Congressional Statistics, December 2021

Connecticut

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 2021
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
Connecticut 699,597 532,298 74,895 35,113 20,087 37,204 1,193,327 975,916 59,686 567,750
1 146,124 111,026 16,193 6,872 3,511 8,522 242,227 198,263 11,237 117,463
2 152,086 116,142 16,705 7,694 3,960 7,585 259,582 211,733 13,165 122,450
3 139,996 105,693 16,546 6,843 3,370 7,544 235,634 191,385 11,466 112,221
4 118,289 91,704 9,275 6,530 5,161 5,619 214,123 178,103 11,815 100,658
5 143,102 107,733 16,176 7,174 4,085 7,934 241,761 196,433 12,004 114,958
All areas c 65,228,238 47,292,977 7,877,129 3,888,166 2,261,928 3,908,038 99,804,910 78,413,357 5,833,092 50,795,566
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 2021
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
Connecticut 65,932 7,407 441 58,084 8,262 39,840 17,830 39,795 3,217 268 36,310 20,564
1 17,003 2,051 116 14,836 2,267 9,669 5,067 10,091 911 72 9,107 5,365
2 9,094 719 52 8,323 1,210 6,003 1,881 5,471 282 33 5,155 2,941
3 14,903 1,363 94 13,446 1,691 9,525 3,687 9,189 596 57 8,536 4,477
4 10,533 1,747 74 8,712 1,224 5,808 3,501 6,357 783 43 5,532 3,265
5 14,399 1,527 105 12,767 1,870 8,835 3,694 8,687 646 62 7,979 4,516
All areas b 7,695,900 1,115,723 65,587 6,514,590 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853 4,703,458 521,509 40,636 4,141,312 2,561,072
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.