Congressional Statistics, December 2024

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 2024
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 1,193,685 822,825 185,048 71,778 26,257 87,777 2,090,332 1,579,989 122,104 878,283
1 183,162 129,145 25,352 11,611 4,488 12,566 326,480 250,836 20,347 138,274
2 175,220 119,893 28,786 9,809 3,205 13,527 296,584 223,028 15,956 126,805
3 176,757 118,636 31,603 10,082 3,050 13,386 300,534 220,625 16,324 125,311
4 187,579 125,190 31,290 12,735 4,674 13,690 317,924 232,785 21,029 135,202
5 158,107 115,753 19,140 9,548 4,183 9,483 291,909 231,040 17,213 122,494
6 148,394 108,344 17,721 8,676 3,816 9,837 292,590 232,734 16,769 116,343
7 164,466 105,864 31,156 9,317 2,841 15,288 264,311 188,943 14,464 113,854
All areas c 68,455,973 51,772,651 7,231,147 3,734,707 1,947,761 3,769,707 125,577,970 102,268,471 6,617,163 55,120,239
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 2024
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 140,811 7,680 1,028 132,103 18,261 90,202 32,348 100,693 2,974 769 96,950 51,045
1 19,367 1,290 121 17,956 2,915 11,655 4,797 13,845 533 87 13,225 6,904
2 23,715 1,122 161 22,432 3,544 15,257 4,914 17,474 433 112 16,929 8,416
3 20,014 896 196 18,922 2,474 13,225 4,315 14,155 328 125 13,703 7,130
4 21,552 1,058 167 20,327 2,213 14,692 4,647 14,920 370 168 14,381 8,342
5 12,974 757 99 12,118 1,800 8,397 2,777 9,437 307 76 9,054 4,453
6 11,218 678 80 10,460 1,669 7,167 2,382 8,205 297 54 7,854 3,723
7 31,971 1,879 204 29,888 3,646 19,809 8,516 22,657 705 146 21,805 12,077
All areas b 7,423,856 1,190,660 63,747 6,169,449 1,002,887 3,951,866 2,469,103 5,528,062 677,097 48,833 4,802,132 2,532,902
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.