Congressional Statistics, December 2016

Colorado

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 2016
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
Colorado 830,604 590,238 104,206 51,509 35,769 48,882 1,052,599 801,823 66,854 633,522
1 103,888 72,894 15,023 6,326 4,212 5,433 132,134 99,896 8,252 78,580
2 115,951 88,125 10,182 6,640 6,008 4,996 157,436 126,369 9,292 94,721
3 147,113 103,737 19,478 9,403 5,700 8,795 173,218 130,329 11,398 109,994
4 119,013 83,990 14,340 7,771 5,366 7,546 149,786 113,645 9,889 90,901
5 128,797 87,335 18,634 8,135 5,608 9,085 155,714 114,085 10,160 93,305
6 100,430 72,321 11,357 6,021 4,463 6,268 135,058 104,408 8,284 78,216
7 115,412 81,836 15,192 7,213 4,412 6,759 149,253 113,091 9,579 87,805
All areas c 60,907,307 41,233,126 8,808,736 4,138,134 2,505,754 4,221,557 75,917,962 56,082,551 5,184,802 44,506,717
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 2016
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients with OASDI a
Total By type By age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older Total Aged Blind Disabled
Colorado 72,623 9,851 527 62,245 9,233 45,830 17,560 40,355 4,148 291 35,917 23,464
1 15,522 2,838 114 12,570 1,695 9,005 4,822 8,726 1,291 60 7,375 4,786
2 4,786 556 32 4,198 493 3,306 987 2,640 248 18 2,374 1,501
3 14,072 1,145 94 12,833 1,534 9,676 2,862 7,697 304 49 7,344 5,407
4 8,858 994 66 7,798 1,082 5,763 2,013 4,716 345 35 4,336 3,230
5 10,827 980 88 9,759 1,667 7,297 1,863 6,010 347 50 5,613 3,573
6 9,066 2,113 68 6,885 1,380 4,819 2,867 5,199 1,070 42 4,087 2,232
7 9,492 1,225 65 8,202 1,382 5,964 2,146 5,367 541 37 4,788 2,735
All areas b 8,251,161 1,164,589 68,344 7,018,228 1,213,079 4,845,735 2,192,347 4,740,264 501,520 39,380 4,199,364 2,721,951
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.