Congressional Statistics, December 2005

New Jersey

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
New Jersey 1,375,756 942,962 153,621 120,643 57,944 100,586 1,411,428 1,042,211 125,306 1,026,902
1 105,589 65,074 15,570 10,689 4,509 9,747 101,462 68,369 10,589 72,575
2 124,430 81,664 16,394 10,880 4,860 10,632 120,889 85,791 10,857 87,895
3 141,862 100,554 13,946 12,255 6,333 8,774 146,358 110,080 12,928 108,700
4 133,681 95,819 12,989 11,965 5,253 7,655 139,155 105,438 12,556 103,554
5 106,805 77,001 8,781 9,452 5,200 6,371 118,106 90,758 10,543 83,952
6 91,935 60,735 11,880 8,507 3,617 7,196 93,754 66,762 8,784 66,310
7 100,561 72,677 8,048 8,720 4,645 6,471 111,261 85,369 9,672 79,565
8 97,052 66,286 11,334 8,179 3,908 7,345 98,553 73,389 8,496 72,557
9 103,207 74,044 10,232 8,822 4,594 5,515 107,668 82,570 9,229 81,183
10 84,445 51,503 13,944 6,885 2,533 9,580 78,009 52,899 6,282 55,569
11 99,253 72,685 8,060 8,449 4,575 5,484 111,045 86,087 9,522 78,446
12 109,559 76,706 10,151 9,287 4,595 8,820 118,680 89,374 10,090 83,619
13 77,377 48,214 12,292 6,553 3,322 6,996 66,488 45,324 5,759 52,977
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
New Jersey 152,096 33,528 987 117,581 70,242 12,272 416 57,553 48,797 50,889
1 15,308 1,552 130 13,626 7,571 465 55 7,050 4,896 3,089
2 13,650 1,696 76 11,878 6,164 474 31 5,659 5,108 3,096
3 7,026 1,060 47 5,919 3,100 355 16 2,728 2,420 1,611
4 7,414 1,189 40 6,185 3,342 384 16 2,942 2,562 1,883
5 5,301 1,613 40 3,648 2,129 565 15 1,548 1,679 2,096
6 9,620 2,253 64 7,303 4,267 821 24 3,422 3,178 3,325
7 4,990 1,808 35 3,147 2,003 672 11 1,319 1,389 2,283
8 15,515 3,821 91 11,603 7,254 1,482 40 5,731 4,806 5,681
9 10,989 4,289 51 6,649 4,920 1,776 20 3,124 3,377 5,663
10 23,939 3,836 179 19,924 11,806 1,351 78 10,376 6,819 6,512
11 4,684 1,717 32 2,935 1,954 673 13 1,267 1,404 2,191
12 8,308 2,237 42 6,029 3,770 860 16 2,893 2,501 3,129
13 25,352 6,457 160 18,735 11,956 2,390 76 9,489 8,658 10,330
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.