Congressional Statistics, December 2021

Minnesota

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
Minnesota 1,082,519 829,789 114,022 52,033 30,094 56,581 1,756,202 1,444,723 84,308 873,925
1 143,490 110,724 14,478 7,298 3,830 7,160 221,743 182,768 11,311 116,948
2 123,768 96,064 11,909 5,681 3,604 6,510 212,972 176,567 9,864 101,274
3 131,372 104,891 9,957 6,034 4,661 5,829 241,230 205,142 11,161 112,089
4 122,217 92,593 13,605 5,324 3,589 7,106 208,614 172,087 9,216 97,864
5 97,886 72,644 12,948 4,013 2,498 5,783 161,087 131,374 6,682 77,020
6 124,757 95,054 13,835 5,685 3,133 7,050 205,780 167,596 9,409 98,800
7 160,310 122,282 16,544 8,972 4,216 8,296 233,682 190,388 12,895 129,584
8 178,719 135,537 20,746 9,026 4,563 8,847 271,094 218,801 13,770 140,346
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
Minnesota 89,434 10,969 709 77,756 10,390 54,387 24,657 55,564 5,824 444 49,296 25,621
1 9,146 1,041 82 8,023 1,258 5,718 2,170 5,623 471 49 5,103 3,136
2 6,946 1,038 63 5,845 884 4,162 1,900 4,201 539 36 3,626 1,861
3 7,308 1,469 52 5,787 810 3,926 2,572 4,600 845 29 3,726 1,722
4 16,853 2,168 137 14,548 1,717 9,691 5,445 10,844 1,289 88 9,467 3,839
5 20,305 3,116 168 17,021 2,312 11,171 6,822 13,137 1,869 115 11,153 4,844
6 7,168 674 61 6,433 985 4,710 1,473 4,516 340 37 4,139 1,908
7 9,776 782 81 8,913 1,208 6,539 2,029 5,572 272 49 5,251 3,770
8 11,932 681 65 11,186 1,216 8,470 2,246 7,071 199 42 6,830 4,541
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.