Congressional Statistics, December 2015

Mississippi

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 2015
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
Mississippi 647,420 381,880 131,143 48,181 18,568 67,648 730,844 482,872 53,142 407,115
1 168,373 100,666 35,574 11,145 4,200 16,788 193,339 128,668 12,227 105,862
2 159,507 88,729 36,000 11,814 3,606 19,358 168,319 106,598 11,798 93,638
3 158,788 96,869 29,123 12,100 4,753 15,943 184,523 125,537 13,883 103,951
4 160,752 95,616 30,446 13,122 6,009 15,559 184,663 122,069 15,234 103,664
All areas c 59,963,425 40,089,061 8,909,430 4,190,676 2,477,567 4,296,691 73,642,029 53,790,278 5,194,659 43,243,199
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 2015
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
Mississippi 123,207 8,301 936 113,970 65,641 1,900 470 63,272 44,432 22,985
1 25,130 1,619 175 23,336 13,150 343 88 12,719 9,486 4,580
2 46,529 3,182 387 42,960 25,718 727 202 24,789 16,538 8,881
3 27,189 2,008 173 25,008 13,983 451 81 13,451 9,802 5,461
4 24,359 1,492 201 22,666 12,791 379 99 12,313 8,606 4,063
All areas b 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 2,731,528 2,153,849
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.