Congressional Statistics, December 2018

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 2018
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 1,625,600 1,181,229 191,337 93,584 62,642 96,808 2,436,037 1,909,809 139,589 1,272,904
1 144,508 97,181 23,051 9,027 4,449 10,800 207,724 153,248 12,974 104,853
2 167,816 118,601 24,119 9,423 4,452 11,221 241,186 184,162 13,681 124,676
3 174,605 128,202 20,773 10,293 5,397 9,940 267,525 209,455 15,758 136,778
4 162,272 122,785 15,620 10,003 6,054 7,810 255,284 204,505 15,666 132,589
5 139,056 106,224 11,593 7,856 6,371 7,012 226,103 184,175 12,709 115,458
6 117,903 83,345 15,532 7,027 4,827 7,172 174,152 132,713 10,417 89,887
7 127,337 97,160 10,555 7,134 5,990 6,498 211,112 171,481 11,750 105,941
8 91,058 61,453 13,765 5,199 4,224 6,417 106,513 77,899 6,087 66,608
9 122,791 89,179 13,889 7,044 5,838 6,841 168,762 132,774 9,685 96,663
10 110,124 73,234 18,035 5,911 3,404 9,540 143,203 105,525 7,518 77,869
11 138,634 108,478 9,819 7,833 6,480 6,024 232,295 192,705 12,849 118,694
12 129,496 95,387 14,586 6,834 5,156 7,533 202,179 161,167 10,497 102,888
All areas c 62,906,222 43,721,450 8,537,332 4,029,669 2,510,248 4,107,523 84,419,840 63,890,793 5,383,982 47,159,080
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 2018
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 179,808 37,049 845 141,914 24,207 94,300 61,301 103,300 15,801 452 87,047 58,069
1 20,290 1,963 105 18,222 3,063 12,639 4,588 12,854 799 58 11,998 6,179
2 18,370 1,845 72 16,453 2,947 11,458 3,965 11,177 672 40 10,464 6,181
3 9,900 1,114 49 8,737 1,411 6,417 2,072 5,722 415 25 5,282 3,255
4 8,007 1,292 35 6,680 1,047 4,691 2,269 4,436 505 20 3,911 2,591
5 8,666 2,828 34 5,804 692 4,070 3,904 4,405 1,233 17 3,155 2,513
6 13,497 4,165 55 9,277 1,496 6,128 5,873 7,300 1,819 26 5,455 4,320
7 6,123 1,663 34 4,426 528 3,316 2,279 3,248 732 15 2,501 1,811
8 25,345 6,155 101 19,089 3,360 11,146 10,839 14,064 2,498 51 11,516 9,436
9 19,444 5,783 92 13,569 2,632 8,030 8,782 10,722 2,572 48 8,103 6,910
10 28,446 4,548 168 23,730 4,360 15,538 8,548 16,928 1,917 100 14,912 8,710
11 6,487 2,307 24 4,156 445 2,960 3,082 3,278 1,068 12 2,197 1,765
12 15,233 3,386 76 11,771 2,226 7,907 5,100 9,165 1,571 40 7,554 4,398
All areas b 8,128,652 1,169,087 68,654 6,890,911 1,148,038 4,714,234 2,266,380 4,772,179 512,711 40,240 4,219,228 2,715,318
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.