Congressional Statistics, December 2009

Maryland

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. 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 current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2009
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 a Spouses b Children c All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s a
Maryland 826,497 555,790 108,605 66,708 31,428 63,966 914,615 662,096 75,543 598,985
1 138,564 98,440 15,498 10,669 5,287 8,670 157,809 119,491 12,457 103,365
2 110,430 67,958 18,446 10,116 3,900 10,010 121,568 81,591 11,555 74,681
3 103,030 70,509 12,706 8,954 3,830 7,031 119,287 87,583 10,712 76,991
4 73,329 48,331 10,251 4,704 2,306 7,737 74,668 52,568 4,806 50,720
5 91,188 61,651 11,472 6,898 3,404 7,763 97,980 70,109 7,391 65,282
6 122,277 82,307 15,286 10,691 5,510 8,483 135,741 98,146 12,185 88,873
7 100,841 61,843 18,382 8,199 2,515 9,902 105,096 71,312 8,470 67,031
8 86,838 64,751 6,564 6,477 4,676 4,370 102,465 81,295 7,966 72,042
All areas d 52,522,819 33,514,013 7,788,013 4,488,492 2,501,723 4,230,578 55,905,731 39,020,920 4,893,329 36,594,122
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. 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.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
d. 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 2009
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
Maryland 103,210 15,014 572 87,624 55,712 5,878 273 49,561 28,589 24,794
1 9,567 973 64 8,530 4,779 260 36 4,483 3,351 1,755
2 15,659 1,187 96 14,376 8,896 414 44 8,438 4,096 2,425
3 12,078 2,231 62 9,785 6,484 972 29 5,483 3,281 3,582
4 11,567 2,434 65 9,068 6,098 995 31 5,073 2,733 3,324
5 8,126 1,255 50 6,821 4,150 470 22 3,659 2,316 2,020
6 9,156 761 59 8,336 4,676 241 26 4,408 3,094 1,584
7 27,925 2,113 123 25,689 16,132 692 62 15,378 7,404 5,190
8 9,132 4,060 53 5,019 4,497 1,834 24 2,639 2,314 4,914
All areas b 7,676,686 1,185,959 69,302 6,421,425 4,120,127 475,505 36,702 3,607,920 2,621,649 2,025,610
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.