Congressional Statistics, December 2008

Arizona

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to an eligible worker and family members when the worker elects to start receiving retirement benefits or when the worker 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 in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2008
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers Disabled workers Widow(er)s a Spouses b Children c All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s a
Arizona 986,539 657,423 133,638 75,909 46,375 73,194 1,072,700 774,181 85,016 705,883
1 145,263 93,836 20,719 11,323 7,212 12,173 150,806 106,279 11,736 100,456
2 198,427 141,561 23,125 13,963 8,196 11,582 220,984 167,067 15,996 149,063
3 94,645 63,106 13,200 7,515 3,970 6,854 110,508 79,655 9,096 67,854
4 64,891 32,663 15,642 4,979 2,559 9,048 60,850 35,124 4,908 36,250
5 90,638 64,496 9,395 6,984 4,594 5,169 109,809 83,568 8,797 69,534
6 131,829 90,779 15,968 10,238 5,684 9,160 147,390 108,208 11,877 96,869
7 107,423 63,534 18,222 8,955 5,936 10,776 101,852 66,485 8,847 69,756
8 153,423 107,448 17,367 11,952 8,224 8,432 170,501 127,795 13,759 116,101
All areas d 50,898,244 32,273,651 7,426,691 4,541,467 2,524,841 4,131,594 53,666,109 37,207,910 4,908,428 35,818,757
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. 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.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
d. 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 2008
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
Arizona 103,243 13,807 825 88,611 50,338 4,646 378 45,313 33,064 24,735
1 20,211 2,383 190 17,638 9,687 664 90 8,933 7,260 5,466
2 12,405 1,559 99 10,747 6,083 511 44 5,528 3,998 2,716
3 8,521 1,060 59 7,402 4,314 430 27 3,857 2,267 1,710
4 19,993 2,121 130 17,742 10,228 765 61 9,402 5,571 4,000
5 4,844 668 45 4,131 2,378 272 20 2,087 1,336 1,015
6 7,734 1,013 63 6,658 3,779 351 30 3,398 2,311 1,672
7 19,527 3,612 140 15,775 9,150 1,159 66 7,925 6,966 5,909
8 10,008 1,391 99 8,518 4,719 493 42 4,184 3,355 2,247
All areas b 7,519,593 1,203,089 70,311 6,246,193 3,880,019 475,824 36,376 3,367,820 2,612,149 2,033,285
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.