Congressional Statistics, December 2023

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 2023
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 941,432 617,733 134,154 77,541 36,579 75,425 1,506,128 1,086,721 125,339 696,153
1 160,643 113,605 17,949 12,381 6,587 10,121 285,699 219,266 22,230 127,388
2 146,316 93,642 24,137 11,108 4,113 13,316 213,436 150,860 16,425 103,906
3 158,679 100,304 23,372 14,507 7,302 13,194 259,319 181,690 24,228 114,989
4 170,666 110,449 26,466 13,964 5,952 13,835 260,856 184,800 21,262 123,816
5 166,965 106,516 25,581 14,190 6,108 14,570 247,159 172,682 21,195 120,447
6 138,163 93,217 16,649 11,391 6,517 10,389 239,658 177,423 19,999 105,607
All areas c 67,076,966 50,147,679 7,365,987 3,796,684 1,984,227 3,782,389 118,527,109 95,546,840 6,512,823 53,508,012
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 2023
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
Louisiana 157,218 10,391 1,323 145,504 27,894 92,416 36,908 110,048 4,095 884 105,068 50,731
1 15,451 1,280 105 14,066 2,739 9,058 3,654 10,704 536 71 10,098 4,997
2 36,492 2,822 262 33,408 6,208 20,424 9,860 25,892 1,167 172 24,553 12,475
3 22,269 1,360 200 20,709 3,886 13,629 4,754 15,501 519 143 14,839 7,429
4 32,945 1,942 299 30,704 5,647 19,857 7,441 23,229 720 205 22,304 10,244
5 34,700 2,044 330 32,326 6,031 20,630 8,039 23,715 735 204 22,776 11,151
6 15,361 943 127 14,291 3,383 8,818 3,160 11,006 419 89 10,498 4,435
All areas b 7,425,331 1,160,789 63,886 6,200,656 983,169 4,039,319 2,402,843 5,292,598 632,748 47,283 4,612,568 2,504,566
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.