Congressional Statistics, December 2017

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 2017
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 1,131,359 689,297 226,922 80,509 35,086 99,545 1,400,427 951,178 97,922 742,015
1 168,819 105,701 30,449 12,506 5,830 14,333 213,068 147,891 15,819 114,079
2 160,411 98,267 32,941 10,768 4,197 14,238 191,329 130,686 12,375 104,477
3 165,989 99,443 36,652 10,811 4,140 14,943 201,184 133,814 12,519 105,465
4 181,422 107,535 38,157 13,906 6,109 15,715 220,230 145,189 16,697 117,280
5 152,265 99,038 25,500 10,938 5,704 11,085 195,379 139,717 13,839 106,292
6 145,056 94,170 23,260 10,532 5,672 11,422 200,785 143,908 14,551 102,892
7 157,397 85,143 39,963 11,048 3,434 17,809 178,452 109,973 12,122 91,530
All areas c 61,903,360 42,446,992 8,695,475 4,090,523 2,501,729 4,168,641 79,732,580 59,602,066 5,271,028 45,808,776
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 2017
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 165,007 8,363 866 155,778 22,797 113,716 28,494 91,442 2,233 449 88,761 59,564
1 22,350 1,293 94 20,963 3,367 14,882 4,101 12,309 382 40 11,887 7,897
2 26,816 1,291 131 25,394 4,316 17,936 4,564 15,028 336 82 14,610 9,766
3 22,768 1,010 187 21,571 2,967 16,025 3,776 12,558 254 91 12,213 8,202
4 24,222 1,204 98 22,920 2,457 17,578 4,187 13,144 281 48 12,814 9,374
5 16,523 855 105 15,563 2,359 11,467 2,697 9,027 220 60 8,747 5,926
6 11,355 556 61 10,738 1,672 7,962 1,721 6,389 181 35 6,174 3,797
7 40,973 2,154 190 38,629 5,659 27,866 7,448 22,987 579 93 22,315 14,602
All areas b 8,227,676 1,176,476 68,947 6,982,253 1,182,593 4,805,112 2,239,971 4,754,456 506,540 39,787 4,208,129 2,738,814
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.