Congressional Statistics, December 2023

New Jersey

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. A worker's lifetime covered earnings largely determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2023
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
New Jersey 1,698,504 1,316,238 162,912 86,530 46,089 86,735 3,355,078 2,777,800 165,830 1,401,775
1 153,858 112,298 20,356 8,237 3,305 9,662 292,241 230,779 15,341 119,882
2 192,839 146,569 22,377 9,515 3,580 10,798 366,769 297,796 17,839 153,446
3 158,321 123,242 15,158 8,105 3,662 8,154 328,487 271,903 16,338 130,796
4 183,839 147,441 15,343 9,809 4,162 7,084 377,726 317,421 19,919 156,212
5 148,855 121,436 9,177 7,352 5,106 5,784 320,240 275,841 15,122 130,244
6 125,827 95,933 13,337 6,614 3,626 6,317 242,507 197,140 12,483 102,387
7 148,359 119,834 10,583 7,338 3,925 6,679 325,366 277,691 15,611 127,395
8 85,134 61,252 10,184 4,778 3,493 5,427 127,837 98,773 7,083 66,500
9 122,688 92,939 12,109 6,515 4,606 6,519 214,375 174,359 11,126 99,912
10 110,080 79,587 14,042 5,471 2,811 8,169 187,578 147,944 8,882 84,575
11 136,840 112,281 8,403 6,627 4,129 5,400 301,120 260,534 13,912 120,047
12 131,864 103,426 11,843 6,169 3,684 6,742 270,834 227,619 12,173 110,379
All areas c 67,076,966 50,147,679 7,365,987 3,796,684 1,984,227 3,782,389 118,527,109 95,546,840 6,512,823 53,508,012
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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 of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
c. 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 2023
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients with OASDI a
Total By type By age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older Total Aged Blind Disabled
New Jersey 163,405 34,944 880 127,581 22,423 79,581 61,401 112,042 18,187 601 93,254 52,567
1 18,883 1,840 102 16,941 2,907 10,904 5,072 13,666 933 70 12,664 5,517
2 17,933 1,850 82 16,001 3,083 10,394 4,456 12,854 823 57 11,973 5,680
3 9,308 1,661 47 7,600 1,327 5,160 2,821 6,489 894 31 5,564 2,704
4 7,474 1,042 38 6,394 968 4,376 2,130 5,149 470 28 4,651 2,470
5 8,654 3,334 34 5,286 686 3,515 4,453 5,377 1,742 22 3,613 2,844
6 12,443 3,914 57 8,472 1,538 5,182 5,723 8,091 2,097 36 5,958 4,013
7 6,930 1,630 40 5,260 685 3,788 2,457 4,490 826 21 3,643 2,046
8 20,695 5,144 102 15,449 2,887 8,163 9,645 13,877 2,555 63 11,259 7,960
9 16,282 4,562 84 11,636 2,173 6,555 7,554 10,704 2,414 58 8,232 5,856
10 24,235 4,299 172 19,764 3,693 12,018 8,524 17,478 2,238 128 15,112 7,624
11 6,868 2,401 38 4,429 484 2,994 3,390 4,312 1,368 23 2,922 1,996
12 13,700 3,267 84 10,349 1,992 6,532 5,176 9,556 1,828 64 7,664 3,857
All areas b 7,425,331 1,160,789 63,886 6,200,656 983,169 4,039,319 2,402,843 5,292,598 632,748 47,283 4,612,568 2,504,566
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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.