Congressional Statistics, December 2006

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 2006
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 812,644 424,678 167,356 90,047 48,026 82,537 720,189 420,432 80,489 497,917
1 150,714 82,236 29,510 16,663 8,702 13,603 131,597 79,262 14,695 95,056
2 133,550 73,285 25,733 13,950 7,613 12,969 115,335 70,104 12,184 83,194
3 124,795 75,203 20,483 13,276 6,072 9,761 121,660 80,422 13,723 85,671
4 121,871 66,266 22,782 13,518 7,466 11,839 111,407 67,527 12,715 77,187
5 160,527 58,647 46,628 20,553 12,119 22,580 130,750 53,890 16,193 78,923
6 121,187 69,041 22,220 12,087 6,054 11,785 109,439 69,227 10,979 77,886
All areas e 49,122,624 30,976,145 6,806,918 4,666,962 2,632,069 4,040,530 46,938,032 32,351,857 4,576,981 34,468,217
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, 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 2006
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 181,700 13,384 1,381 166,935 81,713 2,681 577 78,454 64,396 33,476
1 28,455 2,746 199 25,510 12,033 493 79 11,460 11,910 6,068
2 24,407 2,318 175 21,914 10,546 454 75 10,017 9,936 4,908
3 20,077 1,515 220 18,342 9,573 415 88 9,069 6,327 2,957
4 21,501 1,568 196 19,737 9,593 301 78 9,213 7,776 3,807
5 64,334 3,274 426 60,634 29,908 619 189 29,099 19,767 11,209
6 22,926 1,963 165 20,798 10,059 397 66 9,595 8,680 4,527
All areas b 7,235,583 1,211,681 73,418 5,950,484 3,499,569 453,537 36,296 3,009,734 2,528,975 2,004,476
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.