Congressional Statistics, December 2016

West Virginia

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
West Virginia 470,240 272,938 89,508 43,086 26,051 38,657 565,260 366,645 52,586 313,290
1 151,296 94,517 24,107 13,964 8,502 10,206 184,204 127,031 17,549 107,126
2 150,464 92,579 27,152 12,159 6,965 11,609 182,860 124,728 14,921 102,376
3 168,480 85,842 38,249 16,963 10,584 16,842 198,195 114,886 20,117 103,788
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
West Virginia 74,665 2,381 467 71,817 7,912 54,751 12,002 41,603 653 243 40,707 24,244
1 20,994 712 151 20,131 2,613 15,170 3,211 11,514 193 79 11,243 6,869
2 19,273 772 138 18,363 2,373 13,722 3,178 10,614 223 73 10,318 6,634
3 34,398 897 178 33,323 2,926 25,859 5,613 19,475 238 90 19,147 10,741
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.