Congressional Statistics, December 2019

Massachusetts

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 2019
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
Massachusetts 1,287,830 901,679 188,851 66,711 46,031 84,558 1,838,077 1,404,228 96,075 984,789
1 169,963 111,051 30,860 9,155 5,235 13,662 223,385 162,468 12,165 120,821
2 140,743 96,078 23,180 7,251 4,352 9,882 194,895 145,078 10,152 104,306
3 135,234 89,954 23,224 6,975 4,785 10,296 189,512 139,796 9,827 98,188
4 138,460 99,268 17,613 6,994 5,512 9,073 211,591 164,630 10,785 108,877
5 121,949 90,732 12,954 6,395 5,714 6,154 190,564 152,988 9,888 100,987
6 153,639 112,353 18,430 8,458 5,906 8,492 232,000 182,220 12,954 123,351
7 92,548 59,959 18,079 4,041 3,185 7,284 113,856 81,843 4,980 65,350
8 138,917 98,224 19,366 7,448 4,873 9,006 200,902 153,711 10,931 107,554
9 196,377 144,060 25,145 9,994 6,469 10,709 281,372 221,493 14,393 155,355
All areas c 64,064,496 45,094,245 8,378,374 3,996,448 2,543,961 4,051,468 88,523,452 67,769,892 5,476,827 48,653,036
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 2019
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
Massachusetts 182,701 24,812 2,135 155,754 21,273 106,438 54,990 104,169 11,618 1,119 91,432 54,619
1 36,983 2,064 421 34,498 6,013 23,667 7,303 21,873 811 228 20,833 11,246
2 19,836 1,816 247 17,773 2,505 12,627 4,704 11,579 838 134 10,607 5,605
3 23,356 2,770 279 20,307 2,971 13,509 6,876 13,380 1,302 136 11,942 7,071
4 10,934 1,531 154 9,249 1,173 6,769 2,992 6,041 692 81 5,267 3,178
5 10,599 2,818 149 7,632 790 5,142 4,667 5,757 1,380 76 4,302 2,987
6 13,668 2,000 174 11,494 1,195 7,935 4,538 7,613 980 92 6,542 4,084
7 32,555 7,145 320 25,090 3,016 15,592 13,947 18,680 3,616 166 14,899 9,441
8 16,341 3,510 185 12,646 1,416 8,666 6,259 8,894 1,623 96 7,175 4,814
9 18,429 1,158 206 17,065 2,194 12,531 3,704 10,352 378 110 9,864 6,193
All areas b 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228 4,815,717 524,357 41,163 4,250,196 2,682,082
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.