Social Security in Pennsylvania
How important is Social Security in Pennsylvania? Almost 2,390,000 persons, or 19 percent of the state's population, in Pennsylvania receive payments from Social Security in one form or another.
The following table summarizes the percentage of Social Security beneficiaries that receive benefits in various categories by congressional district.
| Congressional District |
Retired Workers |
Disabled Workers |
Spouses of Disabled |
Surviving Spouses |
Kids |
| 1. Bob Brady | 65% |
17% |
11% |
4% |
13% |
| 2. Chaka Fattah | 55% |
14% |
11% |
3% |
10% |
| 3. Phil English | 61% |
12% |
12% |
7% |
8% |
| 4. Melissa Hart | 64% |
9% |
14% |
8% |
6% |
| 5. John Peterson | 63% |
12% |
11% |
7% |
7% |
| 6. Jim Gerlach | 70% |
9% |
10% |
5% |
7% |
| 7. Curt Weldon | 69% |
8% |
11% |
5% |
6% |
| 8. Micheal Fitzpatrick |
68% |
10% |
10% |
5% |
7% |
| 9. Bill Shuster | 63% |
11% |
12% |
7% |
7% |
| 10. Don Sherwood | 65% |
12% |
10% |
5% |
7% |
| 11. Paul Kanjorski | 64% |
13% |
10% |
4% |
8% |
| 12. John Murtha | 58% |
11% |
16% |
8% |
7% |
| 13. Allyson Schwartz | 68% |
9% |
11% |
5% |
6% |
| 14. Mike Doyle | 61% |
12% |
14% |
6% |
7% |
| 15. Charles Dent | 68% |
10% |
10% |
5% |
7% |
| 16. Joe Pitts | 69% |
10% |
9% |
5% |
7% |
| 17. Tim Holden | 68% |
10% |
10% |
5% |
6% |
| 18. Tim Murphy | 65% |
8% |
13% |
8% |
6% |
| 19. Todd Platts | 70% |
9% |
9% |
5% |
6% |
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Source:Economic Policy Institute analysis
of December 2003 Social Security Administration Congressional
Statistics.
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