Arizona
Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002
Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)- popularly referred to as Social Security - provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker’s level of earnings in employment or selfemployment covered by the Social Security program. Table 1.—OASDI in Arizona, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current–payment status
Number of beneficiaries Congressional district Retired workers 1 Disabled workers Widow(er)s 5,543,981 97,937 15,075 14,971 10,780 13,096 7,914 10,561 12,480 13,060 Wives and husbands Monthly benefit amount (thousands of dollars) All beneficiaries 37,854,411 698,621 93,970 139,175 75,742 47,907 76,793 88,895 63,434 112,701 Retired workers Widow(er)s 2 26,125,087 497,376 64,351 105,738 53,278 28,440 56,882 65,098 41,002 82,583 4,169,125 65,994 8,845 11,999 7,349 4,645 7,305 8,351 6,594 10,902 Number of OASDI beneficiaries aged 65 or older 33,162,456 600,789 81,353 124,522 60,381 37,494 62,806 77,967 56,343 99,923
Total
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Children
United States, total ................ 46,444,240 29,190,150 Arizona.......................................... 1 .................................................... 2 .................................................... 3 .................................................... 4 .................................................... 5 .................................................... 6 .................................................... 7 .................................................... 8 ....................................................
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4,967,155 76,223 11,179 13,363 7,981 5,959 7,617 9,412 8,555 12,157
2,832,767 3,910,187 50,739 8,105 9,126 4,406 3,063 5,025 5,930 5,751 9,333 66,305 11,543 8,623 6,812 9,433 5,512 6,905 9,587 7,890
838,262 119,752 161,928 84,950 64,875 83,393 104,219 86,664 132,481
547,058 73,850 115,845 54,971 33,324 57,325 71,411 50,291 90,041
Includes special age-72 beneficiaries. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
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.—SSI in Arizona, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount
Number of recipients Congressional district United States, total ................ Arizona.......................................... 1 .................................................... 2 .................................................... 3 .................................................... 4 .................................................... 5 .................................................... 6 .................................................... 7 .................................................... 8 ....................................................
1 Includes
Monthly benefit amount (thousands of dollars) Disabled 5,458,671 74,039 15,449 7,671 6,028 17,017 3,725 4,801 11,930 7,418 Total 2,951,425 36,501 7,392 3,727 3,112 8,397 1,868 2,313 6,168 3,524 Aged 415,574 3,718 661 352 323 632 216 229 918 387 Blind 35,144 394 97 39 30 67 22 21 69 49 Disabled 2,500,707 32,389 6,634 3,335 2,759 7,698 1,630 2,063 5,181 3,088
Number of recipients With OASDI 1 2,406,327 29,096 6,830 3,130 1,897 5,680 1,244 1,749 5,496 3,070 Aged 65 or older 1,995,284 22,407 5,488 2,123 1,430 3,973 959 1,250 5,162 2,022
Total 6,787,857 88,256 18,422 9,062 7,086 19,304 4,431 5,654 15,404 8,893
Aged 1,251,528 13,273 2,758 1,294 978 2,121 660 797 3,308 1,357
Blind 77,658 944 215 97 80 166 46 56 166 118
persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.
Contact: Cherice Jefferies (410) 965-5520. Social Security Administration • Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics • March 2003