Congressional Statistics, December 2007

Minnesota

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
Minnesota 814,960 549,298 99,717 71,622 40,589 53,734 823,464 597,793 75,212 604,212
1 118,374 81,023 12,027 11,674 7,079 6,571 114,292 83,852 11,896 92,298
2 80,389 55,921 8,789 6,283 3,426 5,970 85,698 63,748 6,969 59,006
3 89,012 64,186 8,703 7,056 3,966 5,101 101,060 77,657 8,416 69,219
4 89,376 59,377 12,722 7,128 3,447 6,702 94,219 68,081 8,076 64,658
5 80,560 52,914 13,257 6,172 2,601 5,616 84,019 60,305 6,904 57,795
6 87,990 58,373 11,586 6,930 4,053 7,048 90,983 65,062 7,382 61,522
7 130,198 86,695 13,526 13,795 8,414 7,768 118,401 84,822 12,979 100,112
8 139,061 90,809 19,107 12,584 7,603 8,958 134,792 94,266 12,591 99,602
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
Minnesota 78,412 10,362 720 67,330 37,990 3,832 326 33,832 24,587 17,427
1 7,940 1,178 87 6,675 3,522 343 39 3,140 3,261 1,853
2 5,100 732 60 4,308 2,439 298 28 2,113 1,432 1,185
3 6,883 1,296 64 5,523 3,532 592 30 2,910 1,489 1,963
4 15,225 1,810 126 13,289 7,783 798 63 6,921 3,588 3,429
5 16,523 2,462 157 13,904 8,592 1,157 76 7,359 3,924 3,913
6 5,653 639 53 4,961 2,669 208 24 2,437 1,847 1,056
7 9,211 1,298 76 7,837 3,846 263 26 3,557 4,257 2,133
8 11,877 947 97 10,833 5,607 174 39 5,395 4,789 1,895
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.