Congressional Statistics, December 2019

Pennsylvania

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
Pennsylvania 2,861,155 2,013,791 390,626 182,826 101,641 172,271 4,101,737 3,138,087 264,896 2,179,223
1 155,024 115,016 17,048 8,889 6,127 7,944 251,124 199,717 14,515 124,902
2 115,707 67,918 25,552 7,613 3,481 11,143 139,068 91,141 9,373 74,666
3 125,666 82,612 23,536 7,368 2,851 9,299 164,547 120,168 9,196 88,628
4 146,079 110,086 14,166 8,287 5,881 7,659 241,788 195,251 13,807 120,122
5 135,503 94,330 18,205 8,675 5,115 9,178 205,508 156,615 13,293 103,921
6 137,552 100,550 15,214 7,821 6,093 7,874 217,054 172,941 12,408 110,091
7 163,840 116,269 22,456 9,559 5,366 10,190 239,661 185,316 14,025 124,283
8 175,840 120,232 27,971 10,457 4,643 12,537 240,435 177,733 14,381 127,724
9 175,512 126,144 24,219 10,523 4,993 9,633 246,272 189,420 14,649 133,898
10 158,360 114,613 20,981 8,735 4,701 9,330 229,377 179,583 12,902 121,383
11 159,277 118,035 19,099 8,524 5,704 7,915 237,294 188,763 12,935 126,220
12 166,634 119,298 21,626 10,332 5,669 9,709 225,456 173,915 14,191 126,845
13 181,133 128,078 24,470 12,098 6,624 9,863 242,804 184,885 16,512 138,076
14 186,705 128,406 24,299 15,339 8,506 10,155 264,633 198,001 21,996 143,120
15 183,314 125,027 26,155 13,310 7,643 11,179 245,805 182,346 18,512 135,861
16 175,004 119,639 25,583 12,115 6,412 11,255 240,323 179,972 17,366 129,571
17 169,455 122,650 18,779 12,294 6,830 8,902 256,206 199,343 19,015 135,069
18 150,550 104,888 21,267 10,887 5,002 8,506 214,382 162,978 15,820 114,843
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
Pennsylvania 354,037 24,899 2,128 327,010 59,725 220,528 73,784 215,211 10,704 1,232 203,275 101,066
1 8,340 1,302 69 6,969 1,012 4,757 2,571 4,836 605 42 4,189 2,148
2 46,928 4,474 213 42,241 7,837 25,943 13,148 30,192 2,239 126 27,827 10,854
3 49,046 3,485 307 45,254 7,382 30,230 11,434 31,361 1,488 187 29,685 12,468
4 7,655 825 56 6,774 1,368 4,624 1,663 4,475 372 31 4,072 1,920
5 20,961 2,064 144 18,753 3,499 12,166 5,296 13,080 966 86 12,029 5,255
6 13,235 1,197 81 11,957 2,544 7,934 2,757 7,922 486 53 7,383 4,028
7 17,539 1,560 113 15,866 3,463 10,349 3,727 10,294 637 75 9,582 5,373
8 20,037 1,330 117 18,590 4,090 12,366 3,581 11,801 469 65 11,267 6,278
9 13,323 753 81 12,489 2,393 8,733 2,197 7,796 261 42 7,493 4,242
10 16,956 1,396 136 15,424 3,679 10,131 3,146 10,321 684 70 9,567 4,564
11 11,255 796 64 10,395 2,386 6,821 2,048 6,631 369 34 6,228 3,271
12 14,512 552 88 13,872 2,351 9,875 2,286 8,406 168 48 8,189 4,781
13 16,126 715 83 15,328 2,673 10,823 2,630 9,369 213 41 9,114 5,462
14 20,643 742 111 19,790 2,763 14,220 3,660 12,283 255 63 11,964 6,389
15 18,070 679 86 17,305 2,534 12,673 2,863 10,399 204 54 10,141 6,380
16 22,372 797 152 21,423 3,782 15,245 3,345 13,565 309 94 13,162 6,965
17 13,284 700 92 12,492 2,197 8,813 2,274 7,919 269 46 7,604 4,032
18 23,755 1,532 135 22,088 3,772 14,825 5,158 14,562 711 74 13,777 6,656
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.