Congressional Statistics, December 2020

Colorado

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 2020
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
Colorado 915,854 690,452 92,314 50,037 36,420 46,631 1,344,596 1,083,507 73,509 740,504
1 108,255 81,141 12,247 5,645 4,061 5,161 159,816 128,910 8,370 87,279
2 132,772 106,160 8,959 6,496 6,524 4,633 211,111 178,170 10,278 114,347
3 165,127 123,607 18,123 9,288 5,684 8,425 223,613 177,601 12,746 131,039
4 135,705 101,419 13,520 7,838 5,473 7,455 198,618 158,991 11,366 109,373
5 141,741 102,489 16,641 8,110 5,734 8,767 198,076 154,017 11,522 109,493
6 111,918 85,158 10,057 5,904 4,693 6,106 174,319 142,280 9,121 91,850
7 120,336 90,478 12,767 6,756 4,251 6,084 179,044 143,538 10,106 97,123
All areas c 64,850,867 46,329,595 8,151,016 3,938,577 2,428,044 4,003,635 92,197,039 71,539,916 5,523,900 49,826,655
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 2020
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
Colorado 71,971 10,751 556 60,664 8,305 43,887 19,779 42,220 4,692 348 37,180 23,581
1 14,736 2,924 102 11,710 1,562 8,034 5,140 8,745 1,380 55 7,310 4,709
2 4,776 652 42 4,082 441 3,125 1,210 2,735 288 23 2,425 1,613
3 14,006 1,253 102 12,651 1,377 9,353 3,276 7,967 364 60 7,542 5,201
4 8,935 1,095 64 7,776 988 5,695 2,252 5,125 417 42 4,665 3,129
5 10,826 1,060 92 9,674 1,564 7,149 2,113 6,415 382 59 5,975 3,588
6 9,376 2,343 78 6,955 1,189 4,934 3,253 5,626 1,202 59 4,365 2,561
7 9,316 1,424 76 7,816 1,184 5,597 2,535 5,607 659 51 4,898 2,780
All areas b 7,959,766 1,136,162 67,738 6,755,866 1,108,612 4,556,131 2,295,023 4,797,688 522,078 41,062 4,234,549 2,640,704
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.