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. A worker's lifetime covered
earnings largely determines the amount of benefits received.
|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
and parents||Spouses a||Children b||All beneficiaries||Retired
workers||Widow(er)s and parents| |All areas c||55,404,480||35,59
9,569||8,575,544||4,398,094||2,455,822||4,375,451||62,213,382||4
3,736,668||5,041,881||38,292,328| |SOURCE: Social Security
Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.|
|a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a
worker who is retired or disabled.| |b. These beneficiaries
receive payment on the record