Congressional Statistics, December 2024

Rhode Island

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
Congressional district	Total	Retired workers	Disabled workers	Widow(er)s and parents	Spouses ^a	Children ^b	All beneficiaries	Retired workers	Widow(er)s and parents	Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Rhode Island	241,323	183,329	31,102	9,877	3,809	13,206	458,216	375,791	18,469	192,569
1	114,620	86,108	15,409	4,657	1,834	6,612	211,922	172,570	8,550	90,624
2	126,703	97,221	15,693	5,220	1,975	6,594	246,294	203,221	9,918	101,945
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			Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars)
	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled	Under 18	18–64	65 or older	Total	Aged	Blind	Disabled
Rhode Island	30,358	3,357	154	26,847	3,452	18,046	8,860	21,771	1,689	106	19,977	10,446
1	16,859	1,889	82	14,888	2,026	9,829	5,004	12,056	950	53	11,052	5,805
2	13,499	1,468	72	11,959	1,426	8,217	3,856	9,716	739	53	8,924	4,641
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.