Congressional Statistics, December 2010

Iowa

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. A worker's lifetime covered earnings largely determines the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2010
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
Iowa 584,113 396,969 71,549 51,239 26,192 38,164 633,784 465,290 58,702 430,684
1 118,511 79,609 14,839 10,613 5,732 7,718 128,380 93,520 12,225 86,171
2 111,804 76,272 14,683 8,890 4,448 7,511 123,889 91,528 10,258 80,511
3 109,875 75,296 14,322 8,778 4,000 7,479 122,624 90,708 10,242 79,865
4 121,332 84,191 12,855 11,238 5,791 7,257 131,193 97,561 12,916 92,614
5 122,591 81,601 14,850 11,720 6,221 8,199 127,698 91,973 13,061 91,523
All areas d 54,031,968 34,593,080 8,203,951 4,445,547 2,476,836 4,312,554 58,048,295 40,662,492 4,884,520 37,291,572
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 2010
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
Iowa 47,687 3,227 695 43,765 23,591 872 311 22,408 18,153 6,864
1 11,442 604 138 10,700 5,912 150 62 5,701 4,105 1,351
2 10,249 565 149 9,535 5,221 154 68 4,998 3,823 1,312
3 9,619 893 163 8,563 4,863 311 80 4,472 3,388 1,726
4 7,068 509 114 6,445 3,232 118 48 3,066 2,919 1,072
5 9,309 656 131 8,522 4,363 139 54 4,170 3,918 1,403
All areas b 7,912,266 1,183,853 69,289 6,659,124 4,273,680 474,932 36,836 3,761,912 2,697,963 2,041,490
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.