Congressional Statistics, December 2025

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 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
Mississippi 710,023 493,663 103,115 42,060 14,094 57,091 1,227,181 932,883 70,893 520,729
1 177,028 122,511 28,344 9,554 2,922 13,697 311,408 235,249 16,094 128,237
2 183,158 122,981 29,496 10,461 3,052 17,168 291,317 215,998 15,883 129,421
3 171,350 121,961 22,029 10,367 3,590 13,403 308,423 239,530 18,216 129,224
4 178,487 126,210 23,246 11,678 4,530 12,823 316,033 242,106 20,699 133,847
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
Mississippi 104,485 6,833 901 96,751 16,949 61,773 25,763 77,302 2,509 665 74,129 38,245
1 21,230 1,116 181 19,933 3,521 13,163 4,546 15,767 377 126 15,264 7,645
2 40,560 2,823 363 37,374 6,320 23,462 10,778 30,073 1,024 274 28,775 15,092
3 21,282 1,419 185 19,678 3,508 12,563 5,211 15,530 525 118 14,887 7,607
4 21,413 1,475 172 19,766 3,600 12,585 5,228 15,933 584 146 15,203 7,901
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.