Congressional Statistics, December 2003

Virginia

Social Security

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 self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in Virginia with benefits in current-payment status and monthly benefit amount, December 2003
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)
Number of
OASDI
beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Wives and
husbands
Children All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
Virginia 1,093,716 679,209 148,086 112,817 59,282 94,322 905,065 613,583 93,814 760,288
1 98,521 64,406 10,504 10,219 5,643 7,749 82,075 57,677 8,753 71,060
2 80,419 50,884 8,888 8,752 5,053 6,842 66,177 45,704 7,488 57,538
3 96,850 56,465 15,492 10,738 3,938 10,217 74,739 47,930 8,430 63,760
4 108,611 64,832 15,909 11,476 5,252 11,142 87,337 57,189 9,195 71,657
5 135,509 85,175 19,527 13,162 6,342 11,303 108,944 75,032 10,231 92,978
6 127,682 82,261 16,920 12,545 6,341 9,615 106,720 74,746 10,654 90,902
7 103,370 68,824 11,235 10,236 5,193 7,882 92,889 66,770 9,396 75,765
8 58,149 41,438 4,674 5,455 3,244 3,338 51,028 38,611 4,907 46,657
9 162,005 80,582 35,361 18,904 10,367 16,791 127,140 70,230 14,504 96,191
10 62,088 41,966 5,439 6,096 3,735 4,852 54,608 39,585 5,491 46,506
11 60,512 42,376 4,137 5,234 4,174 4,591 53,402 40,104 4,760 47,274
All areas c 47,038,391 29,531,615 5,873,673 4,899,704 2,772,576 3,960,823 39,541,474 27,230,628 4,238,982 33,433,599
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
c. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.

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 in Virginia and monthly payment amount, December 2003
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly payment amount
(thousands of dollars)
Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
Virginia 133,901 22,197 1,360 110,344 52,259 5,817 507 45,935 50,024 36,831
1 7,659 1,218 95 6,346 2,966 273 32 2,660 2,862 1,961
2 8,704 1,406 99 7,199 3,455 361 40 3,053 2,838 2,075
3 21,431 2,152 229 19,050 9,046 443 84 8,517 7,077 4,261
4 15,404 1,856 146 13,402 6,025 365 51 5,608 5,570 3,396
5 17,030 2,953 153 13,924 6,147 533 54 5,559 8,129 5,181
6 12,557 1,474 126 10,957 4,699 277 43 4,378 5,308 2,836
7 7,560 1,271 111 6,178 2,946 331 41 2,573 2,937 2,099
8 7,284 3,113 67 4,104 3,022 1,232 28 1,762 1,717 3,983
9 25,707 2,636 197 22,874 9,649 453 77 9,118 10,959 5,906
10 5,003 1,639 77 3,287 2,046 576 29 1,440 1,537 2,150
11 5,562 2,479 60 3,023 2,254 968 24 1,261 1,090 2,983
All areas b 6,902,364 1,232,778 77,082 5,592,504 3,077,818 424,774 35,646 2,617,398 2,421,362 1,989,737
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent 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.