Congressional Statistics, December 2017

Connecticut

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 2017
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
Connecticut 673,359 491,627 81,260 37,659 22,814 39,999 965,243 760,385 54,965 527,414
1 141,400 103,016 17,610 7,406 4,056 9,312 197,215 155,517 10,450 109,472
2 142,486 104,158 17,671 8,142 4,566 7,949 203,737 159,582 11,944 110,575
3 136,098 98,528 17,920 7,588 3,889 8,173 192,997 150,794 10,918 105,164
4 115,789 86,697 10,316 6,975 5,748 6,053 176,107 141,944 10,780 96,021
5 137,586 99,228 17,743 7,548 4,555 8,512 195,186 152,549 10,874 106,182
All areas c 61,903,360 42,446,992 8,695,475 4,090,523 2,501,729 4,168,641 79,732,580 59,602,066 5,271,028 45,808,776
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 2017
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
Connecticut 65,812 7,205 450 58,157 8,501 41,207 16,104 37,880 2,941 261 34,677 20,649
1 17,126 2,069 119 14,938 2,332 10,020 4,774 9,788 859 70 8,859 5,435
2 8,832 662 55 8,115 1,170 6,092 1,570 5,048 242 30 4,777 3,009
3 14,794 1,310 91 13,393 1,832 9,760 3,202 8,680 536 57 8,086 4,398
4 10,474 1,654 73 8,747 1,213 6,057 3,204 6,003 702 41 5,260 3,241
5 14,586 1,510 112 12,964 1,954 9,278 3,354 8,360 602 63 7,695 4,566
All areas b 8,227,676 1,176,476 68,947 6,982,253 1,182,593 4,805,112 2,239,971 4,754,456 506,540 39,787 4,208,129 2,738,814
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.