Congressional Statistics, December 2021

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 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
Washington 1,413,306 1,068,554 151,348 73,354 50,269 69,781 2,303,623 1,872,199 119,523 1,143,754
1 124,961 97,485 10,312 6,549 5,426 5,189 216,303 179,734 11,226 105,360
2 149,093 115,182 14,482 7,514 5,400 6,515 246,186 203,095 12,403 123,154
3 169,403 126,277 19,594 9,230 5,833 8,469 271,697 217,249 14,958 134,781
4 134,236 98,198 17,009 6,949 4,248 7,832 204,195 162,074 10,604 104,248
5 165,572 120,268 21,815 8,736 5,253 9,500 253,988 200,256 13,712 128,071
6 180,652 138,766 18,654 9,356 6,112 7,764 287,836 235,675 14,847 147,811
7 110,301 88,093 8,988 4,990 4,372 3,858 200,497 170,916 8,895 95,481
8 127,157 97,652 12,501 6,480 4,484 6,040 215,120 175,949 10,985 103,562
9 105,343 81,029 9,841 5,188 4,357 4,928 174,716 144,429 8,639 87,657
10 146,588 105,604 18,152 8,362 4,784 9,686 233,086 182,820 13,255 113,629
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
Washington 141,346 17,261 864 123,221 14,428 87,280 39,638 89,032 8,693 524 79,814 40,903
1 7,128 1,227 40 5,861 640 4,192 2,296 4,512 612 23 3,878 2,002
2 13,360 2,025 74 11,261 1,108 8,061 4,191 8,375 1,041 38 7,296 3,982
3 16,243 1,310 119 14,814 1,756 10,800 3,687 10,412 649 71 9,692 4,701
4 16,353 1,246 94 15,013 2,847 10,131 3,375 10,143 493 59 9,591 4,963
5 19,010 1,010 85 17,915 2,155 13,261 3,594 12,080 438 45 11,597 5,864
6 15,951 1,140 92 14,719 1,278 10,992 3,681 9,928 532 58 9,338 4,948
7 11,894 2,417 68 9,409 576 6,356 4,962 7,418 1,309 41 6,068 3,457
8 10,356 1,591 72 8,693 1,151 6,094 3,111 6,602 854 48 5,700 2,612
9 14,629 3,959 101 10,569 1,077 6,597 6,955 9,121 2,116 64 6,940 3,762
10 16,422 1,336 119 14,967 1,840 10,796 3,786 10,439 649 77 9,714 4,612
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.