Congressional Statistics, December 2019

Louisiana

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
Louisiana 922,223 559,820 152,643 82,951 44,511 82,298 1,159,288 783,435 106,167 639,893
1 161,599 105,612 21,957 13,852 8,563 11,615 223,374 160,374 19,568 120,738
2 146,600 85,161 28,766 12,253 5,205 15,215 168,847 110,174 14,440 95,226
3 154,772 90,177 26,257 15,397 8,794 14,147 198,432 129,849 20,303 105,326
4 157,524 96,159 27,186 13,810 6,419 13,950 191,159 128,736 16,825 108,171
5 161,481 95,041 28,514 14,958 7,265 15,703 188,108 122,846 17,611 108,989
6 140,247 87,670 19,963 12,681 8,265 11,668 189,367 131,455 17,421 101,443
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
Louisiana 173,485 10,882 1,401 161,202 31,887 107,518 34,080 101,371 3,333 778 97,259 56,711
1 18,375 1,362 118 16,895 3,300 11,402 3,673 10,572 467 69 10,035 6,013
2 40,123 2,686 255 37,182 7,303 24,358 8,462 23,924 886 142 22,895 13,446
3 25,179 1,499 216 23,464 4,464 16,050 4,665 14,669 445 119 14,105 8,587
4 32,525 2,005 299 30,221 6,126 20,159 6,240 19,112 565 164 18,382 10,337
5 38,273 2,232 346 35,695 6,653 24,023 7,597 21,854 609 181 21,064 12,475
6 19,010 1,098 167 17,745 4,041 11,526 3,443 11,240 362 102 10,777 5,853
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.