Congressional Statistics, December 2006

Georgia

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 with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2006
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
Georgia 1,269,987 764,680 205,249 119,007 53,344 127,707 1,178,611 779,716 109,703 824,996
1 106,850 60,997 19,127 10,661 5,086 10,979 95,659 60,573 9,512 67,261
2 108,696 60,360 19,974 11,799 4,475 12,088 90,891 55,794 9,565 67,899
3 116,691 73,315 17,300 10,327 4,686 11,063 111,952 76,360 9,812 77,202
4 65,058 38,396 10,503 5,440 2,443 8,276 61,522 40,287 5,301 40,845
5 75,343 45,330 12,848 7,329 2,657 7,179 69,819 46,285 6,992 50,388
6 71,620 50,407 5,840 6,455 4,296 4,622 79,230 59,684 7,282 54,137
7 78,003 49,742 10,270 6,607 3,302 8,082 77,603 53,721 6,686 51,935
8 117,942 67,035 22,204 11,177 4,825 12,701 101,286 62,927 9,436 73,500
9 122,650 78,232 18,449 10,841 5,461 9,667 116,580 80,681 10,145 82,724
10 118,493 74,395 17,998 10,859 5,116 10,125 109,422 74,720 9,831 79,175
11 103,348 62,632 17,377 9,356 3,998 9,985 99,159 65,868 8,926 66,720
12 111,631 62,040 20,502 11,669 4,300 13,120 96,328 59,041 9,985 68,677
13 73,662 41,799 12,857 6,487 2,699 9,820 69,160 43,776 6,227 44,533
All areas e 49,122,624 30,976,145 6,806,918 4,666,962 2,632,069 4,040,530 46,938,032 32,351,857 4,576,981 34,468,217
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 receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
e. 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 2006
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
Georgia 206,098 26,809 1,972 177,317 90,488 6,273 826 83,388 76,728 50,948
1 18,335 1,983 156 16,196 7,989 353 62 7,573 7,567 4,233
2 27,917 3,434 263 24,220 12,399 646 107 11,645 10,969 7,028
3 13,597 1,634 152 11,811 5,888 331 63 5,493 5,166 3,147
4 12,106 1,888 133 10,085 5,792 642 57 5,092 3,393 2,934
5 19,857 2,554 201 17,102 9,424 643 83 8,696 6,739 4,872
6 4,371 1,400 45 2,926 1,921 538 21 1,361 1,193 1,819
7 8,891 2,100 85 6,706 3,955 714 36 3,205 2,615 3,044
8 22,248 2,436 224 19,588 9,396 438 94 8,863 9,000 5,226
9 12,298 1,671 112 10,515 4,989 299 45 4,644 5,307 3,165
10 15,746 1,987 140 13,619 6,652 385 61 6,206 6,662 4,095
11 13,057 1,413 131 11,513 5,715 316 53 5,345 4,931 2,769
12 25,030 2,976 234 21,820 10,520 561 100 9,858 9,734 6,262
13 12,645 1,333 96 11,216 5,842 399 39 5,403 3,452 2,354
All areas b 7,235,583 1,211,681 73,418 5,950,484 3,499,569 453,537 36,296 3,009,734 2,528,975 2,004,476
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.