Congressional Statistics, December 2018

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 2018
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 1,143,125 709,443 222,986 79,195 34,181 97,320 1,474,866 1,018,179 100,145 762,451
1 171,745 109,486 30,197 12,412 5,723 13,927 225,893 159,274 16,258 117,926
2 162,702 101,239 32,768 10,551 4,029 14,115 202,119 139,903 12,613 107,325
3 167,154 102,132 35,904 10,615 4,044 14,459 211,448 143,035 12,809 108,182
4 181,823 109,734 37,218 13,629 5,910 15,332 229,798 154,119 16,994 119,567
5 155,012 102,460 25,178 10,924 5,577 10,873 207,452 150,397 14,379 109,745
6 147,164 97,087 22,880 10,388 5,608 11,201 212,550 154,502 14,936 106,034
7 157,525 87,305 38,841 10,676 3,290 17,413 185,607 116,949 12,155 93,672
All areas c 62,906,222 43,721,450 8,537,332 4,029,669 2,510,248 4,107,523 84,419,840 63,890,793 5,383,982 47,159,080
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 2018
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 161,635 8,087 903 152,645 21,490 111,313 28,832 90,886 2,229 464 88,193 58,686
1 22,015 1,256 97 20,662 3,229 14,630 4,156 12,315 378 42 11,896 7,852
2 26,605 1,256 141 25,208 4,066 17,905 4,634 15,147 340 73 14,733 9,666
3 22,169 966 188 21,015 2,808 15,569 3,792 12,617 254 90 12,272 7,970
4 23,691 1,154 114 22,423 2,391 17,155 4,145 12,877 283 62 12,532 9,186
5 16,256 821 113 15,322 2,270 11,260 2,726 9,072 220 64 8,787 5,793
6 11,487 579 64 10,844 1,625 8,010 1,852 6,584 196 36 6,353 3,906
7 39,412 2,055 186 37,171 5,101 26,784 7,527 22,274 558 96 21,620 14,313
All areas b 8,128,652 1,169,087 68,654 6,890,911 1,148,038 4,714,234 2,266,380 4,772,179 512,711 40,240 4,219,228 2,715,318
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.