Congressional Statistics, December 2016

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 2016
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 1,597,052 1,137,556 199,405 97,678 61,337 101,076 2,225,451 1,712,466 136,441 1,224,654
1 142,195 93,276 23,744 9,546 4,493 11,136 189,458 136,666 12,779 100,547
2 164,599 113,780 24,932 9,749 4,519 11,619 220,080 164,586 13,192 119,358
3 171,221 123,279 21,274 10,707 5,489 10,472 243,161 186,962 15,237 131,558
4 160,119 119,056 16,408 10,471 5,919 8,265 233,346 183,952 15,232 128,418
5 135,983 102,280 11,986 8,168 6,257 7,292 205,189 164,686 12,394 111,059
6 114,854 79,197 16,243 7,338 4,626 7,450 158,232 117,747 10,217 85,339
7 123,530 92,808 10,891 7,444 5,572 6,815 189,325 151,332 11,360 101,087
8 90,316 59,422 14,652 5,310 4,217 6,715 99,316 71,020 5,920 64,394
9 121,455 86,559 14,798 7,258 5,661 7,179 156,664 121,188 9,473 93,695
10 109,389 70,919 18,958 6,257 3,350 9,905 133,732 96,222 7,571 75,338
11 136,773 105,725 10,295 8,260 6,282 6,211 212,863 174,236 12,707 115,480
12 126,618 91,255 15,224 7,170 4,952 8,017 184,085 143,869 10,358 98,381
All areas c 60,907,307 41,233,126 8,808,736 4,138,134 2,505,754 4,221,557 75,917,962 56,082,551 5,184,802 44,506,717
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 2016
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
New Jersey 182,022 36,662 804 144,556 24,864 97,468 59,690 101,246 15,479 415 85,352 58,186
1 20,286 1,917 101 18,268 3,189 12,756 4,341 11,953 769 50 11,134 6,251
2 18,606 1,812 68 16,726 2,921 11,903 3,782 10,797 652 33 10,112 6,286
3 9,096 1,011 43 8,042 1,341 5,995 1,760 4,990 368 22 4,599 2,969
4 10,277 1,579 48 8,650 1,341 6,173 2,763 5,605 612 26 4,968 3,371
5 8,538 2,804 38 5,696 677 4,063 3,798 4,236 1,217 15 3,004 2,447
6 12,449 3,844 46 8,559 1,455 5,622 5,372 6,518 1,679 22 4,816 3,921
7 6,290 1,695 35 4,560 567 3,434 2,289 3,191 742 16 2,433 1,823
8 26,266 6,284 103 19,879 3,523 11,856 10,887 14,524 2,533 53 11,939 9,531
9 20,028 5,787 82 14,159 2,786 8,548 8,694 10,649 2,551 43 8,055 6,917
10 29,280 4,485 158 24,637 4,507 16,440 8,333 17,242 1,867 88 15,287 8,798
11 6,328 2,191 19 4,118 495 2,921 2,912 3,099 1,006 8 2,085 1,714
12 14,578 3,253 63 11,262 2,062 7,757 4,759 8,443 1,484 38 6,921 4,158
All areas b 8,251,161 1,164,589 68,344 7,018,228 1,213,079 4,845,735 2,192,347 4,740,264 501,520 39,380 4,199,364 2,721,951
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.