Congressional Statistics, December 2016

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 2016
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 653,352 393,012 128,746 47,643 18,182 65,769 749,026 503,133 53,345 418,309
1 168,131 102,254 34,718 10,885 4,056 16,218 196,164 132,574 12,118 107,601
2 161,942 92,124 35,660 11,666 3,524 18,968 173,208 111,695 11,825 96,866
3 160,785 99,923 28,497 12,040 4,742 15,583 189,891 131,259 14,026 107,095
4 162,494 98,711 29,871 13,052 5,860 15,000 189,763 127,605 15,376 106,747
All areas c 60,907,307 41,233,126 8,808,736 4,138,134 2,505,754 4,221,557 75,917,962 56,082,551 5,184,802 44,506,717
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 2016
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 120,647 8,118 941 111,588 20,965 76,618 23,064 65,022 1,870 473 62,678 43,726
1 24,095 1,520 174 22,401 4,130 15,546 4,419 12,838 328 90 12,420 9,045
2 46,018 3,103 389 42,526 8,113 28,901 9,004 25,400 707 198 24,495 16,500
3 26,628 1,979 182 24,467 4,476 16,682 5,470 13,864 445 85 13,334 9,681
4 23,906 1,516 196 22,194 4,246 15,489 4,171 12,919 391 99 12,429 8,500
All areas b 8,251,161 1,164,589 68,344 7,018,228 1,213,079 4,845,735 2,192,347 4,740,264 501,520 39,380 4,199,364 2,721,951
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.