Congressional Statistics, December 2019

Tennessee

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
Tennessee 1,478,145 995,471 237,006 93,854 44,807 107,007 2,005,604 1,484,269 124,748 1,057,770
1 204,706 133,026 37,207 13,614 6,532 14,327 266,164 190,267 17,125 142,732
2 175,340 121,172 25,518 11,384 6,275 10,991 246,004 186,598 15,674 130,495
3 180,410 120,417 29,482 11,832 5,724 12,955 245,230 180,345 15,723 129,015
4 165,972 111,483 27,001 10,507 4,859 12,122 224,511 164,809 13,870 117,315
5 118,841 83,222 17,144 7,116 3,564 7,795 170,966 131,134 10,356 88,521
6 189,054 131,627 28,353 11,417 5,232 12,425 258,850 195,624 15,147 137,911
7 161,224 107,253 25,606 10,373 5,340 12,652 218,578 159,784 13,835 114,108
8 163,713 112,877 23,785 10,181 5,068 11,802 229,296 173,273 13,988 119,938
9 118,885 74,394 22,910 7,430 2,213 11,938 146,006 102,434 9,031 77,735
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
Tennessee 174,588 10,801 1,545 162,242 21,946 119,321 33,321 102,388 3,435 893 98,060 59,398
1 22,071 1,277 177 20,617 2,121 15,561 4,389 12,536 357 98 12,081 8,539
2 17,775 1,017 146 16,612 1,719 12,561 3,495 10,512 335 94 10,083 6,086
3 20,694 1,184 157 19,353 2,096 14,413 4,185 11,870 340 92 11,437 7,352
4 17,169 1,122 172 15,875 1,980 11,931 3,258 9,913 348 96 9,468 5,965
5 16,029 1,372 194 14,463 2,345 10,454 3,230 9,455 583 108 8,765 4,751
6 16,134 921 144 15,069 1,826 11,278 3,030 9,146 244 82 8,820 6,020
7 15,440 899 121 14,420 1,878 10,723 2,839 8,947 267 67 8,613 5,368
8 18,040 1,082 153 16,805 2,297 12,553 3,190 10,571 346 83 10,142 6,118
9 31,236 1,927 281 29,028 5,684 19,847 5,705 19,439 616 173 18,650 9,199
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.