Congressional Statistics, December 2008

New York

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
New York 3,143,642 2,045,688 453,325 252,839 138,775 253,015 3,496,208 2,482,661 287,335 2,243,385
1 126,351 82,467 17,753 10,439 5,335 10,357 152,412 107,390 12,769 89,842
2 112,164 73,875 14,651 8,874 4,961 9,803 135,719 96,981 11,002 81,430
3 120,625 81,149 14,135 10,722 5,854 8,765 150,696 108,406 13,592 91,048
4 110,176 75,482 12,730 9,336 5,139 7,489 135,534 99,618 11,618 84,095
5 97,606 72,297 7,671 7,766 5,973 3,899 115,592 91,072 9,598 80,628
6 78,132 50,402 11,618 5,295 3,188 7,629 80,675 56,632 5,363 54,563
7 91,010 59,053 13,552 6,988 4,281 7,136 94,667 66,102 7,198 65,078
8 90,071 62,695 11,032 6,330 3,845 6,169 101,834 76,996 7,178 68,996
9 100,515 69,793 11,501 8,585 5,339 5,297 114,563 84,687 9,993 78,030
10 76,495 45,240 13,623 5,805 2,940 8,887 73,113 47,818 5,321 49,580
11 68,202 44,316 10,740 4,290 2,533 6,323 68,022 48,249 4,203 47,397
12 72,444 43,764 12,186 6,110 4,066 6,318 61,322 39,850 5,313 48,862
13 108,556 66,203 17,433 9,704 5,647 9,569 122,862 80,258 11,011 74,377
14 94,889 72,123 8,232 6,720 4,206 3,608 124,989 101,400 8,810 78,869
15 87,738 55,737 15,480 6,186 3,283 7,052 84,903 59,522 5,669 60,664
16 67,012 33,419 15,400 5,383 3,117 9,693 53,530 29,994 4,328 37,472
17 96,875 66,357 12,543 6,807 3,403 7,765 111,971 83,434 7,829 71,866
18 111,007 81,404 10,093 8,169 4,962 6,379 142,876 111,879 10,626 89,544
19 111,045 73,508 14,510 8,512 4,491 10,024 134,973 96,103 10,405 79,581
20 138,849 91,365 19,469 11,111 5,956 10,948 154,103 109,932 12,675 97,954
21 128,502 83,711 19,236 10,461 4,650 10,444 140,026 99,670 11,983 90,481
22 125,810 78,681 21,035 9,948 5,009 11,137 136,613 94,004 11,264 85,584
23 130,988 76,822 23,446 12,099 6,827 11,794 134,186 87,239 12,748 85,430
24 139,010 87,698 22,146 10,854 5,488 12,824 143,870 99,758 11,732 95,072
25 130,537 85,394 19,076 9,901 5,253 10,913 146,637 104,994 11,631 91,767
26 134,016 88,881 17,744 11,843 6,350 9,198 153,553 109,896 14,187 96,787
27 136,318 83,853 21,393 13,447 6,299 11,326 146,954 99,259 15,399 94,529
28 121,006 69,578 24,563 10,247 4,421 12,197 128,253 83,022 11,406 76,873
29 137,693 90,421 20,334 10,907 5,959 10,072 151,759 108,499 12,487 96,986
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
New York 656,959 133,920 2,904 520,135 355,623 55,723 1,437 298,463 218,648 233,396
1 9,844 1,120 56 8,668 5,122 379 24 4,719 4,055 2,122
2 10,134 1,956 30 8,148 5,106 712 15 4,379 3,987 3,080
3 6,959 1,363 29 5,567 3,551 529 14 3,007 2,900 2,105
4 10,361 2,659 47 7,655 5,364 1,097 22 4,245 3,648 3,950
5 17,170 8,924 54 8,192 8,545 4,006 33 4,506 5,862 11,465
6 25,814 7,192 68 18,554 13,933 3,280 35 10,618 6,774 11,435
7 28,237 6,982 111 21,144 15,416 2,888 56 12,472 8,650 11,452
8 36,615 11,813 154 24,648 20,553 5,740 75 14,738 10,275 20,859
9 27,845 10,391 81 17,373 15,564 5,318 42 10,203 6,340 17,314
10 40,050 7,253 154 32,643 22,628 3,002 78 19,548 10,728 13,754
11 30,055 7,943 107 22,005 16,441 3,603 54 12,784 7,963 12,816
12 39,723 10,857 113 28,753 20,439 4,222 62 16,155 14,638 17,865
13 22,375 6,520 82 15,773 12,211 3,045 40 9,126 6,869 10,068
14 14,769 4,698 82 9,989 7,082 1,791 43 5,248 5,701 7,318
15 50,414 11,137 209 39,068 27,077 4,382 109 22,585 17,198 21,392
16 63,786 8,852 207 54,727 36,925 3,509 116 33,300 17,093 19,288
17 23,296 4,582 85 18,629 12,797 1,849 37 10,911 6,931 7,759
18 10,941 2,995 46 7,900 5,460 1,069 21 4,370 4,427 4,362
19 8,034 1,294 46 6,694 3,937 444 22 3,471 3,383 2,208
20 12,600 1,112 98 11,390 6,336 294 47 5,995 5,662 2,420
21 18,786 1,790 132 16,864 9,858 601 59 9,197 7,603 3,483
22 19,483 1,842 99 17,542 10,136 586 50 9,500 7,854 3,818
23 18,833 1,367 134 17,332 9,650 320 60 9,270 7,889 3,267
24 18,711 1,616 104 16,991 9,514 495 46 8,973 7,611 3,470
25 16,923 1,442 131 15,350 9,165 529 58 8,579 6,112 2,927
26 10,361 1,209 73 9,079 5,634 420 35 5,179 4,336 2,123
27 19,172 1,641 125 17,406 11,001 516 61 10,424 7,551 3,495
28 30,211 2,058 157 27,996 18,165 695 80 17,390 10,362 5,097
29 15,457 1,312 90 14,055 8,013 401 41 7,570 6,246 2,684
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.