Congressional Statistics, December 2007

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 2007
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 1,305,181 792,398 212,401 118,629 52,856 128,897 1,255,047 836,664 113,241 854,166
1 111,650 64,411 20,064 10,949 5,123 11,103 103,439 66,059 10,117 71,048
2 112,654 62,829 21,196 11,826 4,431 12,372 97,441 60,126 9,884 70,294
3 121,444 77,064 17,985 10,414 4,710 11,271 121,025 83,285 10,254 81,150
4 68,791 40,948 11,388 5,329 2,429 8,697 67,055 44,254 5,314 43,192
5 75,207 46,107 12,570 7,300 2,630 6,600 72,844 49,084 7,315 51,368
6 71,235 50,629 5,754 6,126 4,116 4,610 81,618 61,974 7,179 54,170
7 82,191 53,364 10,440 6,723 3,476 8,188 85,022 59,855 7,048 55,785
8 120,099 68,514 23,059 10,924 4,675 12,927 107,369 67,029 9,592 74,928
9 122,985 78,848 18,868 10,571 5,201 9,497 120,678 83,858 10,221 83,457
10 122,291 77,414 18,549 10,931 5,073 10,324 117,169 80,542 10,290 82,544
11 108,808 66,470 18,247 9,594 4,132 10,365 108,182 72,427 9,484 70,987
12 112,766 63,128 21,043 11,477 4,166 12,952 100,812 62,143 10,144 69,788
13 75,060 42,672 13,238 6,465 2,694 9,991 72,393 46,029 6,400 45,455
All areas e 49,864,838 31,527,728 7,098,723 4,602,812 2,584,884 4,050,691 49,218,145 34,004,494 4,657,266 35,119,015
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Excludes 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 2007
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 208,130 26,121 1,893 180,116 98,154 6,423 831 90,900 76,447 50,474
1 18,379 1,923 158 16,298 8,310 351 63 7,896 7,522 4,197
2 28,448 3,329 252 24,867 13,538 646 103 12,788 11,121 7,000
3 13,687 1,592 132 11,963 6,535 347 55 6,134 5,040 3,107
4 12,679 1,926 134 10,619 6,362 683 59 5,620 3,595 3,043
5 19,362 2,464 184 16,714 9,523 656 82 8,785 6,551 4,773
6 4,200 1,318 41 2,841 1,962 528 20 1,414 1,104 1,726
7 8,921 2,142 86 6,693 4,165 752 39 3,374 2,606 3,097
8 22,377 2,264 209 19,904 10,430 438 88 9,905 8,808 5,016
9 12,314 1,551 117 10,646 5,546 301 50 5,195 5,228 3,059
10 15,852 1,938 133 13,781 7,112 384 60 6,668 6,614 4,062
11 13,571 1,448 132 11,991 6,621 353 61 6,206 5,065 2,844
12 24,817 2,785 228 21,804 11,327 546 114 10,666 9,539 6,037
13 13,523 1,441 87 11,995 6,723 439 37 6,248 3,654 2,513
All areas b 7,359,525 1,204,512 71,727 6,083,286 3,735,792 465,272 36,571 3,233,949 2,568,637 2,016,588
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.