Congressional Statistics, December 2022

Louisiana

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
Louisiana 933,612 600,241 139,242 78,857 38,078 77,194 1,430,357 1,014,568 122,344 679,089
1 165,442 114,360 19,746 13,168 7,175 10,993 280,052 210,930 22,566 129,036
2 145,665 91,030 25,259 11,365 4,327 13,684 203,694 141,189 16,142 101,421
3 158,530 97,999 24,434 14,840 7,686 13,571 248,022 170,559 23,768 112,801
4 158,009 101,285 25,142 13,041 5,488 13,053 232,563 163,371 19,134 113,273
5 160,601 99,590 26,069 14,070 6,194 14,678 226,623 154,627 20,105 113,246
6 145,365 95,977 18,592 12,373 7,208 11,215 239,403 173,892 20,629 109,312
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
Louisiana 160,575 10,147 1,306 149,122 28,404 96,422 35,749 103,322 3,640 777 98,904 51,715
1 16,923 1,309 108 15,506 2,888 10,187 3,848 10,689 499 64 10,127 5,455
2 37,261 2,685 254 34,322 6,346 21,488 9,427 24,221 1,023 152 23,046 12,615
3 23,092 1,345 197 21,550 3,989 14,438 4,665 14,829 466 122 14,242 7,713
4 29,845 1,757 267 27,821 5,256 18,198 6,391 19,336 575 158 18,603 9,221
5 35,787 2,031 343 33,413 6,251 21,655 7,881 22,625 664 198 21,763 11,455
6 17,667 1,020 137 16,510 3,674 10,456 3,537 11,622 415 83 11,124 5,256
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.