Congressional Statistics, December 2024

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 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
Mississippi 699,697 482,049 103,671 42,146 13,536 58,295 1,159,386 874,551 68,096 506,900
1 174,662 119,919 28,324 9,577 2,837 14,005 294,837 221,235 15,497 125,066
2 181,617 120,825 29,850 10,502 2,896 17,544 277,484 204,098 15,334 126,484
3 169,083 119,464 22,086 10,361 3,504 13,668 291,897 225,264 17,480 126,270
4 174,335 121,841 23,411 11,706 4,299 13,078 295,168 223,953 19,785 129,080
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
Mississippi 104,508 6,875 905 96,728 16,293 63,100 25,115 74,252 2,404 607 71,240 38,468
1 21,105 1,116 178 19,811 3,345 13,361 4,399 15,027 358 134 14,535 7,639
2 40,731 2,817 368 37,546 6,092 24,145 10,494 29,237 991 244 28,002 15,188
3 21,235 1,478 188 19,569 3,326 12,727 5,182 14,603 517 122 13,964 7,716
4 21,437 1,464 171 19,802 3,530 12,867 5,040 15,385 537 107 14,740 7,925
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.