Congressional Statistics, December 2021

Georgia

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 2021
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
Georgia 1,918,848 1,359,691 262,794 110,983 47,971 137,409 2,869,160 2,206,254 162,436 1,423,298
1 146,976 101,937 20,901 9,503 3,633 11,002 218,179 164,884 14,077 107,226
2 144,408 94,854 25,062 9,571 2,830 12,091 191,614 137,682 12,339 99,613
3 158,425 111,947 22,283 9,240 3,766 11,189 241,074 184,445 13,710 116,562
4 121,601 85,660 17,555 5,797 2,516 10,073 178,094 136,414 8,375 88,255
5 105,097 73,307 16,461 5,525 2,011 7,793 146,633 111,402 7,744 76,171
6 100,786 80,867 5,429 5,308 4,825 4,357 186,474 158,615 9,744 88,143
7 103,231 78,074 8,955 5,608 3,998 6,596 163,390 132,165 8,915 83,186
8 148,686 100,389 23,869 9,624 3,177 11,627 205,120 150,401 13,033 105,572
9 187,989 140,921 22,194 10,100 4,528 10,246 287,162 229,879 14,811 145,489
10 155,277 110,459 21,011 8,735 3,645 11,427 233,292 179,520 12,649 114,804
11 125,459 96,365 11,586 6,920 4,006 6,582 213,274 174,824 11,683 101,605
12 146,743 98,297 23,406 9,481 3,304 12,255 204,678 149,753 13,025 103,123
13 123,096 83,994 19,336 6,291 2,345 11,130 179,743 133,577 9,121 86,129
14 151,074 102,620 24,746 9,280 3,387 11,041 220,433 162,693 13,210 107,420
All areas c 65,228,238 47,292,977 7,877,129 3,888,166 2,261,928 3,908,038 99,804,910 78,413,357 5,833,092 50,795,566
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 2021
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
Georgia 252,364 25,463 2,183 224,718 42,024 149,887 60,453 151,973 9,400 1,309 141,264 81,977
1 17,603 1,430 130 16,043 2,824 10,832 3,947 10,562 456 86 10,020 6,173
2 29,953 2,037 279 27,637 4,636 18,209 7,108 17,935 604 155 17,176 10,389
3 18,763 1,429 185 17,149 3,023 11,854 3,886 11,218 477 114 10,627 6,005
4 21,578 2,985 178 18,415 4,167 12,104 5,307 13,407 1,308 114 11,985 5,950
5 24,627 2,762 199 21,666 3,524 14,047 7,056 14,893 973 113 13,807 8,371
6 5,694 1,937 43 3,714 840 2,360 2,494 3,307 956 25 2,325 1,485
7 10,231 3,304 78 6,849 1,776 4,075 4,380 5,822 1,437 48 4,337 3,102
8 23,242 1,608 195 21,439 4,191 14,015 5,036 13,903 483 114 13,307 8,092
9 15,128 1,196 116 13,816 2,155 9,731 3,242 8,949 362 65 8,522 5,316
10 17,733 1,470 175 16,088 2,643 11,023 4,067 10,593 477 98 10,018 5,972
11 9,703 1,292 99 8,312 1,738 5,547 2,418 5,822 533 63 5,226 2,892
12 23,061 1,413 193 21,455 3,855 14,379 4,827 13,939 425 121 13,393 7,749
13 18,028 1,506 141 16,381 4,284 10,306 3,438 11,415 576 88 10,751 4,835
14 17,020 1,094 172 15,754 2,368 11,405 3,247 10,208 334 105 9,769 5,646
All areas b 7,695,900 1,115,723 65,587 6,514,590 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853 4,703,458 521,509 40,636 4,141,312 2,561,072
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.