Congressional Statistics, December 2008

Kansas

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. 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 current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2008
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 a Spouses b Children c All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s a
Kansas 464,699 305,858 61,386 41,675 21,007 34,773 504,138 360,731 47,828 339,737
1 126,903 84,955 14,004 13,061 6,899 7,984 132,392 95,347 14,679 97,909
2 122,908 79,068 17,914 10,600 5,255 10,071 127,943 89,727 11,550 87,005
3 96,299 65,301 12,068 7,867 3,883 7,180 112,851 83,073 9,752 70,657
4 118,589 76,534 17,400 10,147 4,970 9,538 130,953 92,583 11,847 84,166
All areas d 50,898,244 32,273,651 7,426,691 4,541,467 2,524,841 4,131,594 53,666,109 37,207,910 4,908,428 35,818,757
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. 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.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
c. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
d. 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 2008
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
Kansas 41,888 3,140 336 38,412 21,291 893 155 20,243 14,818 6,507
1 8,917 721 73 8,123 4,167 176 32 3,959 3,442 1,467
2 12,142 681 83 11,378 6,213 133 38 6,042 4,609 1,590
3 8,339 826 80 7,433 4,358 304 45 4,009 2,574 1,468
4 12,490 912 100 11,478 6,553 280 40 6,233 4,193 1,982
All areas b 7,519,593 1,203,089 70,311 6,246,193 3,880,019 475,824 36,376 3,367,820 2,612,149 2,033,285
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.