Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

Arkansas

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. OASDI in Arkansas, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current-payment status
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number
of OASDI
beneficiaries
aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Wives and
husbands		 Children All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
United States, total 46,444,240 29,190,150 5,543,981 4,967,155 2,832,767 3,910,187 37,854,411 26,125,087 4,169,125 33,162,456
Arkansas 534,867 306,462 85,219 59,775 29,829 53,582 398,618 253,810 44,648 349,700
1 146,239 82,365 23,352 17,475 8,200 14,847 104,804 65,766 12,306 94,772
2 116,822 68,124 18,614 11,928 5,842 12,314 90,652 58,615 9,445 76,547
3 128,968 74,681 21,872 12,719 7,266 12,430 96,863 62,310 9,806 83,515
4 142,838 81,292 21,381 17,653 8,521 13,991 106,297 67,117 13,089 94,866
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.

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. SSI in Arkansas, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly benefit amount
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
United States, total 6,787,857 1,251,528 77,658 5,458,671 2,951,425 415,574 35,144 2,500,707 2,406,327 1,995,284
Arkansas 84,901 12,078 925 71,898 31,514 1,870 342 29,302 37,653 21,905
1 28,833 4,732 274 23,827 10,627 707 105 9,815 13,487 8,581
2 17,164 1,805 251 15,108 6,469 283 83 6,103 6,688 3,359
3 15,045 1,784 147 13,114 5,738 297 53 5,388 6,732 3,192
4 23,859 3,757 253 19,849 8,681 583 101 7,997 10,746 6,773
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.