Congressional Statistics, December 2023

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 2023
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 1,179,481 800,556 190,348 73,273 26,983 88,321 1,992,371 1,485,643 120,483 856,052
1 179,997 125,142 25,837 11,819 4,556 12,643 309,746 235,011 20,064 134,257
2 172,966 117,010 29,342 9,962 3,315 13,337 282,610 210,340 15,617 123,759
3 174,582 115,247 32,363 10,275 3,143 13,554 286,325 207,298 16,017 121,957
4 186,464 122,490 32,384 12,981 4,806 13,803 305,424 220,522 20,782 132,491
5 154,725 111,615 19,624 9,708 4,259 9,519 274,814 214,620 16,920 118,435
6 146,337 105,202 18,345 8,836 3,967 9,987 277,880 218,120 16,500 113,389
7 164,410 103,850 32,453 9,692 2,937 15,478 255,573 179,732 14,581 111,764
All areas c 67,076,966 50,147,679 7,365,987 3,796,684 1,984,227 3,782,389 118,527,109 95,546,840 6,512,823 53,508,012
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 2023
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 142,649 7,555 978 134,116 17,845 93,345 31,459 97,606 2,822 688 94,096 51,020
1 19,415 1,212 117 18,086 2,861 11,972 4,582 13,206 490 95 12,621 6,784
2 23,830 1,120 152 22,558 3,459 15,559 4,812 16,566 400 109 16,057 8,372
3 20,355 882 197 19,276 2,475 13,676 4,204 14,057 330 125 13,602 7,214
4 21,875 1,089 152 20,634 2,096 15,186 4,593 14,598 362 120 14,116 8,440
5 13,034 737 92 12,205 1,703 8,634 2,697 9,136 290 67 8,779 4,430
6 11,429 662 74 10,693 1,669 7,446 2,314 7,867 283 47 7,538 3,667
7 32,711 1,853 194 30,664 3,582 20,872 8,257 22,175 668 125 21,382 12,113
All areas b 7,425,331 1,160,789 63,886 6,200,656 983,169 4,039,319 2,402,843 5,292,598 632,748 47,283 4,612,568 2,504,566
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.