Congressional Statistics, December 2006

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 2006
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 778,689 515,455 94,524 71,121 34,396 63,193 766,978 546,054 71,927 565,156
1 127,856 89,340 13,388 11,011 5,722 8,395 129,397 96,247 11,517 94,761
2 106,817 65,517 15,960 11,001 4,533 9,806 105,593 70,548 11,286 73,652
3 100,524 67,761 11,492 9,832 4,342 7,097 103,781 74,981 10,461 75,421
4 68,732 44,446 8,864 5,111 2,479 7,832 61,979 42,859 4,665 47,290
5 81,029 53,536 9,611 6,954 3,593 7,335 76,847 53,746 6,588 57,484
6 113,801 75,281 13,330 11,221 5,953 8,016 112,632 79,900 11,397 83,078
7 97,476 59,113 16,147 8,898 2,861 10,457 90,519 60,572 8,226 64,846
8 82,454 60,461 5,732 7,093 4,913 4,255 86,230 67,200 7,786 68,624
All areas e 49,122,624 30,976,145 6,806,918 4,666,962 2,632,069 4,040,530 46,938,032 32,351,857 4,576,981 34,468,217
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, U.S. 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 2006
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 96,375 15,298 649 80,428 45,772 5,277 275 40,219 27,296 24,786
1 8,594 1,046 74 7,474 3,657 236 29 3,391 3,246 1,767
2 14,227 1,178 103 12,946 6,970 353 41 6,575 3,883 2,370
3 11,885 2,399 77 9,409 5,718 931 34 4,751 3,292 3,784
4 11,028 2,506 79 8,443 5,235 929 36 4,269 2,583 3,386
5 7,379 1,287 49 6,043 3,386 401 18 2,966 2,155 2,020
6 8,378 794 62 7,522 3,761 211 25 3,524 2,969 1,550
7 26,308 2,190 143 23,975 13,226 616 63 12,546 7,038 5,241
8 8,576 3,898 62 4,616 3,816 1,596 26 2,193 2,130 4,668
All areas b 7,235,583 1,211,681 73,418 5,950,484 3,499,569 453,537 36,296 3,009,734 2,528,975 2,004,476
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.