Congressional Statistics, December 2015

Minnesota

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 2015
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
Minnesota 979,776 698,101 126,390 60,464 34,290 60,531 1,255,533 966,385 79,692 737,639
1 133,212 96,282 15,618 8,920 4,718 7,674 163,412 126,824 11,387 102,841
2 105,456 76,741 12,305 6,041 3,554 6,815 143,394 111,989 8,542 80,182
3 114,870 86,490 11,181 6,623 4,679 5,897 165,572 133,306 9,953 92,275
4 111,310 77,683 15,958 6,254 3,753 7,662 149,363 114,223 8,874 81,782
5 95,802 64,621 16,579 5,122 2,799 6,681 123,933 92,671 7,062 68,640
6 105,821 74,652 14,561 5,897 3,209 7,502 138,077 104,928 7,845 76,972
7 150,167 106,895 17,452 11,255 5,786 8,779 173,186 132,588 13,143 115,729
8 163,138 114,737 22,736 10,352 5,792 9,521 198,596 149,855 12,886 119,218
All areas c 59,963,425 40,089,061 8,909,430 4,190,676 2,477,567 4,296,691 73,642,029 53,790,278 5,194,659 43,243,199
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 2015
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
Minnesota 94,146 10,710 722 82,714 53,418 5,083 410 47,925 27,389 21,264
1 9,087 1,005 74 8,008 4,787 383 40 4,363 3,353 1,929
2 6,959 945 66 5,948 3,899 458 35 3,405 1,878 1,616
3 7,133 1,338 57 5,738 4,135 693 33 3,409 1,754 2,263
4 18,199 2,172 148 15,879 10,995 1,175 89 9,732 4,071 4,733
5 22,677 3,022 164 19,491 13,733 1,696 101 11,936 5,157 5,828
6 6,864 625 65 6,174 3,863 264 37 3,562 1,979 1,111
7 10,348 931 73 9,344 5,135 254 36 4,845 4,243 1,907
8 12,879 672 75 12,132 6,873 161 39 6,673 4,954 1,877
All areas b 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 2,731,528 2,153,849
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.