Congressional Statistics, December 2010

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. 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
Minnesota 882,408 604,090 115,780 67,341 36,121 59,076 977,740 723,105 77,415 640,692
1 124,485 86,459 13,986 10,724 5,962 7,354 131,360 98,051 11,913 94,910
2 92,660 65,681 10,687 6,340 3,300 6,652 108,893 82,582 7,702 67,380
3 99,145 72,367 10,356 6,801 3,794 5,827 123,323 96,311 8,894 75,576
4 95,997 63,553 15,082 6,652 3,132 7,578 110,071 80,069 8,255 66,933
5 84,283 55,115 15,054 5,550 2,307 6,257 94,993 68,581 6,733 58,076
6 101,587 69,229 13,862 6,881 3,769 7,846 115,986 85,156 8,049 70,210
7 135,358 92,340 15,263 12,547 7,077 8,131 135,220 99,258 12,926 102,509
8 148,893 99,346 21,490 11,846 6,780 9,431 157,894 113,098 12,942 105,098
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
Minnesota 86,506 10,403 690 75,413 45,703 4,293 344 41,067 27,107 18,646
1 8,652 1,110 95 7,447 4,198 359 51 3,789 3,489 1,896
2 5,886 795 53 5,038 3,062 351 24 2,687 1,664 1,332
3 7,871 1,369 55 6,447 4,301 674 27 3,600 1,844 2,166
4 16,772 1,931 132 14,709 9,481 935 70 8,475 3,970 3,838
5 18,336 2,544 140 15,652 10,273 1,305 78 8,890 4,454 4,373
6 6,424 671 51 5,702 3,368 231 24 3,113 2,216 1,152
7 9,810 1,131 73 8,606 4,657 262 28 4,368 4,361 2,006
8 12,755 852 91 11,812 6,362 176 41 6,146 5,109 1,883
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.