Congressional Statistics, December 2021

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 2021
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 1,163,871 760,698 205,681 75,339 30,017 92,136 1,706,991 1,233,110 107,802 814,417
1 178,310 119,556 28,295 12,115 5,076 13,268 266,572 196,249 17,948 128,286
2 165,877 107,538 31,216 9,954 3,506 13,663 233,469 167,519 13,494 113,813
3 171,846 110,138 33,798 10,367 3,515 14,028 247,012 174,535 14,174 116,306
4 181,141 115,246 33,684 12,962 5,090 14,159 259,376 182,260 18,157 124,735
5 161,199 111,545 23,313 10,683 5,144 10,514 246,149 185,841 16,027 119,211
6 150,644 104,412 20,966 9,774 4,865 10,627 248,510 188,713 15,897 113,355
7 154,854 92,263 34,409 9,484 2,821 15,877 205,904 137,993 12,104 98,711
All areas c 65,228,238 47,292,977 7,877,129 3,888,166 2,261,928 3,908,038 99,804,910 78,413,357 5,833,092 50,795,566
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 2021
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 150,730 7,128 947 142,655 19,372 101,921 29,437 88,235 2,262 543 85,430 53,483
1 21,007 1,110 108 19,789 3,170 13,566 4,271 12,326 395 57 11,874 7,264
2 25,242 1,068 155 24,019 3,776 16,863 4,603 14,916 323 88 14,504 8,854
3 20,714 871 191 19,652 2,525 14,305 3,884 12,093 259 95 11,739 7,344
4 21,678 998 121 20,559 2,083 15,496 4,099 12,455 281 76 12,098 8,327
5 15,382 744 107 14,531 2,029 10,559 2,794 9,047 245 74 8,728 5,318
6 10,795 521 68 10,206 1,501 7,439 1,855 6,435 194 40 6,201 3,428
7 35,912 1,816 197 33,899 4,288 23,693 7,931 20,965 565 113 20,287 12,948
All areas b 7,695,900 1,115,723 65,587 6,514,590 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853 4,703,458 521,509 40,636 4,141,312 2,561,072
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.