Congressional Statistics, December 2022

Pennsylvania

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
Pennsylvania 2,898,240 2,135,246 356,858 167,698 77,752 160,686 5,085,579 4,045,266 292,805 2,288,413
1 160,216 124,465 15,642 8,441 4,308 7,360 319,964 264,519 16,656 133,229
2 111,215 69,332 22,156 6,837 2,977 9,913 160,287 110,374 9,887 76,451
3 121,515 84,093 20,442 6,457 2,154 8,369 193,838 148,084 9,652 90,470
4 150,943 118,877 13,156 7,709 3,966 7,235 308,660 258,582 15,619 127,437
5 136,256 99,925 16,323 7,760 3,743 8,505 254,314 202,775 14,349 108,453
6 142,213 109,185 14,001 7,336 4,430 7,261 278,567 230,981 14,050 117,491
7 166,826 123,688 20,639 8,892 4,180 9,427 298,818 239,432 15,774 131,563
8 176,555 125,078 26,063 9,665 3,810 11,939 293,615 224,048 16,057 132,638
9 178,738 132,639 23,042 9,864 3,989 9,204 305,543 241,913 16,517 140,108
10 162,027 122,461 19,332 8,069 3,433 8,732 287,495 233,714 14,382 128,297
11 164,294 127,196 17,243 8,156 4,195 7,504 301,013 248,428 15,019 134,634
12 169,404 126,111 20,040 9,671 4,551 9,031 278,548 221,856 15,960 133,424
13 184,293 135,625 22,706 11,303 5,367 9,292 301,413 237,460 18,574 145,312
14 188,994 136,463 22,312 13,770 6,756 9,693 325,953 254,210 23,787 149,832
15 186,235 132,899 24,381 12,269 6,216 10,470 302,582 232,995 20,394 142,946
16 178,192 127,680 23,584 11,168 4,995 10,765 297,441 231,547 19,230 136,926
17 170,957 129,836 16,971 10,967 5,043 8,140 317,672 257,698 20,458 140,417
18 149,367 109,693 18,825 9,364 3,639 7,846 259,858 206,650 16,441 118,785
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
Pennsylvania 328,915 25,652 2,106 301,157 51,249 197,538 80,128 216,163 12,271 1,334 202,558 94,195
1 8,092 1,385 65 6,642 927 4,443 2,722 5,080 700 36 4,344 2,131
2 41,973 4,463 216 37,294 6,318 22,058 13,597 28,881 2,389 142 26,350 10,081
3 44,771 3,437 282 41,052 6,136 26,036 12,599 30,678 1,657 185 28,836 11,676
4 7,543 897 48 6,598 1,197 4,484 1,862 4,766 445 29 4,292 1,874
5 19,677 2,132 133 17,412 2,970 10,898 5,809 13,097 1,108 87 11,902 4,939
6 12,567 1,194 94 11,279 2,318 7,342 2,907 8,297 540 61 7,696 3,695
7 16,012 1,638 118 14,256 2,865 9,059 4,088 10,025 740 77 9,208 5,023
8 19,295 1,490 122 17,683 3,668 11,590 4,037 12,358 599 75 11,684 6,037
9 13,053 821 88 12,144 2,230 8,357 2,466 8,364 331 53 7,980 4,070
10 16,595 1,758 157 14,680 3,072 9,511 4,012 10,978 1,005 107 9,866 4,211
11 10,433 780 64 9,589 2,011 6,271 2,151 6,683 402 40 6,241 2,971
12 13,625 579 91 12,955 2,012 9,170 2,443 8,573 192 52 8,329 4,505
13 15,253 725 78 14,450 2,353 10,038 2,862 9,829 261 48 9,520 4,977
14 18,944 780 113 18,051 2,543 12,495 3,906 12,320 302 71 11,946 5,886
15 16,611 602 83 15,926 2,202 11,445 2,964 10,522 214 53 10,255 5,823
16 20,739 775 132 19,832 3,374 13,680 3,685 13,631 338 85 13,208 6,511
17 12,462 734 83 11,645 1,894 8,025 2,543 8,049 299 45 7,705 3,780
18 21,270 1,462 139 19,669 3,159 12,636 5,475 14,032 747 89 13,196 6,005
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.