Congressional Statistics, December 2006

Virginia

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2006
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)
Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
Virginia 1,161,105 725,945 173,734 107,679 56,034 97,713 1,102,337 750,337 102,469 798,978
1 109,034 72,915 12,214 10,248 5,652 8,005 104,762 75,077 10,080 78,999
2 84,154 53,997 10,340 8,452 4,655 6,710 79,704 55,490 8,276 60,050
3 103,579 59,632 19,277 10,210 3,597 10,863 90,635 57,311 9,031 65,759
4 113,074 67,872 18,351 10,844 4,765 11,242 104,747 68,652 9,964 73,617
5 144,208 90,496 23,413 12,417 5,987 11,895 133,065 91,175 11,080 97,136
6 135,395 87,075 20,181 11,908 5,987 10,244 129,235 90,257 11,576 95,001
7 114,176 76,363 13,730 10,361 5,085 8,637 117,343 84,464 10,861 82,549
8 57,912 41,866 5,162 4,800 2,898 3,186 58,440 44,872 4,886 46,319
9 162,793 80,280 39,410 16,960 9,451 16,692 146,015 79,791 14,844 94,690
10 71,640 49,042 6,863 6,339 3,884 5,512 72,422 53,028 6,546 53,737
11 65,140 46,407 4,793 5,140 4,073 4,727 65,969 50,220 5,324 51,121
All areas e 49,122,624 30,976,145 6,806,918 4,666,962 2,632,069 4,040,530 46,938,032 32,351,857 4,576,981 34,468,217
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
e. 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 2006
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments
(thousands of dollars)
Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
Virginia 139,459 20,529 1,257 117,673 60,222 6,061 519 53,642 50,018 35,030
1 7,945 1,111 89 6,745 3,357 273 33 3,050 2,849 1,867
2 8,790 1,287 99 7,404 3,813 388 39 3,385 2,831 1,987
3 24,007 1,976 229 21,802 11,117 439 99 10,578 7,545 4,122
4 15,701 1,517 142 14,042 6,768 332 54 6,381 5,391 3,007
5 17,610 2,450 116 15,044 7,164 479 46 6,638 7,856 4,556
6 13,100 1,250 136 11,714 5,471 264 56 5,149 5,332 2,585
7 8,504 1,265 97 7,142 3,610 361 40 3,208 3,032 2,099
8 7,178 2,952 57 4,169 3,239 1,242 26 1,970 1,800 3,808
9 24,574 2,010 151 22,413 10,417 378 61 9,976 10,329 5,108
10 5,979 2,000 76 3,903 2,605 761 29 1,814 1,758 2,602
11 6,071 2,711 65 3,295 2,657 1,137 31 1,488 1,295 3,289
All areas b 7,235,583 1,211,681 73,418 5,950,484 3,499,569 453,537 36,296 3,009,734 2,528,975 2,004,476
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent 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.