Congressional Statistics, December 2015 (Expanded Edition)

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 2015
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 1,170,705 822,488 161,864 73,240 36,006 77,107 1,492,247 1,134,369 97,132 855,268
1 144,144 99,986 20,898 8,937 4,186 10,137 192,524 144,766 12,432 103,651
2 128,078 91,829 16,882 7,361 3,827 8,179 168,701 131,183 10,024 95,057
3 154,410 108,237 21,236 9,939 5,018 9,980 185,693 140,605 12,363 112,846
4 112,836 66,563 24,834 6,821 2,835 11,783 133,038 90,246 8,527 70,056
5 147,286 108,102 16,399 9,498 4,728 8,559 203,641 159,326 13,691 114,122
6 156,240 112,939 19,773 9,771 4,578 9,179 202,208 156,590 13,194 117,050
7 176,727 128,042 22,311 10,918 5,614 9,842 215,749 166,873 13,604 131,537
8 150,984 106,790 19,531 9,995 5,220 9,448 190,693 144,780 13,296 110,949
All areas c 59,963,425 40,089,061 8,909,430 4,190,676 2,477,567 4,296,691 73,642,029 53,790,278 5,194,659 43,243,199
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 2015
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 Under age 18 Aged 65 or older
Wisconsin 118,556 6,801 899 110,856 66,241 2,309 472 63,460 38,819 22,884 17,122
1 13,638 662 92 12,884 7,831 234 44 7,553 4,273 2,908 1,615
2 11,465 667 81 10,717 6,332 268 39 6,025 3,777 2,193 1,601
3 12,846 819 106 11,921 6,536 211 55 6,270 5,349 1,877 2,127
4 39,926 2,057 295 37,574 24,138 837 166 23,135 10,476 9,079 5,638
5 7,399 598 54 6,747 3,975 190 31 3,754 2,486 1,333 1,118
6 9,918 527 87 9,304 5,296 170 47 5,078 3,500 1,805 1,347
7 11,976 759 93 11,124 6,054 190 44 5,821 4,903 1,561 1,984
8 11,388 712 91 10,585 6,080 210 46 5,824 4,055 2,128 1,692
All areas b 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 2,731,528 1,267,160 2,153,849
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.