Congressional Statistics, December 2009

Georgia

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 2009
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
Georgia 1,412,978 872,059 236,868 117,937 51,861 134,253 1,475,429 998,499 122,331 916,186
1 117,229 69,142 21,277 10,578 4,918 11,314 117,905 76,950 10,602 74,549
2 117,785 66,841 23,122 11,479 4,132 12,211 110,659 69,258 10,432 73,102
3 133,537 85,302 20,759 10,573 4,775 12,128 144,359 100,025 11,354 87,804
4 75,027 45,228 13,039 5,265 2,403 9,092 78,672 52,542 5,642 46,441
5 78,648 49,144 13,631 6,970 2,529 6,374 82,647 56,657 7,552 53,160
6 81,654 59,329 6,578 6,354 4,307 5,086 101,639 78,672 8,096 61,497
7 94,490 61,946 12,494 7,112 3,704 9,234 105,506 74,894 8,089 62,965
8 127,877 73,965 25,318 10,761 4,473 13,360 124,203 78,633 10,240 78,938
9 135,089 87,976 21,128 10,649 5,139 10,197 143,864 101,472 11,182 90,920
10 131,619 84,404 20,622 10,821 4,937 10,835 136,890 95,302 11,081 88,226
11 118,638 73,585 20,300 9,659 4,082 11,012 127,696 86,742 10,384 76,461
12 118,726 67,488 23,019 11,229 3,883 13,107 115,213 72,008 10,779 72,807
13 82,659 47,709 15,581 6,487 2,579 10,303 86,175 55,343 6,899 49,316
All areas d 52,522,819 33,514,013 7,788,013 4,488,492 2,501,723 4,230,578 55,905,731 39,020,920 4,893,329 36,594,122
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 2009
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 220,407 24,967 1,917 193,523 114,741 6,861 911 106,969 77,391 49,832
1 18,856 1,713 147 16,996 9,315 352 64 8,899 7,377 3,971
2 28,696 2,929 248 25,519 14,701 614 112 13,975 10,723 6,627
3 14,854 1,482 144 13,228 7,761 373 66 7,322 5,212 3,008
4 14,332 2,061 141 12,130 7,817 799 66 6,952 3,896 3,246
5 20,058 2,379 186 17,493 11,277 694 88 10,495 6,580 4,712
6 4,623 1,387 37 3,199 2,355 604 19 1,732 1,186 1,813
7 10,322 2,327 88 7,907 5,482 895 50 4,537 2,945 3,406
8 23,423 2,075 208 21,140 11,811 442 96 11,273 8,805 4,887
9 13,269 1,487 115 11,667 6,490 312 53 6,125 5,375 3,015
10 16,733 1,749 148 14,836 8,704 375 71 8,258 6,654 3,884
11 14,692 1,386 145 13,161 7,950 368 68 7,514 5,153 2,838
12 25,412 2,532 204 22,676 12,589 551 99 11,939 9,436 5,793
13 15,137 1,460 106 13,571 8,489 482 59 7,948 4,049 2,632
All areas b 7,676,686 1,185,959 69,302 6,421,425 4,120,127 475,505 36,702 3,607,920 2,621,649 2,025,610
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.