Congressional Statistics, December 2020

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 2020
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 1,165,990 748,936 213,906 76,766 32,108 94,274 1,590,863 1,131,941 102,386 801,448
1 177,840 117,320 29,276 12,278 5,457 13,509 247,242 179,514 16,947 125,870
2 166,101 106,067 32,240 10,170 3,729 13,895 217,742 154,140 12,848 112,260
3 171,420 108,056 34,905 10,465 3,789 14,205 229,291 159,543 13,353 114,032
4 182,594 114,144 35,169 13,157 5,443 14,681 243,465 168,562 17,168 123,450
5 160,021 109,074 24,155 10,781 5,385 10,626 226,990 169,034 15,060 116,362
6 150,795 102,795 21,830 9,970 5,301 10,899 231,127 173,085 15,124 111,742
7 157,219 91,480 36,331 9,945 3,004 16,459 195,007 128,063 11,886 97,732
All areas c 64,850,867 46,329,595 8,151,016 3,938,577 2,428,044 4,003,635 92,197,039 71,539,916 5,523,900 49,826,655
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 2020
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 157,314 7,497 942 148,875 20,690 107,174 29,450 90,976 2,280 519 88,177 56,052
1 21,835 1,148 110 20,577 3,329 14,255 4,251 12,743 396 57 12,290 7,584
2 26,330 1,141 155 25,034 3,985 17,684 4,661 15,470 337 88 15,045 9,287
3 21,485 914 191 20,380 2,704 14,914 3,867 12,323 262 94 11,967 7,683
4 22,660 1,045 116 21,499 2,224 16,292 4,144 12,876 282 67 12,528 8,692
5 16,013 791 105 15,117 2,233 10,989 2,791 9,176 241 62 8,873 5,527
6 11,424 548 69 10,807 1,645 7,863 1,916 6,660 202 40 6,418 3,683
7 37,567 1,910 196 35,461 4,570 25,177 7,820 21,727 559 111 21,057 13,596
All areas b 7,959,766 1,136,162 67,738 6,755,866 1,108,612 4,556,131 2,295,023 4,797,688 522,078 41,062 4,234,549 2,640,704
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.