Congressional Statistics, December 2022

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 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
Massachusetts 1,306,185 966,118 166,264 61,975 35,690 76,138 2,303,138 1,845,603 107,968 1,042,562
1 170,840 118,100 27,732 8,577 4,112 12,319 275,944 210,537 13,700 127,669
2 145,095 104,920 20,946 6,851 3,413 8,965 247,184 193,437 11,582 112,522
3 138,887 98,216 20,654 6,675 3,911 9,431 239,684 186,341 11,357 106,085
4 141,571 106,732 15,788 6,644 4,075 8,332 268,194 218,243 12,353 115,445
5 121,865 95,165 11,250 5,716 4,228 5,506 235,832 197,551 10,696 103,909
6 155,776 120,182 15,905 7,724 4,443 7,522 291,417 239,834 14,403 129,857
7 91,441 63,312 15,191 3,684 2,805 6,449 137,402 104,745 5,433 68,605
8 139,283 104,036 16,726 6,709 3,757 8,055 248,480 199,522 11,953 112,430
9 201,427 155,455 22,072 9,395 4,946 9,559 359,001 295,394 16,492 166,040
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
Massachusetts 168,163 24,844 1,904 141,415 18,228 93,186 56,749 104,876 12,791 1,123 90,962 50,726
1 34,589 1,995 363 32,231 5,404 21,376 7,809 22,487 860 228 21,398 10,294
2 18,484 1,857 223 16,404 2,167 11,242 5,075 11,761 946 133 10,682 5,259
3 20,994 2,782 252 17,960 2,377 11,577 7,040 13,050 1,443 144 11,463 6,463
4 10,415 1,649 142 8,624 1,012 6,182 3,221 6,324 833 81 5,410 2,979
5 10,770 3,016 133 7,621 721 4,914 5,135 6,355 1,629 74 4,651 3,169
6 12,716 2,087 162 10,467 1,016 6,979 4,721 7,768 1,096 93 6,579 3,830
7 30,074 7,027 292 22,755 2,676 13,281 14,117 18,946 3,889 172 14,884 8,815
8 13,925 3,342 157 10,426 1,073 7,058 5,794 8,204 1,675 88 6,441 4,364
9 16,196 1,089 180 14,927 1,782 10,577 3,837 9,981 418 108 9,454 5,553
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.