Congressional Statistics, December 2005

Kentucky

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 with benefits in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2005
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers a Disabled workers Widow(er)s b Spouses c Children d All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s b
Kentucky 797,725 415,741 160,140 91,338 48,948 81,558 676,724 394,346 78,236 489,715
1 148,221 80,654 28,412 16,973 8,857 13,325 123,841 74,436 14,340 93,804
2 130,081 71,159 24,501 14,019 7,726 12,676 107,445 65,160 11,720 81,126
3 123,700 74,528 19,461 13,681 6,335 9,695 115,707 76,527 13,551 85,486
4 119,278 64,603 21,735 13,707 7,562 11,671 104,459 63,120 12,370 75,596
5 158,311 57,641 44,893 20,914 12,294 22,569 123,298 50,608 15,766 77,744
6 118,134 67,156 21,138 12,044 6,174 11,622 101,973 64,495 10,489 75,959
All areas e 48,434,281 30,460,839 6,518,989 4,749,379 2,680,259 4,024,815 44,351,668 30,521,816 4,470,918 34,019,044
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 receiving payment on the record of a worker who is deceased.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
d. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
e. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, 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 2005
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments
(thousands of dollars)		 Number of
recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Aged 65 or older
Kentucky 179,968 14,140 1,426 164,402 77,794 2,720 576 74,497 64,179 33,923
1 28,358 2,967 204 25,187 11,320 506 77 10,737 12,017 6,262
2 24,169 2,428 182 21,559 10,010 453 71 9,485 9,963 5,010
3 19,504 1,509 227 17,768 9,007 398 94 8,514 6,206 2,926
4 21,377 1,672 199 19,506 9,250 314 77 8,859 7,680 3,817
5 64,074 3,482 436 60,156 28,830 644 185 28,000 19,620 11,266
6 22,486 2,082 178 20,226 9,375 404 70 8,900 8,693 4,642
All areas b 7,113,879 1,214,296 75,039 5,824,544 3,366,951 440,023 36,382 2,890,546 2,500,705 1,994,511
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.