Congressional Statistics, December 2016

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 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
Minnesota 994,806 716,577 124,537 59,070 35,293 59,329 1,296,913 1,008,266 78,979 760,371
1 135,050 98,516 15,534 8,615 4,787 7,598 168,481 131,920 11,119 105,529
2 107,989 79,222 12,366 5,958 3,797 6,646 149,491 117,587 8,579 83,550
3 117,861 88,923 11,233 6,575 5,077 6,053 172,638 139,469 10,062 95,621
4 112,874 79,810 15,606 6,094 4,002 7,362 154,111 119,276 8,740 84,668
5 96,344 66,015 15,861 4,962 3,070 6,436 126,866 96,204 6,897 70,425
6 111,351 79,592 14,800 6,006 3,399 7,554 147,185 113,286 8,082 82,530
7 148,296 106,878 16,800 10,738 5,512 8,368 174,188 134,749 12,729 115,602
8 165,041 117,621 22,337 10,122 5,649 9,312 203,955 155,774 12,771 122,446
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
Minnesota 93,856 11,034 754 82,068 12,984 58,708 22,164 54,282 5,303 437 48,542 27,031
1 9,238 1,031 87 8,120 1,434 5,822 1,982 5,054 416 48 4,590 3,284
2 6,966 975 67 5,924 1,161 4,130 1,675 4,071 474 36 3,560 1,823
3 7,097 1,366 62 5,669 878 3,876 2,343 4,108 714 33 3,361 1,725
4 17,994 2,234 148 15,612 2,225 10,829 4,940 10,962 1,221 93 9,648 4,013
5 22,496 3,129 181 19,186 3,207 13,176 6,113 13,782 1,754 112 11,916 5,120
6 7,140 685 60 6,395 1,178 4,745 1,217 4,092 295 39 3,758 2,043
7 10,035 895 78 9,062 1,425 6,707 1,903 5,171 252 38 4,881 4,062
8 12,890 719 71 12,100 1,476 9,423 1,991 7,042 177 38 6,827 4,961
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.