Congressional Statistics, December 2019

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 2019
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 1,159,320 731,111 219,981 78,529 33,879 95,820 1,539,497 1,077,545 102,078 785,176
1 175,534 113,656 30,026 12,453 5,701 13,698 237,519 169,639 16,754 122,392
2 165,173 104,056 32,654 10,463 3,960 14,040 211,042 147,708 12,839 110,365
3 169,750 105,378 35,426 10,586 3,982 14,378 221,039 151,662 13,163 111,451
4 183,039 112,193 36,525 13,520 5,761 15,040 237,750 161,662 17,271 122,100
5 158,262 106,033 24,979 10,885 5,646 10,719 218,282 160,075 14,777 113,561
6 149,315 100,109 22,407 10,205 5,631 10,963 222,436 163,973 15,116 109,241
7 158,247 89,686 37,964 10,417 3,198 16,982 191,430 122,826 12,158 96,066
All areas c 64,064,496 45,094,245 8,378,374 3,996,448 2,543,961 4,051,468 88,523,452 67,769,892 5,476,827 48,653,036
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 2019
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 160,187 7,880 932 151,375 20,923 109,967 29,297 91,962 2,294 501 89,167 57,460
1 22,146 1,212 109 20,825 3,293 14,595 4,258 12,843 389 56 12,398 7,801
2 26,616 1,205 153 25,258 4,028 17,923 4,665 15,611 344 81 15,186 9,478
3 21,837 946 188 20,703 2,701 15,277 3,859 12,440 256 98 12,086 7,776
4 23,300 1,133 112 22,055 2,287 16,829 4,184 12,880 290 65 12,525 8,967
5 16,283 819 111 15,353 2,223 11,264 2,796 9,296 238 63 8,995 5,696
6 11,120 553 66 10,501 1,589 7,710 1,821 6,518 192 37 6,289 3,660
7 38,885 2,012 193 36,680 4,802 26,369 7,714 22,373 585 100 21,688 14,082
All areas b 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228 4,815,717 524,357 41,163 4,250,196 2,682,082
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.