Congressional Statistics, December 2021

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 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
New Jersey 1,652,973 1,244,222 173,632 89,029 55,433 90,657 2,823,697 2,283,490 149,045 1,337,407
1 146,255 102,993 21,118 8,285 3,893 9,966 239,766 184,126 13,408 110,584
2 172,209 126,266 22,367 9,091 3,934 10,551 281,659 222,087 14,816 133,075
3 178,918 135,710 19,303 9,786 4,669 9,450 312,673 251,980 16,973 144,240
4 164,204 128,188 14,295 9,319 5,212 7,190 295,829 243,895 16,576 137,685
5 143,078 112,569 10,651 7,504 5,690 6,664 265,828 222,356 13,659 121,864
6 120,600 88,991 13,991 6,698 4,331 6,589 202,310 160,141 11,070 95,891
7 131,839 103,972 9,763 6,814 5,161 6,129 251,014 210,159 12,668 112,443
8 89,717 62,736 11,924 5,198 3,870 5,989 118,399 89,282 6,817 68,502
9 123,652 92,575 12,365 6,763 5,459 6,490 190,934 154,259 10,172 100,590
10 108,968 75,358 15,955 5,675 3,091 8,889 159,080 121,006 7,970 80,281
11 140,846 113,524 8,842 7,337 5,544 5,599 270,523 230,315 13,648 123,094
12 132,687 101,340 13,058 6,559 4,579 7,151 235,682 193,885 11,267 109,158
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
New Jersey 167,599 34,247 854 132,498 22,127 85,983 59,489 98,862 15,608 498 82,756 53,874
1 19,156 1,806 105 17,245 2,838 11,607 4,711 11,942 803 58 11,080 5,725
2 17,678 1,716 77 15,885 2,895 10,728 4,055 10,959 676 46 10,237 5,674
3 9,754 1,073 45 8,636 1,400 6,206 2,148 5,884 438 27 5,419 2,983
4 7,328 1,134 34 6,160 978 4,224 2,126 4,242 481 17 3,744 2,361
5 8,289 2,569 32 5,688 651 3,960 3,678 4,525 1,180 16 3,329 2,429
6 13,049 3,993 64 8,992 1,479 5,776 5,794 7,338 1,876 38 5,424 4,180
7 5,838 1,545 34 4,259 507 3,117 2,214 3,209 731 17 2,461 1,678
8 23,221 5,660 96 17,465 3,084 9,788 10,349 13,384 2,461 56 10,868 8,779
9 16,771 5,014 83 11,674 2,065 6,810 7,896 9,562 2,346 45 7,171 6,099
10 26,468 4,412 178 21,878 3,850 14,009 8,609 16,209 2,015 117 14,077 8,226
11 5,541 1,948 25 3,568 345 2,550 2,646 2,923 939 14 1,970 1,524
12 14,506 3,377 81 11,048 2,035 7,208 5,263 8,684 1,662 47 6,975 4,216
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.