Congressional Statistics, December 2022

Mississippi

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
Mississippi 685,446 456,819 110,558 43,566 14,691 59,812 1,051,669 771,347 65,305 481,805
1 176,714 117,646 30,774 10,170 3,225 14,899 275,816 201,626 15,191 123,318
2 161,744 103,616 29,337 9,714 2,669 16,408 229,117 163,370 13,059 108,141
3 169,268 116,024 24,078 10,909 3,891 14,366 268,922 202,341 17,104 122,876
4 177,720 119,533 26,369 12,773 4,906 14,139 277,814 204,010 19,951 127,470
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
Mississippi 107,685 6,914 933 99,838 16,617 67,076 23,992 66,149 2,037 566 63,546 38,864
1 22,472 1,187 187 21,098 3,472 14,529 4,471 13,954 325 116 13,513 8,010
2 38,939 2,544 355 36,040 5,760 24,068 9,111 24,179 749 221 23,210 14,047
3 23,179 1,650 205 21,324 3,607 14,123 5,449 13,762 493 122 13,147 8,432
4 23,095 1,533 186 21,376 3,778 14,356 4,961 14,253 470 108 13,676 8,375
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.