Congressional Statistics, December 2016

Alabama

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 2016
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
Alabama 1,120,486 669,776 230,951 81,760 36,154 101,845 1,341,514 895,762 96,454 722,572
1 166,162 101,911 30,897 12,650 5,951 14,753 202,874 138,343 15,535 110,340
2 159,131 96,018 33,332 10,888 4,400 14,493 183,751 123,825 12,112 102,253
3 163,892 96,457 37,115 10,883 4,281 15,156 192,193 125,665 12,256 102,388
4 180,215 104,718 38,771 14,133 6,371 16,222 211,599 137,131 16,471 114,727
5 150,949 96,655 25,966 11,166 5,825 11,337 187,053 131,881 13,671 103,901
6 142,687 91,200 23,560 10,680 5,766 11,481 190,927 134,882 14,330 99,738
7 157,450 82,817 41,310 11,360 3,560 18,403 173,117 104,035 12,079 89,225
All areas c 60,907,307 41,233,126 8,808,736 4,138,134 2,505,754 4,221,557 75,917,962 56,082,551 5,184,802 44,506,717
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 2016
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
Alabama 167,349 8,616 869 157,864 23,967 115,306 28,076 92,155 2,277 460 89,418 60,214
1 22,448 1,297 101 21,050 3,433 15,037 3,978 12,440 383 45 12,011 7,972
2 27,019 1,359 134 25,526 4,529 17,940 4,550 15,036 348 82 14,606 9,853
3 22,994 1,043 180 21,771 3,061 16,186 3,747 12,675 256 92 12,328 8,261
4 24,818 1,286 94 23,438 2,590 18,011 4,217 13,172 290 47 12,835 9,641
5 16,662 867 108 15,687 2,444 11,550 2,668 9,003 225 63 8,716 5,983
6 11,454 567 56 10,831 1,722 8,049 1,683 6,335 186 30 6,119 3,832
7 41,954 2,197 196 39,561 6,188 28,533 7,233 23,493 590 101 22,803 14,672
All areas b 8,251,161 1,164,589 68,344 7,018,228 1,213,079 4,845,735 2,192,347 4,740,264 501,520 39,380 4,199,364 2,721,951
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.