Congressional Statistics, December 2014

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 2014
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 954,284 536,540 208,016 79,977 40,265 89,486 1,081,642 680,486 90,825 596,915
1 175,843 102,378 36,634 14,679 7,107 15,045 195,621 126,122 16,434 112,938
2 158,552 93,120 32,454 12,441 6,352 14,185 175,928 114,389 13,797 100,966
3 143,829 89,638 27,337 11,106 4,698 11,050 175,749 121,043 14,343 96,895
4 139,414 84,468 26,543 10,895 5,540 11,968 167,789 112,475 13,403 91,545
5 193,499 80,855 56,805 19,976 11,502 24,361 201,317 95,906 20,372 101,255
6 143,147 86,081 28,243 10,880 5,066 12,877 165,237 110,551 12,476 93,316
All areas c 59,007,158 39,008,771 8,954,518 4,236,220 2,452,435 4,355,214 71,693,353 51,826,267 5,212,795 42,084,088
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 2014
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 188,401 9,607 1,162 177,632 100,954 2,597 596 97,761 64,025 32,015
1 29,806 1,627 180 27,999 15,425 348 88 14,989 11,523 5,208
2 24,756 1,613 159 22,984 12,870 415 77 12,378 9,438 4,278
3 25,749 1,695 188 23,866 14,405 668 94 13,643 7,598 3,678
4 19,099 889 137 18,073 10,288 224 71 9,993 6,601 2,772
5 64,558 2,386 366 61,806 34,925 568 201 34,156 20,467 11,730
6 24,433 1,397 132 22,904 13,041 375 63 12,603 8,398 4,349
All areas b 8,335,704 1,151,940 67,383 7,116,381 4,686,279 484,313 37,911 4,164,055 2,749,128 2,122,871
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.