Congressional Statistics, December 2007

Pennsylvania

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
Pennsylvania 2,456,196 1,582,886 324,948 245,281 123,248 179,833 2,512,443 1,758,432 261,648 1,785,599
1 93,493 49,667 19,732 9,206 3,154 11,734 82,263 49,343 8,315 56,482
2 101,311 61,228 17,366 9,720 2,724 10,273 97,157 64,845 9,427 68,274
3 137,108 83,717 20,026 14,374 8,211 10,780 136,981 92,034 15,469 95,714
4 140,193 89,893 15,183 17,137 9,712 8,268 148,848 103,146 19,221 107,105
5 137,827 87,148 19,414 13,357 8,064 9,844 135,344 93,449 13,776 98,369
6 115,139 80,019 12,578 9,801 4,804 7,937 128,554 95,971 11,439 87,406
7 119,469 82,774 11,360 11,639 5,647 8,049 135,936 100,807 13,814 93,644
8 116,126 79,680 13,419 10,246 5,006 7,775 130,962 96,100 11,877 87,521
9 146,474 91,105 20,147 15,538 9,522 10,162 138,498 93,593 15,310 104,521
10 146,742 95,262 20,293 13,136 6,843 11,208 143,772 100,560 13,345 103,964
11 152,336 95,985 23,928 13,693 5,935 12,795 147,100 99,908 13,675 105,252
12 147,083 84,600 20,777 20,320 11,105 10,281 144,330 90,983 21,024 105,587
13 125,868 85,235 13,940 12,389 5,542 8,762 137,777 100,308 14,136 96,614
14 118,827 70,873 18,447 14,582 5,617 9,308 117,188 76,672 15,233 84,912
15 131,547 88,927 16,375 11,373 5,474 9,398 138,225 100,987 12,407 96,751
16 123,227 84,708 14,769 9,736 5,713 8,301 130,030 96,810 10,801 92,349
17 129,377 86,766 17,101 11,467 5,173 8,870 129,481 92,954 11,791 93,806
18 143,158 94,313 14,690 16,914 9,419 7,822 154,125 109,206 19,011 110,257
19 130,891 90,986 15,403 10,653 5,583 8,266 135,871 100,756 11,580 97,071
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
Pennsylvania 333,806 27,827 2,070 303,909 170,124 8,767 932 160,425 97,225 60,852
1 50,514 3,785 264 46,465 27,597 1,319 128 26,151 11,152 9,276
2 37,419 3,210 240 33,969 20,145 993 128 19,024 9,074 7,763
3 19,934 962 125 18,847 10,466 255 58 10,153 6,220 2,354
4 11,813 868 71 10,874 6,057 227 30 5,800 3,803 1,800
5 16,804 1,018 79 15,707 8,130 237 34 7,858 5,825 2,450
6 8,459 1,059 61 7,339 4,055 334 29 3,692 2,666 1,658
7 7,655 1,008 66 6,581 3,736 346 29 3,361 2,077 1,631
8 6,647 994 69 5,584 3,192 390 30 2,773 1,716 1,993
9 19,906 1,409 117 18,380 9,729 339 53 9,337 6,804 3,390
10 14,968 1,250 96 13,622 7,244 315 40 6,889 5,415 2,545
11 17,589 1,425 112 16,052 8,571 348 44 8,178 6,064 2,946
12 21,858 1,306 126 20,426 10,902 321 56 10,525 7,018 3,501
13 16,337 2,857 98 13,382 8,451 1,289 44 7,119 3,305 5,283
14 24,705 1,722 144 22,839 12,904 567 60 12,277 7,140 4,278
15 13,592 1,291 72 12,229 6,624 422 30 6,172 4,213 2,437
16 13,307 1,133 84 12,090 6,576 344 35 6,197 4,101 2,333
17 12,187 963 95 11,129 5,883 271 38 5,575 3,930 1,978
18 10,643 832 69 9,742 5,350 237 30 5,083 3,526 1,764
19 9,469 735 82 8,652 4,512 213 37 4,262 3,176 1,472
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.