Congressional Statistics, December 2020

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 2020
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 1,294,623 921,297 182,588 64,784 43,311 82,643 1,907,083 1,479,198 95,689 1,001,823
1 170,503 113,165 30,170 8,893 4,900 13,375 230,736 170,270 12,042 122,887
2 142,507 98,885 22,653 7,043 4,142 9,784 203,148 153,564 10,098 106,838
3 136,691 92,642 22,557 6,853 4,530 10,109 197,563 148,167 9,897 100,683
4 139,396 101,474 17,058 6,833 5,205 8,826 220,080 173,875 10,760 110,810
5 121,935 92,017 12,482 6,141 5,302 5,993 196,850 160,147 9,753 101,694
6 153,863 114,517 17,537 8,182 5,512 8,115 240,299 191,749 12,919 124,985
7 92,255 60,935 17,221 3,940 3,065 7,094 116,811 85,519 4,985 66,304
8 138,752 99,720 18,471 7,157 4,552 8,852 207,089 160,899 10,797 108,610
9 198,721 147,942 24,439 9,742 6,103 10,495 294,506 235,009 14,439 159,012
All areas c 64,850,867 46,329,595 8,151,016 3,938,577 2,428,044 4,003,635 92,197,039 71,539,916 5,523,900 49,826,655
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 2020
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 179,322 24,328 2,079 152,915 20,936 103,314 55,072 103,892 11,641 1,111 91,139 53,572
1 36,730 2,004 415 34,311 6,025 23,282 7,423 22,273 808 234 21,231 11,030
2 19,596 1,808 241 17,547 2,468 12,307 4,821 11,604 870 131 10,604 5,548
3 22,933 2,783 285 19,865 2,871 13,134 6,928 13,399 1,354 141 11,904 6,892
4 10,826 1,532 149 9,145 1,159 6,633 3,034 6,030 710 82 5,238 3,169
5 10,426 2,741 146 7,539 787 5,031 4,608 5,695 1,358 76 4,262 2,950
6 13,363 1,965 163 11,235 1,159 7,669 4,535 7,536 982 85 6,470 3,978
7 33,002 7,192 314 25,496 3,118 15,461 14,423 19,133 3,700 171 15,262 9,503
8 14,537 3,197 164 11,176 1,220 7,738 5,579 7,981 1,484 85 6,412 4,461
9 17,909 1,106 202 16,601 2,129 12,059 3,721 10,240 376 107 9,756 6,041
All areas b 7,959,766 1,136,162 67,738 6,755,866 1,108,612 4,556,131 2,295,023 4,797,688 522,078 41,062 4,234,549 2,640,704
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.