Congressional Statistics, December 2009

Minnesota

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
Minnesota 857,805 584,560 109,472 68,615 37,367 57,791 938,896 691,140 77,968 629,056
1 122,070 84,380 13,197 11,061 6,314 7,118 127,412 94,623 12,139 94,090
2 88,450 62,376 9,917 6,388 3,288 6,481 102,542 77,370 7,669 64,599
3 95,229 69,426 9,620 6,839 3,780 5,564 117,183 91,293 8,838 73,190
4 93,674 62,044 14,229 6,804 3,226 7,371 106,346 77,248 8,340 66,245
5 82,797 54,334 14,291 5,640 2,395 6,137 92,678 66,999 6,825 58,037
6 96,461 65,322 12,910 6,882 3,827 7,520 108,599 79,323 7,949 67,341
7 133,978 90,571 14,711 12,942 7,567 8,187 132,009 96,149 13,152 102,189
8 145,146 96,107 20,597 12,059 6,970 9,413 152,127 108,134 13,056 103,365
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
Minnesota 83,288 10,357 706 72,225 44,043 4,253 346 39,444 26,101 18,166
1 8,438 1,143 94 7,201 4,070 361 46 3,663 3,408 1,899
2 5,648 772 53 4,823 2,898 342 25 2,532 1,600 1,285
3 7,529 1,356 60 6,113 4,151 671 29 3,451 1,675 2,116
4 16,065 1,882 134 14,049 8,967 918 70 7,978 3,812 3,690
5 17,630 2,519 152 14,959 10,033 1,289 82 8,662 4,298 4,201
6 6,084 660 50 5,374 3,181 233 25 2,924 2,064 1,116
7 9,541 1,163 69 8,309 4,462 261 28 4,174 4,274 2,011
8 12,353 862 94 11,397 6,281 177 42 6,061 4,970 1,848
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.