Congressional Statistics, December 2009

Pennsylvania

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
Pennsylvania 2,530,211 1,641,934 352,884 233,228 115,337 186,828 2,788,542 1,970,246 268,187 1,814,653
1 94,965 50,104 21,534 8,616 2,956 11,755 89,276 53,312 8,335 56,278
2 102,083 61,888 18,640 8,904 2,509 10,142 105,126 70,724 9,219 67,758
3 140,867 86,812 21,656 13,603 7,624 11,172 151,015 102,607 15,746 97,066
4 142,641 92,736 16,273 16,128 8,934 8,570 163,423 115,097 19,443 107,547
5 142,870 90,939 21,077 12,878 7,493 10,483 150,652 104,914 14,302 100,186
6 120,366 84,270 13,716 9,500 4,576 8,304 145,181 109,327 11,989 90,481
7 122,376 85,306 12,312 11,124 5,276 8,358 150,370 112,380 14,280 95,128
8 122,162 84,930 14,427 10,009 4,845 7,951 149,553 111,199 12,622 91,782
9 152,112 95,551 21,895 14,978 9,072 10,616 155,049 105,967 15,951 107,425
10 151,348 98,805 21,868 12,591 6,437 11,647 159,934 112,769 13,774 106,202
11 155,736 98,492 25,711 12,837 5,582 13,114 162,188 110,890 13,809 106,278
12 148,994 86,892 22,193 19,040 10,302 10,567 157,026 100,555 21,240 104,964
13 127,753 86,624 15,290 11,616 5,168 9,055 150,371 110,007 14,270 96,591
14 117,693 70,151 19,854 13,186 4,955 9,547 124,217 81,647 14,786 81,843
15 137,612 93,077 18,170 11,095 5,223 10,047 155,773 114,272 13,060 99,442
16 130,286 89,504 16,739 9,521 5,484 9,038 148,086 110,709 11,373 96,159
17 135,046 91,083 18,707 10,950 4,859 9,447 145,865 105,672 12,132 96,257
18 146,463 97,976 15,642 16,064 8,702 8,079 170,174 122,372 19,467 111,639
19 138,838 96,794 17,180 10,588 5,340 8,936 155,264 115,827 12,390 101,627
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
Pennsylvania 347,242 26,324 1,988 318,930 189,264 9,079 933 179,251 100,118 61,185
1 52,235 3,749 243 48,243 30,759 1,455 126 29,178 11,597 9,662
2 38,177 2,986 237 34,954 22,048 1,016 124 20,908 9,137 7,731
3 20,625 865 119 19,641 11,292 254 60 10,978 6,377 2,352
4 12,146 752 65 11,329 6,494 205 29 6,261 3,781 1,698
5 17,152 868 82 16,202 8,811 213 39 8,559 5,930 2,382
6 9,117 1,068 53 7,996 4,768 352 27 4,389 2,822 1,758
7 8,230 1,061 66 7,103 4,245 402 31 3,812 2,145 1,764
8 6,889 1,017 61 5,811 3,468 414 29 3,025 1,823 2,041
9 20,287 1,205 110 18,972 10,633 309 50 10,275 6,783 3,225
10 15,422 1,093 87 14,242 7,883 304 38 7,542 5,490 2,422
11 18,398 1,379 116 16,903 9,483 378 49 9,056 6,251 2,990
12 22,310 1,176 115 21,019 11,909 317 52 11,540 7,153 3,477
13 17,609 2,834 85 14,690 10,008 1,372 41 8,596 3,690 5,471
14 25,460 1,533 143 23,784 14,109 510 59 13,540 7,165 4,127
15 14,653 1,327 79 13,247 7,671 472 34 7,165 4,607 2,606
16 14,416 1,114 81 13,221 7,762 377 37 7,348 4,456 2,422
17 12,961 871 94 11,996 6,809 272 40 6,497 4,088 1,920
18 10,730 731 80 9,919 5,679 232 36 5,411 3,446 1,675
19 10,425 695 72 9,658 5,431 226 34 5,171 3,377 1,462
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.