Congressional Statistics, December 2011

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. 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 2011
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 and parents Spouses a Children b All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s and parents
Kansas 498,707 329,817 72,365 39,302 18,868 38,355 575,137 415,219 47,838 353,505
1 130,438 87,679 16,204 11,815 5,974 8,766 143,798 104,458 13,997 97,661
2 131,488 84,749 21,137 9,995 4,541 11,066 145,516 102,723 11,564 89,932
3 108,874 74,560 14,614 7,893 3,812 7,995 136,304 101,352 10,430 78,045
4 127,907 82,829 20,410 9,599 4,541 10,528 149,519 106,686 11,846 87,867
All areas c 55,404,480 35,599,569 8,575,544 4,398,094 2,455,822 4,375,451 62,213,382 43,736,668 5,041,881 38,292,328
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
c. 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 2011
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 47,336 3,111 329 43,896 24,346 967 158 23,221 16,144 6,760
1 9,673 703 76 8,894 4,653 171 38 4,443 3,699 1,470
2 13,560 621 75 12,864 6,908 136 35 6,736 4,958 1,603
3 9,613 869 71 8,673 5,213 348 38 4,827 2,892 1,562
4 14,490 918 107 13,465 7,572 311 46 7,215 4,595 2,125
All areas b 8,112,773 1,182,106 69,033 6,861,634 4,389,872 471,847 36,718 3,881,307 2,716,259 2,058,641
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.