Congressional Statistics, December 2018

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 2018
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 1,273,360 878,840 194,364 68,128 45,249 86,779 1,759,294 1,325,859 95,606 960,157
1 168,512 108,214 31,754 9,358 5,209 13,977 214,890 153,917 12,165 117,912
2 138,993 93,217 23,918 7,405 4,232 10,221 186,473 136,597 10,086 101,132
3 133,480 87,135 23,906 7,093 4,694 10,652 180,946 131,253 9,704 95,140
4 136,395 96,706 17,912 7,083 5,456 9,238 201,542 155,115 10,622 106,067
5 121,421 89,181 13,472 6,633 5,747 6,388 183,028 145,035 9,990 99,413
6 151,599 109,560 18,989 8,588 5,761 8,701 221,615 172,043 12,809 120,235
7 92,085 58,482 18,805 4,153 3,078 7,567 109,871 77,494 4,993 63,762
8 137,767 96,205 19,885 7,679 4,781 9,217 192,993 145,813 10,972 105,348
9 193,108 140,140 25,723 10,136 6,291 10,818 267,935 208,592 14,266 151,148
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
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older Total Aged Blind Disabled
Massachusetts 184,020 24,535 2,178 157,307 21,199 109,066 53,755 102,905 11,175 1,126 90,604 55,302
1 37,175 2,103 425 34,647 5,954 24,118 7,103 21,581 802 235 20,545 11,447
2 20,095 1,820 252 18,023 2,523 13,013 4,559 11,428 816 128 10,484 5,714
3 23,625 2,719 283 20,623 3,002 13,909 6,714 13,278 1,261 135 11,882 7,145
4 10,964 1,508 159 9,297 1,131 6,876 2,957 5,978 655 83 5,240 3,235
5 11,472 2,938 158 8,376 824 5,707 4,941 6,054 1,395 78 4,581 3,257
6 13,730 1,943 164 11,623 1,207 8,137 4,386 7,598 932 82 6,584 4,079
7 30,904 6,665 312 23,927 2,916 15,076 12,912 17,374 3,285 164 13,925 8,863
8 17,613 3,660 203 13,750 1,532 9,511 6,570 9,456 1,664 103 7,690 5,252
9 18,442 1,179 222 17,041 2,110 12,719 3,613 10,157 366 118 9,673 6,310
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.