Congressional Statistics, December 2010

Wisconsin

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
Wisconsin 1,061,501 716,806 146,516 81,266 39,770 77,143 1,182,238 865,480 95,008 749,965
1 134,472 89,919 19,631 10,052 4,485 10,385 156,768 113,598 12,324 93,190
2 117,717 81,619 15,936 8,114 3,708 8,340 135,810 102,158 9,766 83,573
3 139,664 93,958 18,909 11,046 5,826 9,925 145,529 105,862 11,917 99,203
4 100,227 54,962 22,861 7,444 2,555 12,405 102,087 64,426 8,201 58,575
5 132,598 96,550 13,043 10,212 5,217 7,576 164,703 127,415 13,305 101,611
6 141,405 97,977 18,110 10,806 5,185 9,327 157,790 117,317 12,711 102,086
7 151,085 103,329 19,594 12,146 6,509 9,507 160,733 118,127 13,494 108,557
8 144,333 98,492 18,432 11,446 6,285 9,678 158,817 116,577 13,291 103,170
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
Wisconsin 107,571 7,288 852 99,431 55,361 2,179 413 52,769 37,197 15,933
1 12,111 707 84 11,320 6,327 218 43 6,067 4,125 1,503
2 10,777 659 89 10,029 5,544 231 37 5,276 3,776 1,430
3 11,556 1,013 112 10,431 5,465 209 56 5,199 5,058 2,096
4 35,147 1,867 241 33,039 19,695 666 118 18,911 9,439 4,631
5 5,992 707 37 5,248 3,000 267 22 2,712 1,951 1,167
6 9,304 602 95 8,607 4,560 171 48 4,341 3,546 1,318
7 11,970 966 94 10,910 5,542 219 41 5,282 5,155 2,123
8 10,714 767 100 9,847 5,227 198 47 4,981 4,147 1,665
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.