Congressional Statistics, December 2019

Colorado

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 2019
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
Colorado 897,886 665,194 96,445 50,543 38,449 47,255 1,275,705 1,011,741 72,341 716,389
1 107,674 79,261 12,993 5,801 4,422 5,197 153,905 122,016 8,361 85,793
2 128,825 101,186 9,424 6,614 6,829 4,772 197,594 164,091 10,221 109,539
3 161,556 118,900 18,790 9,367 5,960 8,539 212,353 166,001 12,568 126,261
4 131,561 96,597 13,916 7,870 5,771 7,407 185,993 146,522 11,086 104,804
5 139,255 98,827 17,458 8,089 5,949 8,932 188,442 144,142 11,146 105,844
6 109,244 81,820 10,430 5,899 4,943 6,152 164,670 132,489 8,897 88,666
7 119,771 88,603 13,434 6,903 4,575 6,256 172,748 136,480 10,062 95,482
All areas c 64,064,496 45,094,245 8,378,374 3,996,448 2,543,961 4,051,468 88,523,452 67,769,892 5,476,827 48,653,036
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 2019
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
Colorado 72,761 10,899 555 61,307 8,473 44,707 19,581 42,263 4,683 311 37,269 23,784
1 15,314 3,072 105 12,137 1,539 8,495 5,280 8,889 1,423 55 7,411 4,872
2 4,715 654 38 4,023 470 3,099 1,146 2,700 279 20 2,402 1,581
3 14,106 1,236 107 12,763 1,427 9,524 3,155 8,032 347 60 7,626 5,237
4 9,043 1,100 60 7,883 994 5,826 2,223 5,178 410 36 4,733 3,187
5 10,867 1,038 94 9,735 1,587 7,247 2,033 6,360 371 52 5,937 3,582
6 9,225 2,330 80 6,815 1,205 4,826 3,194 5,496 1,197 46 4,253 2,469
7 9,491 1,469 71 7,951 1,251 5,690 2,550 5,608 657 42 4,909 2,856
All areas b 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228 4,815,717 524,357 41,163 4,250,196 2,682,082
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.