Congressional Statistics, December 2014

Utah

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 2014
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
Utah 365,730 244,753 47,947 22,946 18,457 31,627 449,903 330,222 30,148 264,139
1 88,053 58,156 12,320 5,500 4,226 7,851 102,779 73,945 6,788 62,357
2 107,561 73,905 13,942 6,438 5,129 8,147 131,874 98,770 8,383 78,753
3 85,686 57,241 9,508 5,574 5,474 7,889 109,955 81,446 7,662 63,559
4 84,430 55,451 12,177 5,434 3,628 7,740 105,294 76,062 7,315 59,470
All areas c 59,007,158 39,008,771 8,954,518 4,236,220 2,452,435 4,355,214 71,693,353 51,826,267 5,212,795 42,084,088
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 2014
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
Utah 31,212 2,747 210 28,255 17,255 1,135 113 16,008 9,256 5,166
1 7,600 357 63 7,180 4,241 117 34 4,090 2,289 822
2 8,996 897 58 8,041 5,056 388 36 4,632 2,790 1,660
3 6,294 546 43 5,705 3,286 212 22 3,051 1,830 1,060
4 8,322 947 46 7,329 4,673 418 21 4,234 2,347 1,624
All areas b 8,335,704 1,151,940 67,383 7,116,381 4,686,279 484,313 37,911 4,164,055 2,749,128 2,122,871
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.