Congressional Statistics, December 2021

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 2021
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 681,844 446,981 114,383 44,189 15,393 60,898 951,295 688,320 60,194 471,123
1 176,168 115,620 31,645 10,302 3,398 15,203 249,857 180,500 13,999 120,916
2 162,145 101,867 30,553 10,016 2,802 16,907 209,384 147,024 12,253 106,282
3 168,285 113,536 25,004 11,068 4,110 14,567 242,929 180,323 15,761 120,269
4 175,246 115,958 27,181 12,803 5,083 14,221 249,125 180,473 18,181 123,656
All areas c 65,228,238 47,292,977 7,877,129 3,888,166 2,261,928 3,908,038 99,804,910 78,413,357 5,833,092 50,795,566
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 2021
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 110,325 6,894 957 102,474 17,436 69,382 23,507 63,941 1,898 541 61,502 39,707
1 22,969 1,182 183 21,604 3,652 14,926 4,391 13,433 295 101 13,037 8,204
2 40,266 2,600 375 37,291 6,134 25,127 9,005 23,649 704 217 22,728 14,515
3 23,760 1,661 204 21,895 3,726 14,626 5,408 13,288 467 115 12,706 8,678
4 23,330 1,451 195 21,684 3,924 14,703 4,703 13,571 432 108 13,031 8,310
All areas b 7,695,900 1,115,723 65,587 6,514,590 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853 4,703,458 521,509 40,636 4,141,312 2,561,072
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.