Congressional Statistics, December 2022

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 2022
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 1,168,912 778,722 197,520 74,058 28,428 90,184 1,889,214 1,387,271 116,581 834,196
1 180,208 122,752 27,440 12,068 4,817 13,131 296,605 221,385 19,622 132,005
2 166,605 109,907 30,105 9,852 3,350 13,391 258,141 187,995 14,696 116,581
3 173,297 113,217 32,590 10,237 3,363 13,890 274,224 197,160 15,394 119,783
4 180,827 117,071 32,487 12,674 4,861 13,734 285,003 203,229 19,490 126,665
5 162,966 114,955 22,340 10,563 4,839 10,269 275,059 211,048 17,466 122,687
6 151,208 106,989 19,897 9,489 4,480 10,353 275,689 212,931 17,060 115,776
7 153,801 93,831 32,661 9,175 2,718 15,416 224,493 153,523 12,853 100,699
All areas c 65,994,457 48,587,883 7,604,098 3,840,827 2,113,864 3,847,785 111,421,667 88,679,497 6,324,926 52,052,807
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 2022
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 146,583 7,331 946 138,306 18,449 97,705 30,429 91,734 2,497 612 88,624 52,042
1 20,449 1,192 115 19,142 2,995 12,968 4,486 12,790 441 81 12,268 7,123
2 24,794 1,084 156 23,554 3,658 16,407 4,729 15,741 359 94 15,289 8,657
3 20,141 862 192 19,087 2,459 13,728 3,954 12,626 280 109 12,236 7,079
4 21,035 998 124 19,913 2,016 14,841 4,178 12,885 304 83 12,498 8,048
5 15,106 787 98 14,221 1,938 10,230 2,938 9,532 276 84 9,172 5,169
6 11,005 602 65 10,338 1,487 7,440 2,078 6,949 236 41 6,672 3,545
7 34,053 1,806 196 32,051 3,896 22,091 8,066 21,210 601 121 20,489 12,421
All areas b 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324 4,910,154 569,774 43,223 4,297,157 2,530,634
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.