Congressional Statistics, December 2012

Georgia

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 determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2012
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
Georgia 1,582,151 993,414 277,180 116,939 51,575 143,043 1,795,856 1,235,558 132,088 1,031,502
1 117,972 72,815 20,821 9,701 4,225 10,410 133,112 90,289 11,156 77,150
2 129,361 74,291 27,147 11,124 3,876 12,923 132,828 84,172 11,071 79,346
3 131,882 83,729 22,908 9,503 4,087 11,655 152,620 105,724 10,892 86,132
4 101,697 62,586 18,774 6,523 2,817 10,997 115,936 78,528 7,618 62,988
5 87,820 53,045 18,382 6,330 1,967 8,096 93,747 62,093 6,813 54,495
6 84,226 62,248 6,654 6,117 4,270 4,937 114,986 90,742 8,618 66,174
7 74,517 50,648 9,291 5,003 2,871 6,704 91,530 67,215 6,279 51,610
8 132,838 78,812 26,178 10,661 4,351 12,836 138,420 89,826 10,948 83,853
9 148,681 100,093 23,163 9,930 4,932 10,563 169,510 122,891 11,085 102,171
10 126,905 80,578 22,015 8,924 3,971 11,417 144,326 99,796 9,898 82,658
11 94,863 65,096 12,555 6,850 3,526 6,836 120,303 89,095 8,798 67,225
12 127,336 74,817 25,165 10,456 4,099 12,799 135,163 87,419 10,962 79,150
13 96,603 57,692 18,438 6,463 2,667 11,343 110,277 72,986 7,492 58,058
14 127,450 76,964 25,689 9,354 3,916 11,527 143,098 94,781 10,457 80,492
All areas c 56,758,185 36,720,492 8,826,591 4,348,486 2,443,212 4,419,404 65,430,104 46,327,075 5,107,327 39,613,754
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data as of December 2012 and U.S. Postal Service geography data as of March 2013; represents the 2010 Census redistricting in effect for the 113th Congress.
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 2012
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
Georgia 247,965 24,723 1,908 221,334 135,872 7,243 937 127,692 82,570 50,698
1 17,464 1,411 119 15,934 9,156 338 58 8,760 6,196 3,315
2 30,938 2,489 247 28,202 16,711 570 120 16,021 10,952 6,241
3 16,808 1,315 136 15,357 9,225 317 66 8,842 5,693 2,920
4 18,590 2,341 155 16,094 10,702 910 78 9,714 4,749 3,638
5 25,928 2,688 195 23,045 14,786 804 96 13,886 8,173 5,536
6 6,076 1,779 52 4,245 3,320 795 27 2,498 1,502 2,265
7 8,124 2,215 66 5,843 4,301 897 35 3,370 2,130 2,944
8 24,729 1,992 179 22,558 13,089 431 89 12,569 9,160 4,991
9 15,772 1,469 101 14,202 8,366 325 49 7,991 5,983 3,258
10 17,795 1,685 153 15,957 9,783 415 72 9,297 6,313 3,803
11 8,525 949 86 7,490 4,753 318 44 4,390 2,584 1,670
12 24,571 1,888 175 22,508 13,022 429 84 12,508 8,770 4,827
13 15,851 1,310 110 14,431 9,293 427 55 8,811 4,223 2,390
14 16,794 1,192 134 15,468 9,365 267 63 9,035 6,142 2,900
All areas b 8,262,877 1,156,188 67,725 7,038,964 4,598,945 474,662 36,865 4,087,418 2,759,751 2,081,532
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data as of December 2012 and U.S. Postal Service geography data as of March 2013; represents the 2010 Census redistricting in effect for the 113th Congress.
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.