Congressional Statistics, December 2011

Arizona

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 2011
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 and parents Spouses a Children b All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s and parents
Arizona 1,104,545 754,030 150,778 76,660 45,807 77,270 1,282,882 945,705 91,219 783,759
1 160,174 107,332 22,555 11,272 6,925 12,090 177,766 129,073 12,493 111,341
2 219,992 158,999 26,426 14,210 7,792 12,565 261,372 199,840 17,250 162,804
3 107,856 73,961 15,059 7,587 4,120 7,129 134,972 99,789 9,798 76,617
4 74,575 38,661 18,164 5,259 2,699 9,792 73,589 43,501 5,404 40,932
5 102,136 74,392 10,632 7,063 4,683 5,366 132,836 103,187 9,477 77,653
6 150,402 105,925 18,485 10,345 5,611 10,036 180,715 135,397 12,872 109,303
7 120,009 73,327 20,174 9,075 6,120 11,313 120,826 81,189 9,444 77,735
8 169,401 121,433 19,283 11,849 7,857 8,979 200,806 153,731 14,481 127,374
All areas c 55,404,480 35,599,569 8,575,544 4,398,094 2,455,822 4,375,451 62,213,382 43,736,668 5,041,881 38,292,328
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
c. 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 2011
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
Arizona 112,939 14,704 910 97,325 60,104 5,300 462 54,342 35,683 26,603
1 20,175 2,184 170 17,821 10,340 654 88 9,599 7,205 5,308
2 13,497 1,574 115 11,808 7,247 546 57 6,644 4,191 2,750
3 9,694 1,220 88 8,386 5,428 543 46 4,838 2,625 2,043
4 23,037 2,416 156 20,465 12,850 919 77 11,854 6,208 4,540
5 5,347 730 41 4,576 2,854 304 23 2,526 1,497 1,130
6 8,897 1,091 76 7,730 4,794 413 40 4,341 2,564 1,812
7 21,107 3,938 161 17,008 10,767 1,341 80 9,346 7,606 6,434
8 11,185 1,551 103 9,531 5,825 580 51 5,194 3,787 2,586
All areas b 8,112,773 1,182,106 69,033 6,861,634 4,389,872 471,847 36,718 3,881,307 2,716,259 2,058,641
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.