Congressional Statistics, December 2018

Washington

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
Washington 1,346,820 970,010 171,397 75,871 55,733 73,809 1,913,736 1,489,901 109,721 1,042,649
1 117,400 87,629 11,767 6,688 5,881 5,435 176,456 140,901 10,226 95,247
2 141,137 103,962 16,715 7,810 5,870 6,780 203,151 160,458 11,478 111,564
3 160,042 113,836 21,575 9,362 6,400 8,869 225,095 172,639 13,462 121,552
4 127,950 89,660 18,483 7,069 4,609 8,129 170,684 130,421 9,689 95,286
5 156,481 108,072 23,853 9,005 5,814 9,737 209,968 158,304 12,523 115,850
6 172,121 125,448 21,670 9,665 6,827 8,511 237,464 185,549 13,492 133,786
7 108,297 82,411 10,834 5,519 5,190 4,343 169,023 138,221 8,670 90,203
8 119,053 87,174 14,160 6,467 4,919 6,333 175,914 137,984 9,673 92,782
9 102,896 75,773 11,405 5,593 4,856 5,269 149,804 119,111 8,307 82,664
10 141,443 96,045 20,935 8,693 5,367 10,403 196,176 146,314 12,201 103,715
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
Washington 149,251 17,488 909 130,854 16,424 94,934 37,893 89,551 8,347 525 80,679 42,419
1 7,590 1,206 43 6,341 761 4,638 2,191 4,350 567 23 3,759 2,097
2 13,994 1,954 86 11,954 1,271 8,855 3,868 8,264 981 43 7,239 4,002
3 16,891 1,357 134 15,400 2,047 11,367 3,477 10,255 620 74 9,561 4,779
4 16,884 1,341 88 15,455 3,072 10,543 3,269 10,056 504 73 9,479 5,187
5 19,741 1,050 88 18,603 2,407 14,051 3,283 12,105 429 49 11,627 6,054
6 17,340 1,176 111 16,053 1,569 12,325 3,446 10,430 515 61 9,854 5,292
7 12,318 2,368 61 9,889 606 7,047 4,665 7,257 1,200 32 6,025 3,537
8 10,470 1,483 77 8,910 1,139 6,480 2,851 6,224 745 42 5,437 2,656
9 16,554 4,213 113 12,228 1,388 7,866 7,300 9,824 2,165 63 7,597 4,001
10 17,469 1,340 108 16,021 2,164 11,762 3,543 10,787 621 64 10,101 4,814
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.