Congressional Statistics, December 2013

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 determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2013
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
Kentucky 944,041 520,804 209,584 81,170 41,229 91,254 1,040,087 643,172 89,800 581,378
1 175,199 100,510 37,025 14,920 7,365 15,379 189,531 120,547 16,300 111,345
2 154,378 89,298 31,986 12,417 6,446 14,231 166,393 106,717 13,390 96,926
3 137,513 83,564 27,194 11,135 4,645 10,975 163,021 109,875 13,993 90,828
4 144,330 86,658 27,590 11,556 5,877 12,649 169,270 112,373 13,904 93,862
5 193,213 78,367 57,789 20,236 11,757 25,064 195,484 90,573 20,051 98,770
6 139,408 82,407 28,000 10,906 5,139 12,956 156,388 103,087 12,161 89,647
All areas c 57,978,610 37,892,659 8,940,950 4,290,073 2,442,308 4,412,620 68,544,382 49,026,786 5,152,133 40,865,508
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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 2013
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 190,721 9,753 1,188 179,780 101,109 2,520 593 97,996 64,906 31,905
1 30,249 1,710 182 28,357 15,470 359 87 15,024 11,769 5,245
2 24,774 1,646 168 22,960 12,721 397 78 12,246 9,534 4,309
3 24,872 1,571 178 23,123 13,920 593 93 13,234 7,394 3,414
4 19,346 946 132 18,268 10,430 247 65 10,118 6,606 2,792
5 65,365 2,442 380 62,543 34,825 555 199 34,071 20,664 11,658
6 26,115 1,438 148 24,529 13,743 369 71 13,303 8,939 4,487
All areas b 8,363,477 1,157,118 67,671 7,138,688 4,677,154 483,984 37,494 4,155,676 2,770,750 2,107,524
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic 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.