Congressional Statistics, December 2007

Wisconsin

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
Wisconsin 980,454 660,364 121,775 85,736 44,384 68,195 1,006,891 731,466 92,233 716,509
1 123,424 82,707 15,988 10,564 4,891 9,274 132,721 95,798 11,922 88,776
2 105,791 72,996 13,105 8,389 4,071 7,230 112,428 83,726 9,330 77,378
3 129,278 86,438 15,855 11,852 6,556 8,577 124,141 89,197 11,777 95,110
4 95,814 54,162 19,476 8,124 2,907 11,145 91,509 58,574 8,326 59,971
5 122,297 88,759 10,822 10,628 5,681 6,407 139,722 107,284 12,697 96,592
6 131,565 90,938 14,914 11,301 5,967 8,445 135,258 99,962 12,249 98,035
7 140,439 94,679 16,782 12,888 7,354 8,736 137,237 99,327 13,130 103,352
8 131,846 89,685 14,833 11,990 6,957 8,381 133,875 97,598 12,803 97,295
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
Wisconsin 96,094 7,955 880 87,259 45,740 2,147 397 43,196 33,880 15,883
1 10,190 638 99 9,453 5,002 188 45 4,769 3,453 1,355
2 9,565 700 86 8,779 4,492 214 40 4,239 3,411 1,389
3 10,767 1,219 101 9,447 4,692 226 44 4,421 4,836 2,243
4 31,424 1,956 242 29,226 16,504 647 120 15,737 8,614 4,464
5 5,245 746 44 4,455 2,407 259 18 2,131 1,758 1,185
6 8,398 725 94 7,579 3,726 183 40 3,504 3,273 1,358
7 11,376 1,169 114 10,093 4,953 237 49 4,667 4,956 2,283
8 9,129 802 100 8,227 3,964 194 41 3,729 3,579 1,606
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.