3,406 3,036 1,561
4 6,758 660 136 5,962 2,598 120 46 2,430 2,929 1,225
5 8,798 803 143 7,852 3,416 142 48 3,224 3,891 1,575
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.