Congressional Statistics, December 2020

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 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
New Jersey 1,651,408 1,226,008 180,545 90,535 60,414 93,906 2,622,371 2,096,793 141,766 1,319,660
1 146,367 101,558 21,744 8,524 4,230 10,311 223,296 169,301 12,932 109,097
2 171,366 123,854 23,131 9,227 4,258 10,896 260,370 202,898 14,028 130,467
3 178,334 133,552 19,945 9,973 5,087 9,777 289,434 230,790 16,121 142,053
4 164,394 126,701 14,833 9,561 5,825 7,474 274,691 224,033 15,824 136,457
5 142,565 110,579 11,142 7,558 6,265 7,021 246,031 203,457 12,860 120,028
6 120,065 87,159 14,628 6,791 4,603 6,884 187,718 146,620 10,545 93,952
7 130,872 101,740 10,115 6,870 5,830 6,317 231,069 191,205 11,918 110,585
8 90,559 62,484 12,603 5,208 4,054 6,210 111,475 83,161 6,390 68,179
9 124,167 91,756 13,021 6,896 5,799 6,695 179,132 143,241 9,766 99,745
10 109,903 75,054 16,655 5,774 3,293 9,127 150,176 113,161 7,657 79,871
11 140,299 111,723 9,146 7,479 6,175 5,776 250,145 210,845 13,010 121,595
12 132,517 99,848 13,582 6,674 4,995 7,418 218,833 178,081 10,716 107,631
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
New Jersey 173,226 35,075 854 137,297 23,278 89,973 59,975 100,912 15,697 493 84,722 55,337
1 19,920 1,881 101 17,938 2,963 12,224 4,733 12,299 812 55 11,432 5,856
2 18,114 1,770 74 16,270 2,896 11,168 4,050 11,094 678 41 10,375 5,894
3 9,967 1,083 44 8,840 1,482 6,398 2,087 5,863 430 29 5,404 3,096
4 8,521 1,329 36 7,156 1,115 4,948 2,458 4,870 563 17 4,290 2,787
5 8,462 2,639 36 5,787 664 4,051 3,747 4,519 1,188 18 3,313 2,523
6 12,326 3,863 59 8,404 1,422 5,420 5,484 6,835 1,794 33 5,008 3,870
7 5,962 1,570 34 4,358 530 3,214 2,218 3,213 723 19 2,471 1,726
8 24,186 5,836 101 18,249 3,262 10,372 10,552 13,874 2,494 59 11,321 9,057
9 17,721 5,233 92 12,396 2,340 7,267 8,114 9,966 2,422 52 7,492 6,282
10 27,592 4,577 177 22,838 4,122 14,753 8,717 16,618 2,024 113 14,480 8,431
11 5,588 1,946 24 3,618 365 2,597 2,626 2,912 937 14 1,961 1,537
12 14,867 3,348 76 11,443 2,117 7,561 5,189 8,850 1,633 44 7,174 4,278
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.