Congressional Statistics, December 2021

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 2021
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 925,084 709,963 87,507 49,249 33,280 45,085 1,467,937 1,200,924 77,670 758,911
1 108,535 82,767 11,478 5,523 3,709 5,058 173,032 141,713 8,761 88,683
2 135,384 109,999 8,557 6,410 5,891 4,527 232,998 199,328 10,906 117,987
3 166,646 127,270 17,104 8,988 5,238 8,046 243,604 196,921 13,242 134,567
4 138,406 105,174 13,142 7,828 5,050 7,212 219,251 177,946 12,146 112,906
5 142,299 104,908 15,702 7,981 5,303 8,405 214,789 169,716 12,175 111,906
6 113,458 87,759 9,587 5,874 4,251 5,987 191,040 157,984 9,798 94,248
7 120,356 92,086 11,937 6,645 3,838 5,850 193,223 157,317 10,643 98,614
All areas c 65,228,238 47,292,977 7,877,129 3,888,166 2,261,928 3,908,038 99,804,910 78,413,357 5,833,092 50,795,566
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 2021
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 69,926 10,770 547 58,609 7,655 42,189 20,082 41,700 4,773 315 36,612 23,110
1 14,480 2,946 110 11,424 1,460 7,804 5,216 8,741 1,411 60 7,271 4,702
2 4,588 679 40 3,869 407 2,931 1,250 2,704 294 21 2,389 1,612
3 13,554 1,272 100 12,182 1,265 8,918 3,371 7,992 381 57 7,555 5,072
4 8,693 1,099 61 7,533 907 5,508 2,278 5,112 419 38 4,654 3,038
5 10,483 1,071 89 9,323 1,456 6,872 2,155 6,216 406 53 5,757 3,444
6 9,135 2,316 67 6,752 1,104 4,759 3,272 5,555 1,210 39 4,305 2,498
7 8,993 1,387 80 7,526 1,056 5,397 2,540 5,379 652 46 4,681 2,744
All areas b 7,695,900 1,115,723 65,587 6,514,590 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853 4,703,458 521,509 40,636 4,141,312 2,561,072
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.