Congressional Statistics, December 2019

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 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
New Jersey 1,646,792 1,207,715 186,881 92,329 64,590 95,277 2,539,495 2,008,212 141,206 1,303,247
1 146,008 99,585 22,574 8,777 4,502 10,570 216,372 161,600 12,990 107,375
2 169,971 121,353 23,700 9,361 4,508 11,049 251,311 193,624 13,926 127,699
3 176,898 130,981 20,414 10,193 5,473 9,837 278,974 220,178 16,026 139,784
4 164,779 125,634 15,284 9,942 6,224 7,695 266,911 215,452 16,030 135,856
5 141,491 108,755 11,353 7,704 6,704 6,975 236,980 194,367 12,781 118,422
6 119,393 85,338 15,142 6,909 4,958 7,046 181,344 139,659 10,476 92,310
7 129,821 99,641 10,381 7,050 6,276 6,473 221,818 181,455 11,902 108,897
8 92,003 62,861 13,357 5,184 4,285 6,316 110,287 81,541 6,203 68,278
9 124,078 90,835 13,487 6,940 6,050 6,766 174,469 138,316 9,686 98,559
10 110,302 74,383 17,362 5,843 3,477 9,237 147,067 109,594 7,587 79,402
11 140,711 110,731 9,605 7,655 6,759 5,961 242,946 202,760 12,939 121,206
12 131,337 97,618 14,222 6,771 5,374 7,352 211,015 169,665 10,660 105,459
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
New Jersey 178,009 36,758 859 140,392 23,910 92,597 61,502 102,811 16,047 470 86,294 57,097
1 20,165 1,946 106 18,113 2,982 12,460 4,723 12,452 826 57 11,569 5,999
2 18,309 1,838 69 16,402 2,925 11,336 4,048 11,082 689 37 10,356 6,077
3 10,037 1,101 43 8,893 1,478 6,477 2,082 5,796 425 25 5,346 3,161
4 7,992 1,293 33 6,666 1,066 4,641 2,285 4,568 523 15 4,030 2,567
5 8,618 2,783 37 5,798 686 4,049 3,883 4,536 1,230 19 3,287 2,550
6 13,480 4,160 64 9,256 1,544 6,045 5,891 7,427 1,871 32 5,525 4,267
7 6,111 1,630 35 4,446 545 3,294 2,272 3,330 730 18 2,582 1,782
8 25,339 6,249 101 18,989 3,355 10,974 11,010 14,257 2,604 52 11,602 9,484
9 18,434 5,511 91 12,832 2,497 7,520 8,417 10,333 2,512 55 7,766 6,514
10 27,975 4,546 173 23,256 4,266 15,102 8,607 16,785 1,957 101 14,727 8,572
11 6,427 2,273 27 4,127 422 2,924 3,081 3,309 1,056 15 2,238 1,772
12 15,122 3,428 80 11,614 2,144 7,775 5,203 8,934 1,623 45 7,266 4,352
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.