Congressional Statistics, December 2012

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 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
Minnesota 927,508 642,832 124,641 64,747 34,035 61,253 1,109,228 830,859 80,143 678,114
1 128,775 90,896 15,233 9,810 5,174 7,662 147,632 111,846 11,774 97,939
2 95,974 68,290 11,806 6,068 3,170 6,640 121,945 93,016 8,059 70,541
3 106,830 79,011 11,058 6,768 3,905 6,088 143,844 113,668 9,531 82,610
4 104,787 71,312 15,736 6,549 3,295 7,895 131,212 97,900 8,765 74,236
5 93,039 61,051 16,987 5,559 2,439 7,003 112,617 81,916 7,263 64,009
6 95,574 65,337 13,781 5,980 3,086 7,390 116,316 85,796 7,431 66,605
7 146,679 101,270 17,171 12,623 6,733 8,882 157,713 117,313 13,934 111,300
8 155,850 105,665 22,869 11,390 6,233 9,693 177,949 129,404 13,385 110,874
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
Minnesota 91,559 10,380 704 80,475 50,603 4,496 359 45,747 27,925 19,489
1 9,171 1,066 89 8,016 4,657 367 47 4,243 3,548 1,916
2 6,299 835 55 5,409 3,565 379 25 3,161 1,732 1,428
3 7,446 1,343 58 6,045 4,116 667 29 3,420 1,794 2,166
4 17,499 1,991 140 15,368 10,139 1,015 82 9,042 4,078 4,147
5 20,966 2,737 155 18,074 12,465 1,436 88 10,942 4,975 4,962
6 6,346 562 46 5,738 3,410 210 20 3,180 2,083 990
7 10,488 1,056 78 9,354 5,236 254 29 4,953 4,449 2,000
8 13,344 790 83 12,471 7,015 169 39 6,808 5,266 1,880
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.