Congressional Statistics, December 2010

Kentucky

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. A worker's lifetime covered earnings largely determines the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2010
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
Kentucky 894,473 475,681 199,732 85,108 44,005 89,947 893,647 532,689 85,699 534,495
1 161,247 89,650 34,043 15,325 7,726 14,503 158,566 97,673 15,239 99,851
2 150,884 84,256 31,417 13,438 7,111 14,662 147,756 91,566 13,277 91,737
3 134,181 81,003 25,242 12,010 5,223 10,703 146,262 97,576 13,858 88,373
4 136,995 76,155 27,872 12,986 6,803 13,179 141,647 87,743 13,741 84,359
5 175,087 65,501 54,145 19,663 11,592 24,186 160,068 68,198 17,552 84,529
6 136,079 79,116 27,013 11,686 5,550 12,714 139,348 89,933 12,032 85,646
All areas d 54,031,968 34,593,080 8,203,951 4,445,547 2,476,836 4,312,554 58,048,295 40,662,492 4,884,520 37,291,572
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 2010
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 192,076 11,033 1,229 179,814 98,285 2,561 570 95,154 66,560 32,260
1 28,957 2,108 182 26,667 13,823 413 80 13,331 11,751 5,439
2 25,853 1,835 167 23,851 12,879 417 74 12,387 10,064 4,501
3 23,368 1,473 184 21,711 12,757 501 88 12,168 6,982 3,060
4 22,843 1,258 177 21,408 11,800 273 78 11,449 8,104 3,643
5 65,987 2,670 373 62,944 34,295 565 188 33,542 20,609 11,221
6 25,068 1,689 146 23,233 12,731 392 62 12,277 9,050 4,396
All areas b 7,912,266 1,183,853 69,289 6,659,124 4,273,680 474,932 36,836 3,761,912 2,697,963 2,041,490
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.