Congressional Statistics, December 2025

Louisiana

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 2025
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
Louisiana 992,482 661,928 127,416 81,561 48,593 72,984 1,740,411 1,275,636 148,845 758,372
1 169,644 124,176 15,798 12,401 8,041 9,228 334,714 264,619 24,889 139,226
2 153,530 101,765 21,709 11,835 6,237 11,984 255,197 185,562 20,779 115,279
3 170,630 109,288 22,743 15,585 10,059 12,955 306,643 217,530 29,531 128,308
4 169,340 113,794 21,402 14,194 8,650 11,300 299,493 219,081 25,890 130,106
5 164,138 108,459 20,589 14,120 8,632 12,338 284,060 206,366 25,523 125,509
6 165,200 104,446 25,175 13,426 6,974 15,179 260,303 182,477 22,233 119,944
All areas c 70,451,490 53,624,664 7,125,880 3,810,382 2,171,194 3,719,370 135,480,578 111,072,575 7,086,628 57,310,568
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data based on district definitions for the 119th Congress.
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 2025
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 All recipients Aged Blind Disabled
Louisiana 154,696 10,472 1,281 142,943 27,780 88,078 38,838 116,449 4,545 887 111,017 50,746
1 14,183 1,276 105 12,802 2,523 7,910 3,750 10,505 586 76 9,843 4,709
2 30,147 2,512 189 27,446 4,932 16,297 8,918 22,372 1,136 138 21,098 10,433
3 23,108 1,313 190 21,605 4,198 13,804 5,106 17,818 562 144 17,112 7,627
4 20,823 1,196 215 19,412 3,509 12,467 4,847 15,585 472 153 14,960 6,686
5 27,050 1,717 227 25,106 5,060 15,476 6,514 20,502 710 149 19,643 8,785
6 39,385 2,458 355 36,572 7,558 22,124 9,703 29,667 1,079 229 28,360 12,506
All areas b 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399 5,649,867 709,106 49,808 4,890,952 2,534,176
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data based on district definitions for the 119th Congress.
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.