Congressional Statistics, December 2010

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. 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
Pennsylvania 2,577,714 1,675,278 372,365 228,505 112,242 189,324 2,866,806 2,030,460 264,904 1,824,842
1 95,852 50,357 22,592 8,365 2,856 11,682 90,580 54,006 8,104 55,936
2 103,111 62,359 19,627 8,620 2,483 10,022 106,916 71,903 8,961 67,714
3 143,754 88,721 22,902 13,379 7,381 11,371 155,244 105,680 15,585 97,621
4 144,910 94,546 17,222 15,753 8,638 8,751 167,353 118,375 19,156 107,750
5 145,387 92,701 22,241 12,650 7,305 10,490 154,580 107,861 14,160 100,504
6 123,570 86,615 14,483 9,391 4,524 8,557 150,571 113,668 11,943 91,978
7 124,183 86,649 12,973 10,964 5,105 8,492 154,274 115,490 14,213 95,674
8 125,577 87,365 15,427 9,907 4,758 8,120 155,489 115,686 12,596 93,421
9 148,028 93,775 21,797 13,743 8,410 10,303 152,161 104,892 14,769 103,334
10 154,393 101,125 22,730 12,380 6,309 11,849 164,813 116,681 13,663 107,306
11 157,894 100,020 26,793 12,483 5,429 13,169 166,004 113,797 13,568 106,370
12 158,675 92,645 24,891 19,444 10,420 11,275 168,200 107,947 21,775 109,518
13 129,406 87,687 16,149 11,311 4,997 9,262 153,553 112,467 13,993 96,474
14 118,000 70,258 20,844 12,772 4,711 9,415 125,480 82,540 14,378 80,586
15 141,062 95,362 19,239 11,009 5,122 10,330 161,218 118,355 13,091 100,503
16 133,781 91,994 17,686 9,462 5,437 9,202 153,491 114,949 11,402 97,670
17 138,516 93,350 20,012 10,756 4,702 9,696 151,029 109,448 12,045 97,061
18 148,500 99,748 16,475 15,629 8,365 8,283 174,057 125,743 19,107 111,873
19 143,115 100,001 18,282 10,487 5,290 9,055 161,791 120,972 12,394 103,549
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
Pennsylvania 358,197 25,821 1,970 330,406 196,712 8,956 935 186,821 103,413 61,541
1 53,616 3,665 248 49,703 31,668 1,417 131 30,121 11,874 9,835
2 39,471 2,905 232 36,334 23,041 989 124 21,927 9,375 7,772
3 21,212 837 128 20,247 11,571 261 63 11,247 6,584 2,343
4 12,402 730 64 11,608 6,520 198 29 6,293 3,890 1,726
5 17,343 834 80 16,429 8,943 210 37 8,696 6,069 2,349
6 9,679 1,091 54 8,534 5,130 355 27 4,747 3,021 1,798
7 8,738 1,115 69 7,554 4,574 408 32 4,133 2,357 1,850
8 7,242 1,023 53 6,166 3,798 431 23 3,344 1,922 2,064
9 18,311 1,044 98 17,169 9,477 269 46 9,162 6,313 2,790
10 15,813 1,059 84 14,670 8,122 296 35 7,791 5,611 2,397
11 18,822 1,349 110 17,363 9,856 383 47 9,425 6,386 2,980
12 25,028 1,189 128 23,711 13,504 313 60 13,131 7,973 3,776
13 18,455 2,842 83 15,530 10,465 1,363 38 9,063 3,946 5,568
14 26,030 1,449 139 24,442 14,494 487 59 13,947 7,239 4,083
15 15,434 1,354 74 14,006 8,554 485 33 8,036 4,893 2,696
16 14,891 1,118 81 13,692 7,957 384 39 7,534 4,688 2,462
17 13,654 863 99 12,692 7,326 272 44 7,011 4,272 1,951
18 11,115 704 78 10,333 5,972 222 34 5,716 3,527 1,665
19 10,941 650 68 10,223 5,740 211 32 5,497 3,473 1,436
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.