Congressional Statistics, December 2024

Tennessee

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
Tennessee 1,564,675 1,135,346 206,115 88,391 32,881 101,942 2,817,441 2,223,023 153,435 1,196,089
1 223,679 156,849 34,633 13,373 5,172 13,652 384,189 292,739 21,896 166,495
2 184,359 137,332 21,605 10,597 4,405 10,420 345,613 279,408 19,070 145,661
3 193,627 140,774 25,511 11,111 4,370 11,861 351,248 277,296 19,470 149,138
4 169,167 120,751 23,452 9,967 3,542 11,455 298,773 231,304 17,005 126,781
5 134,925 106,783 11,062 6,858 3,364 6,858 281,097 237,703 13,934 112,463
6 182,699 134,641 23,668 9,852 3,268 11,270 323,886 257,645 16,632 140,131
7 148,323 106,304 20,035 8,459 2,992 10,533 264,924 205,943 14,832 111,522
8 191,360 139,142 24,939 10,905 3,900 12,474 347,318 274,643 19,097 146,686
9 136,536 92,770 21,210 7,269 1,868 13,419 220,393 166,342 11,500 97,212
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
Tennessee 160,102 10,570 1,518 148,014 23,284 100,689 36,129 117,872 4,395 1,107 112,370 54,446
1 20,540 1,125 192 19,223 2,376 13,596 4,568 14,402 393 125 13,884 7,782
2 16,359 976 133 15,250 1,869 10,629 3,861 11,780 401 96 11,283 5,728
3 17,817 1,162 156 16,499 2,166 11,508 4,143 13,264 467 116 12,681 6,326
4 15,555 1,096 170 14,289 2,115 9,969 3,471 11,450 457 120 10,873 5,416
5 8,217 958 99 7,160 1,323 4,880 2,014 6,087 539 84 5,464 2,351
6 17,463 1,069 168 16,226 2,442 11,143 3,878 12,660 414 119 12,127 6,328
7 14,089 861 150 13,078 2,229 8,790 3,070 10,424 353 112 9,958 4,598
8 20,266 1,182 179 18,905 2,811 13,270 4,185 14,583 471 141 13,972 6,937
9 29,796 2,141 271 27,384 5,953 16,904 6,939 23,222 900 195 22,127 8,980
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.