Congressional Statistics, December 2008

Missouri

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 2008
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
Missouri 1,106,923 685,224 182,093 97,406 47,318 94,882 1,150,109 779,391 105,365 755,323
1 108,573 64,202 19,910 8,874 3,226 12,361 113,749 75,073 9,846 70,518
2 110,812 77,841 11,015 9,607 5,535 6,814 133,977 100,024 12,323 85,069
3 105,112 65,983 17,305 9,600 4,028 8,196 116,180 78,863 11,318 72,675
4 138,941 86,402 22,691 11,955 6,169 11,724 138,306 93,579 12,202 94,222
5 107,864 68,057 18,335 8,415 3,539 9,518 115,794 80,111 9,423 73,715
6 117,584 75,811 16,645 10,771 5,393 8,964 123,814 86,126 11,746 83,985
7 139,857 86,218 23,621 12,217 6,460 11,341 138,776 93,432 12,777 94,839
8 155,282 84,805 32,422 15,200 7,594 15,261 143,561 87,059 14,268 96,775
9 122,898 75,905 20,149 10,767 5,374 10,703 125,951 85,123 11,463 83,525
All areas d 50,898,244 32,273,651 7,426,691 4,541,467 2,524,841 4,131,594 53,666,109 37,207,910 4,908,428 35,818,757
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 2008
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
Missouri 124,420 8,530 917 114,973 60,918 2,235 398 58,285 44,841 19,349
1 21,335 1,447 152 19,736 10,757 444 65 10,248 6,265 3,282
2 3,802 442 32 3,328 1,801 161 15 1,625 1,156 668
3 10,885 851 104 9,930 5,565 321 45 5,199 3,262 1,660
4 12,695 766 102 11,827 5,980 170 43 5,766 4,962 1,833
5 14,069 1,008 124 12,937 7,521 304 54 7,163 4,719 1,919
6 9,072 674 70 8,328 4,502 170 31 4,301 3,466 1,545
7 14,555 906 96 13,553 7,035 202 42 6,791 5,679 2,129
8 26,627 1,809 155 24,663 12,482 331 63 12,088 10,950 4,796
9 11,380 627 82 10,671 5,274 132 39 5,103 4,382 1,517
All areas b 7,519,593 1,203,089 70,311 6,246,193 3,880,019 475,824 36,376 3,367,820 2,612,149 2,033,285
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.