Congressional Statistics, December 2017

Massachusetts

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
Massachusetts 1,260,786 857,073 199,966 69,828 45,079 88,840 1,666,537 1,237,920 94,416 937,926
1 167,372 105,511 32,607 9,550 5,248 14,456 204,508 144,096 11,961 115,214
2 137,391 90,572 24,618 7,614 4,148 10,439 176,322 127,073 9,976 98,376
3 131,703 84,378 24,430 7,259 4,688 10,948 170,668 121,745 9,570 92,230
4 134,195 93,843 18,344 7,225 5,402 9,381 189,473 143,801 10,424 103,272
5 121,165 87,975 14,042 6,813 5,729 6,606 174,577 136,659 9,893 98,178
6 150,611 107,294 19,788 8,790 5,770 8,969 210,258 160,968 12,638 117,954
7 91,525 56,944 19,466 4,300 3,075 7,740 104,825 72,561 4,968 62,142
8 136,588 94,059 20,569 7,890 4,750 9,320 183,295 136,462 10,906 103,215
9 190,236 136,497 26,102 10,387 6,269 10,981 252,609 194,554 14,079 147,345
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
Massachusetts 186,405 23,920 2,239 160,246 21,918 112,248 52,239 103,584 10,648 1,129 91,807 56,070
1 37,626 2,077 441 35,108 6,216 24,591 6,819 21,764 780 235 20,750 11,514
2 20,334 1,774 266 18,294 2,608 13,317 4,409 11,521 786 134 10,601 5,846
3 23,879 2,624 284 20,971 3,081 14,399 6,399 13,460 1,176 140 12,144 7,235
4 11,085 1,528 169 9,388 1,145 6,982 2,958 5,912 657 83 5,172 3,319
5 11,619 2,774 163 8,682 920 5,943 4,756 6,123 1,293 77 4,753 3,318
6 14,017 1,899 160 11,958 1,273 8,417 4,327 7,641 886 75 6,680 4,213
7 33,121 6,837 337 25,947 3,164 16,599 13,358 18,474 3,309 170 14,995 9,313
8 15,990 3,218 185 12,587 1,342 8,990 5,658 8,376 1,398 91 6,888 4,917
9 18,734 1,189 234 17,311 2,169 13,010 3,555 10,312 364 124 9,825 6,395
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.