Congressional Statistics, December 2014

New Jersey

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 2014
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
New Jersey 1,568,016 1,100,899 203,208 101,724 57,327 104,858 2,134,807 1,620,508 139,346 1,180,551
1 139,217 89,777 23,888 9,988 4,380 11,184 181,199 128,425 13,118 96,636
2 160,469 109,081 25,069 10,106 4,470 11,743 209,530 154,278 13,412 114,306
3 168,148 119,763 21,315 11,239 5,322 10,509 232,522 176,529 15,623 127,572
4 155,525 114,402 16,656 10,689 5,477 8,301 221,034 172,292 15,229 122,718
5 132,629 99,175 12,130 8,495 5,597 7,232 195,873 156,074 12,567 107,103
6 112,773 76,509 16,541 7,604 4,346 7,773 152,365 111,723 10,393 81,987
7 120,976 90,328 10,920 7,769 5,046 6,913 180,780 143,378 11,625 97,586
8 89,479 57,411 15,522 5,562 4,041 6,943 97,080 67,914 6,105 62,194
9 118,629 83,354 15,152 7,442 5,294 7,387 150,800 115,188 9,644 89,939
10 106,972 67,870 19,366 6,423 3,119 10,194 128,574 90,706 7,647 71,705
11 135,722 104,129 10,683 8,784 5,743 6,383 205,818 167,060 13,254 112,982
12 127,477 89,100 15,966 7,623 4,492 10,296 179,233 136,938 10,730 95,823
All areas c 59,007,158 39,008,771 8,954,518 4,236,220 2,452,435 4,355,214 71,693,353 51,826,267 5,212,795 42,084,088
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 2014
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
New Jersey 181,606 35,697 759 145,150 100,791 15,011 375 85,405 57,868 57,343
1 20,225 1,866 97 18,262 11,893 728 47 11,118 6,225 4,059
2 17,894 1,714 65 16,115 10,238 607 31 9,600 6,239 3,514
3 9,728 1,074 48 8,606 5,401 382 25 4,994 3,197 1,861
4 9,037 1,395 36 7,606 4,886 529 15 4,342 2,999 2,351
5 8,142 2,653 30 5,459 4,124 1,156 14 2,954 2,380 3,562
6 12,528 3,727 41 8,760 6,492 1,602 19 4,871 4,004 5,184
7 6,011 1,584 30 4,397 3,120 681 14 2,426 1,777 2,159
8 25,795 5,991 103 19,701 13,952 2,429 47 11,476 9,192 10,352
9 19,384 5,498 84 13,802 10,701 2,448 40 8,214 6,647 8,120
10 31,371 4,809 148 26,414 18,358 2,003 84 16,271 9,212 8,600
11 6,655 2,217 28 4,410 3,191 1,012 11 2,168 1,761 2,986
12 14,836 3,169 49 11,618 8,432 1,433 29 6,971 4,235 4,595
All areas b 8,335,704 1,151,940 67,383 7,116,381 4,686,279 484,313 37,911 4,164,055 2,749,128 2,122,871
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.