Congressional Statistics, December 2013

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 2013
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 1,548,525 1,081,314 201,536 103,508 55,709 106,458 2,053,219 1,550,076 138,305 1,157,013
1 137,304 87,842 23,654 10,176 4,370 11,262 173,796 122,222 13,037 94,409
2 158,359 107,059 24,726 10,292 4,548 11,734 201,287 147,361 13,319 112,154
3 166,034 117,607 20,965 11,487 5,298 10,677 222,836 168,249 15,540 125,165
4 155,468 113,512 16,661 11,030 5,340 8,925 214,109 165,797 15,293 121,437
5 131,969 98,368 12,184 8,691 5,361 7,365 189,637 150,557 12,532 105,840
6 111,629 75,204 16,315 7,781 4,218 8,111 146,919 106,958 10,401 80,480
7 119,834 89,252 10,903 7,881 4,807 6,991 174,270 137,821 11,470 95,866
8 90,542 57,717 15,850 5,788 4,033 7,154 96,469 67,015 6,242 62,516
9 115,320 80,570 14,835 7,523 5,052 7,340 143,629 109,100 9,576 87,037
10 104,369 65,653 19,004 6,488 2,972 10,252 122,852 86,085 7,543 69,281
11 134,235 102,712 10,669 8,852 5,474 6,528 197,645 159,975 12,979 110,806
12 123,462 85,818 15,770 7,519 4,236 10,119 169,769 128,936 10,373 92,022
All areas c 57,978,610 37,892,659 8,940,950 4,290,073 2,442,308 4,412,620 68,544,382 49,026,786 5,152,133 40,865,508
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 2013
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
New Jersey 180,354 35,237 766 144,351 98,142 14,728 408 83,006 56,680 56,209
1 20,039 1,851 105 18,083 11,396 714 70 10,612 6,144 3,944
2 17,648 1,688 70 15,890 9,897 578 37 9,282 6,121 3,429
3 9,272 983 43 8,246 5,102 360 22 4,720 3,054 1,721
4 8,923 1,320 36 7,567 4,669 510 17 4,142 2,867 2,224
5 8,010 2,562 28 5,420 3,979 1,116 13 2,851 2,227 3,426
6 13,263 3,821 51 9,391 6,863 1,611 26 5,226 4,157 5,346
7 5,855 1,548 32 4,275 2,969 675 14 2,280 1,704 2,081
8 27,287 6,229 125 20,933 14,611 2,512 63 12,036 9,606 10,719
9 19,236 5,445 82 13,709 10,258 2,415 39 7,804 6,428 8,022
10 30,026 4,545 128 25,353 17,241 1,873 74 15,294 8,564 8,020
11 6,717 2,311 25 4,381 3,228 1,045 11 2,172 1,799 3,033
12 14,078 2,934 41 11,103 7,928 1,319 23 6,586 4,009 4,244
All areas b 8,363,477 1,157,118 67,671 7,138,688 4,677,154 483,984 37,494 4,155,676 2,770,750 2,107,524
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.