Congressional Statistics, December 2015 (Expanded Edition)

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 2015
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 1,392,164 884,653 251,021 98,135 46,324 112,031 1,676,300 1,177,825 116,692 940,307
1 195,803 119,663 39,089 14,389 7,408 15,254 227,084 153,620 16,281 129,593
2 162,971 106,647 27,296 11,575 6,282 11,171 202,453 146,042 14,299 114,614
3 173,086 108,590 31,984 12,826 6,075 13,611 208,919 145,427 15,325 116,867
4 152,387 96,364 27,925 10,481 5,029 12,588 182,784 127,174 12,275 101,404
5 115,817 76,123 19,780 7,823 3,461 8,630 147,441 106,968 10,172 80,566
6 174,782 115,403 29,325 11,570 5,369 13,115 211,491 152,719 13,631 120,601
7 148,473 93,996 25,924 10,545 5,277 12,731 177,393 123,867 12,435 99,688
8 154,927 101,731 25,188 10,701 5,093 12,214 192,677 139,143 13,155 107,998
9 113,918 66,136 24,510 8,225 2,330 12,717 126,057 82,866 9,120 68,976
All areas c 59,963,425 40,089,061 8,909,430 4,190,676 2,477,567 4,296,691 73,642,029 53,790,278 5,194,659 43,243,199
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 2015
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Under age 18 Aged 65 or older
Tennessee 181,992 11,465 1,449 169,078 102,216 3,269 780 98,167 63,291 23,721 31,990
1 22,988 1,428 173 21,387 12,316 364 89 11,862 9,148 2,273 4,396
2 18,639 1,063 121 17,455 10,455 315 62 10,078 6,579 1,880 3,355
3 22,309 1,320 163 20,826 12,102 332 94 11,677 8,142 2,262 4,165
4 17,446 1,154 140 16,152 9,756 321 73 9,363 6,285 2,127 3,093
5 17,454 1,421 189 15,844 10,114 563 98 9,453 5,076 2,678 2,925
6 17,058 1,085 150 15,823 9,310 252 81 8,977 6,647 1,979 3,132
7 15,795 1,027 117 14,651 8,732 264 66 8,403 5,703 1,943 2,867
8 18,247 1,178 135 16,934 10,282 332 71 9,879 6,367 2,471 3,152
9 32,056 1,789 261 30,006 19,149 527 147 18,476 9,344 6,108 4,905
All areas b 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 2,731,528 1,267,160 2,153,849
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.