Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Tennessee

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. OASDI in Tennessee, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current-payment status
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number
of OASDI
beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Wives and
husbands		 Children All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
United States, total 46,444,240 29,190,150 5,543,981 4,967,155 2,832,767 3,910,187 37,854,411 26,125,087 4,169,125 33,162,456
Tennessee 1,022,863 598,468 155,669 114,645 56,680 97,401 795,258 517,004 89,297 675,920
1 139,597 77,548 23,959 16,884 9,002 12,204 105,739 65,192 12,654 89,691
2 122,069 73,238 17,830 13,954 7,301 9,746 98,259 65,299 11,498 82,778
3 122,553 72,000 18,976 13,604 7,149 10,824 98,062 64,260 10,940 81,536
4 139,775 79,430 22,791 16,250 8,410 12,894 103,909 65,673 11,838 90,044
5 91,154 57,014 11,982 9,600 4,298 8,260 76,723 52,812 8,270 63,756
6 104,998 62,271 16,093 11,052 5,273 10,309 80,183 52,418 8,297 68,358
7 91,838 56,164 11,857 9,726 5,337 8,754 73,293 49,427 7,707 62,531
8 119,468 69,988 18,216 13,079 5,917 12,268 89,393 57,837 9,729 78,340
9 91,411 50,815 13,965 10,496 3,993 12,142 69,692 44,081 8,360 58,886
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.

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. SSI in Tennessee, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
United States, total 6,787,857 1,251,528 77,658 5,458,671 2,951,425 415,574 35,144 2,500,707 2,406,327 1,995,284
Tennessee 161,830 20,173 1,665 139,992 63,161 3,622 664 58,876 65,312 39,857
1 20,776 2,693 198 17,885 7,747 464 70 7,214 9,144 5,690
2 15,615 1,660 150 13,805 6,063 277 59 5,726 6,276 3,335
3 18,723 2,102 183 16,438 7,281 377 75 6,830 7,429 4,309
4 22,985 2,950 208 19,827 8,656 452 82 8,122 10,157 6,045
5 12,064 1,426 161 10,477 4,991 340 62 4,589 4,215 2,633
6 13,695 2,142 187 11,366 5,003 371 75 4,557 6,411 3,949
7 11,204 1,730 117 9,357 4,343 319 45 3,979 4,632 3,182
8 20,557 2,809 202 17,546 7,830 460 76 7,294 8,575 5,386
9 26,211 2,661 259 23,291 11,248 561 121 10,566 8,473 5,328
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.