Congressional Statistics, December 2022

Iowa

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 2022
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
Iowa 677,020 516,300 73,109 36,905 14,768 35,938 1,161,578 949,491 63,561 544,423
1 174,430 133,691 18,370 9,523 3,993 8,853 299,075 245,428 16,472 140,951
2 169,614 128,518 19,134 9,044 3,802 9,116 289,005 235,259 15,479 134,861
3 161,093 122,070 18,606 8,230 3,027 9,160 285,173 232,706 14,417 127,707
4 171,883 132,021 16,999 10,108 3,946 8,809 288,325 236,099 17,194 140,904
All areas c 65,994,457 48,587,883 7,604,098 3,840,827 2,113,864 3,847,785 111,421,667 88,679,497 6,324,926 52,052,807
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 2022
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
Iowa 49,429 2,987 597 45,845 7,789 33,243 8,397 31,444 1,185 351 29,908 16,658
1 12,397 659 149 11,589 2,052 8,400 1,945 7,961 252 90 7,619 4,222
2 14,704 834 149 13,721 2,485 9,790 2,429 9,452 297 91 9,064 4,831
3 12,926 982 183 11,761 1,924 8,481 2,521 8,328 460 107 7,761 4,115
4 9,402 512 116 8,774 1,328 6,572 1,502 5,704 177 63 5,464 3,490
All areas b 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324 4,910,154 569,774 43,223 4,297,157 2,530,634
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.