Congressional Statistics, December 2003

Kansas

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. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in Kansas with benefits in current-payment status and monthly benefit amount, December 2003
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
Kansas 443,692 290,558 47,758 46,869 25,877 32,630 384,583 273,988 43,073 331,614
1 132,051 87,642 11,437 15,790 9,247 7,935 111,163 79,426 14,421 103,948
2 113,127 72,176 13,880 11,677 6,180 9,214 93,240 64,810 10,122 81,444
3 87,650 58,665 9,549 8,319 4,464 6,653 81,744 59,560 8,181 65,020
4 110,864 72,075 12,892 11,083 5,986 8,828 98,433 70,190 10,347 81,202
All areas c 47,038,391 29,531,615 5,873,673 4,899,704 2,772,576 3,960,823 39,541,474 27,230,628 4,238,982 33,433,599
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
c. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.

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 in Kansas and monthly payment amount, December 2003
Congressional district Number of recipients Monthly payment amount
(thousands of dollars)
Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
Kansas 37,792 3,491 373 33,928 15,243 827 150 14,266 13,687 6,627
1 8,567 884 82 7,601 3,305 176 33 3,095 3,408 1,582
2 10,910 820 95 9,995 4,344 136 37 4,170 4,227 1,672
3 7,359 827 87 6,445 3,124 258 35 2,830 2,308 1,439
4 10,956 960 109 9,887 4,469 255 44 4,169 3,744 1,934
All areas b 6,902,364 1,232,778 77,082 5,592,504 3,077,818 424,774 35,646 2,617,398 2,421,362 1,989,737
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent 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.