Congressional Statistics, December 2018

Delaware

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 2018
Congressional district	Number of beneficiaries						Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars)			Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Congressional district	Total	Retired workers	Disabled workers	Widow(er)s and parents	Spouses ^a	Children ^b	All beneficiaries	Retired workers	Widow(er)s and parents	Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Delaware	213,246	156,161	27,075	11,760	6,211	12,039	314,296	247,377	17,200	163,644
All areas ^c	62,906,222	43,721,450	8,537,332	4,029,669	2,510,248	4,107,523	84,419,840	63,890,793	5,383,982	47,159,080
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 2018
Congressional district	Number of recipients							Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars)				Number of recipients with OASDI ^a
	Total	By type			By age			Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars)
	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled	Under 18	18–64	65 or older	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled
Delaware	17,047	1,290	96	15,661	3,322	10,746	2,979	10,283	510	51	9,722	4,888
All areas ^b	8,128,652	1,169,087	68,654	6,890,911	1,148,038	4,714,234	2,266,380	4,772,179	512,711	40,240	4,219,228	2,715,318
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.