Congressional Statistics, December 2014

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 determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2014
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
Wisconsin 1,153,149 802,537 161,894 74,661 35,919 78,138 1,454,566 1,096,219 98,168 834,233
1 141,508 97,353 20,773 9,056 4,164 10,162 187,224 139,626 12,538 100,907
2 125,380 89,224 16,874 7,416 3,592 8,274 163,292 126,141 9,975 91,881
3 152,339 105,595 21,321 10,225 5,131 10,067 181,246 135,826 12,610 110,434
4 112,115 65,381 25,086 6,980 2,769 11,899 131,368 88,092 8,688 68,670
5 145,418 105,770 16,428 9,672 4,604 8,944 198,580 154,184 13,799 111,332
6 153,626 110,294 19,693 9,922 4,560 9,157 196,853 151,430 13,316 114,184
7 174,271 125,146 22,238 11,168 5,760 9,959 210,527 161,512 13,789 128,864
8 148,492 103,774 19,481 10,222 5,339 9,676 185,476 139,408 13,453 107,961
All areas c 59,007,158 39,008,771 8,954,518 4,236,220 2,452,435 4,355,214 71,693,353 51,826,267 5,212,795 42,084,088
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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 2014
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 117,679 6,904 871 109,904 64,810 2,280 454 62,077 39,012 16,872
1 13,400 655 94 12,651 7,513 219 48 7,246 4,259 1,555
2 11,346 653 78 10,615 6,233 252 39 5,941 3,861 1,555
3 12,855 861 100 11,894 6,488 214 53 6,221 5,360 2,129
4 39,607 2,058 271 37,278 23,361 824 152 22,385 10,337 5,516
5 7,201 607 59 6,535 3,818 189 30 3,599 2,485 1,100
6 9,721 537 87 9,097 5,148 171 44 4,933 3,533 1,323
7 12,286 816 92 11,378 6,247 198 42 6,007 5,128 2,055
8 11,263 717 90 10,456 6,003 212 45 5,745 4,049 1,639
All areas b 8,335,704 1,151,940 67,383 7,116,381 4,686,279 484,313 37,911 4,164,055 2,749,128 2,122,871
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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.