Congressional Statistics, December 2016

Tennessee

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
Tennessee 1,412,299 910,021 249,055 96,778 45,959 110,486 1,726,649 1,228,295 116,711 967,579
1 197,840 122,830 38,784 14,131 7,099 14,996 232,690 159,600 16,195 132,854
2 166,064 109,938 27,243 11,467 6,313 11,103 209,523 152,726 14,323 118,276
3 174,807 111,283 31,506 12,456 5,989 13,573 214,043 151,046 15,084 119,509
4 154,930 99,438 27,695 10,484 4,928 12,385 188,793 133,070 12,456 104,742
5 116,570 77,774 19,201 7,635 3,493 8,467 150,677 110,759 10,079 82,583
6 177,731 118,859 29,218 11,521 5,319 12,814 218,751 159,671 13,797 124,191
7 150,375 96,324 25,755 10,375 5,376 12,545 182,825 129,076 12,468 102,358
8 158,651 105,288 25,283 10,637 5,126 12,317 200,094 146,022 13,265 111,880
9 115,331 68,287 24,370 8,072 2,316 12,286 129,255 86,324 9,044 71,186
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
Tennessee 180,145 11,170 1,450 167,525 22,907 125,127 32,111 102,724 3,263 795 98,666 62,248
1 22,853 1,359 171 21,323 2,213 16,225 4,415 12,349 354 84 11,911 9,058
2 18,514 1,048 135 17,331 1,789 13,361 3,364 10,528 311 80 10,136 6,505
3 21,849 1,276 149 20,424 2,216 15,520 4,113 12,116 330 82 11,704 7,916
4 17,371 1,124 143 16,104 2,095 12,173 3,103 9,867 315 80 9,473 6,148
5 17,254 1,421 181 15,652 2,632 11,622 3,000 10,204 579 97 9,528 4,968
6 16,689 1,034 146 15,509 1,897 11,715 3,077 9,210 249 79 8,882 6,465
7 15,658 956 117 14,585 1,863 10,965 2,830 9,067 252 67 8,749 5,583
8 18,218 1,152 138 16,928 2,410 12,644 3,164 10,477 331 72 10,074 6,304
9 31,739 1,800 270 29,669 5,792 20,902 5,045 18,907 541 155 18,210 9,301
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.