Congressional Statistics, December 2005

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 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
Maryland 771,266 508,618 90,593 72,918 35,444 63,693 726,603 515,993 70,670 559,298
1 125,397 87,314 12,777 11,069 5,854 8,383 121,302 90,018 11,052 92,679
2 106,612 65,384 15,323 11,325 4,757 9,823 101,021 67,604 11,157 73,846
3 100,844 67,862 11,056 10,196 4,582 7,148 99,752 72,027 10,429 75,835
4 67,800 43,507 8,513 5,266 2,568 7,946 58,345 40,137 4,574 46,484
5 79,656 52,320 9,275 7,098 3,679 7,284 72,161 50,249 6,431 56,283
6 111,273 73,362 12,539 11,366 5,992 8,014 105,330 74,536 11,079 81,050
7 97,605 59,111 15,478 9,269 2,954 10,793 86,654 57,928 8,251 65,017
8 82,079 59,758 5,632 7,329 5,058 4,302 82,039 63,495 7,698 68,104
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
Maryland 94,633 15,286 682 78,665 44,418 5,077 291 39,049 26,959 24,710
1 8,429 1,094 77 7,258 3,530 232 29 3,268 3,252 1,829
2 13,791 1,160 118 12,513 6,722 334 49 6,337 3,780 2,301
3 11,866 2,424 78 9,364 5,468 905 33 4,529 3,251 3,757
4 10,718 2,443 80 8,195 4,936 887 35 4,012 2,489 3,317
5 7,188 1,302 53 5,833 3,172 391 23 2,757 2,103 2,040
6 8,138 799 67 7,272 3,533 202 28 3,302 2,893 1,519
7 26,089 2,223 149 23,717 13,338 597 66 12,674 7,196 5,342
8 8,414 3,841 60 4,513 3,717 1,525 24 2,167 1,995 4,605
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.