Congressional Statistics, December 2016

Pennsylvania

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
Pennsylvania 2,768,956 1,883,880 404,049 197,421 103,512 180,094 3,581,701 2,654,759 261,327 2,041,553
1 112,461 64,056 25,525 8,413 3,444 11,023 129,014 83,193 9,845 70,657
2 127,190 80,142 24,918 8,556 3,309 10,265 153,097 108,171 10,132 86,913
3 171,436 111,274 27,086 13,869 7,394 11,813 212,911 152,046 18,266 122,069
4 153,207 109,171 20,945 9,298 4,754 9,039 200,812 153,929 12,582 114,837
5 161,037 108,886 23,623 11,589 6,505 10,434 199,546 147,120 14,919 116,637
6 136,877 101,470 14,422 8,446 5,143 7,396 197,540 156,331 12,425 109,264
7 140,845 104,081 13,439 9,503 5,927 7,895 207,436 163,499 14,150 114,134
8 146,502 106,371 17,369 9,058 5,612 8,092 213,613 165,978 13,450 115,166
9 179,386 116,107 27,850 15,312 8,537 11,580 214,716 151,715 18,919 128,998
10 170,374 118,122 24,056 11,083 5,974 11,139 212,398 158,707 14,085 124,864
11 164,897 113,793 24,385 10,972 5,164 10,583 205,262 152,611 13,922 120,536
12 176,259 121,142 21,634 15,196 8,714 9,573 231,967 172,415 20,705 134,858
13 128,416 85,866 20,021 8,713 4,495 9,321 170,206 124,358 11,953 94,043
14 152,223 97,385 26,925 12,803 4,917 10,193 188,992 133,321 16,446 107,456
15 155,877 109,532 21,339 9,861 5,262 9,883 205,740 156,871 13,261 116,453
16 147,182 101,313 21,945 8,666 5,433 9,825 191,693 144,808 11,731 108,955
17 172,834 114,568 29,177 11,489 4,830 12,770 213,867 153,820 14,316 121,913
18 171,953 120,601 19,390 14,594 8,098 9,270 232,891 175,867 20,221 133,800
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
Pennsylvania 363,735 23,973 1,978 337,784 65,183 231,047 67,505 213,726 9,582 1,068 203,077 103,343
1 38,314 3,134 176 35,004 7,009 22,645 8,660 23,808 1,394 101 22,313 9,084
2 55,835 3,225 308 52,302 9,103 35,695 11,037 34,622 1,291 174 33,157 13,366
3 22,999 838 128 22,033 4,027 15,920 3,052 13,130 296 74 12,760 7,264
4 14,455 808 94 13,553 3,500 8,936 2,019 8,521 327 50 8,143 4,126
5 16,804 634 88 16,082 2,962 11,601 2,241 9,353 181 50 9,122 5,762
6 7,088 764 47 6,277 1,319 4,443 1,326 4,052 268 25 3,759 2,052
7 5,131 575 25 4,531 746 3,318 1,067 2,881 239 13 2,629 1,341
8 7,840 1,043 59 6,738 1,026 4,634 2,180 4,454 469 32 3,953 1,957
9 24,001 1,004 116 22,881 3,609 16,398 3,994 13,754 287 63 13,403 7,816
10 14,799 657 78 14,064 2,627 9,985 2,187 8,181 196 37 7,947 4,919
11 15,396 1,115 104 14,177 2,990 9,845 2,561 8,755 428 51 8,276 4,998
12 14,330 666 69 13,595 2,396 9,796 2,138 8,196 203 34 7,959 4,631
13 27,742 3,532 140 24,070 4,704 15,014 8,024 16,760 1,754 80 14,926 6,113
14 30,957 1,629 170 29,158 5,641 19,931 5,385 18,394 657 89 17,649 8,496
15 16,666 1,382 96 15,188 3,694 9,794 3,178 9,643 541 56 9,045 5,113
16 19,355 1,319 108 17,928 4,194 11,737 3,424 11,341 521 57 10,764 5,942
17 19,768 1,153 104 18,511 3,837 12,784 3,147 11,102 364 49 10,690 6,407
18 12,255 495 68 11,692 1,799 8,571 1,885 6,781 165 35 6,581 3,956
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.