Congressional Statistics, December 2019

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 2019
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 677,464 429,412 122,113 45,927 17,377 62,635 858,065 603,178 56,788 454,346
1 175,593 111,776 33,590 10,682 3,839 15,706 226,275 159,175 13,190 117,292
2 163,533 99,101 32,865 10,735 3,254 17,578 192,342 130,984 11,926 103,545
3 166,319 108,810 26,668 11,534 4,644 14,663 217,906 157,394 14,896 115,760
4 172,019 109,725 28,990 12,976 5,640 14,688 221,542 155,625 16,774 117,749
All areas c 64,064,496 45,094,245 8,378,374 3,996,448 2,543,961 4,051,468 88,523,452 67,769,892 5,476,827 48,653,036
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 2019
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
Mississippi 115,638 7,572 978 107,088 18,562 73,473 23,603 64,786 1,900 525 62,360 42,056
1 23,960 1,322 183 22,455 3,837 15,692 4,431 13,567 309 99 13,160 8,729
2 42,644 2,852 392 39,400 6,754 26,782 9,108 24,161 702 217 23,241 15,509
3 24,959 1,854 196 22,909 3,917 15,554 5,488 13,509 464 98 12,947 9,256
4 24,075 1,544 207 22,324 4,054 15,445 4,576 13,548 426 110 13,013 8,562
All areas b 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228 4,815,717 524,357 41,163 4,250,196 2,682,082
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.