Congressional Statistics, December 2017

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 2017
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 980,991 582,792 199,178 76,625 37,561 84,835 1,180,750 781,117 91,644 642,647
1 179,079 109,168 35,278 13,880 6,377 14,376 210,798 141,929 16,363 118,676
2 165,616 101,758 31,989 12,305 5,833 13,731 195,044 132,037 14,429 109,588
3 146,908 95,905 25,823 10,285 4,507 10,388 189,977 136,538 13,944 103,486
4 147,375 93,837 25,891 10,632 5,367 11,648 188,523 132,209 13,732 101,502
5 192,540 87,384 53,162 19,007 10,487 22,500 212,357 109,456 20,486 107,112
6 149,473 94,740 27,035 10,516 4,990 12,192 184,051 128,948 12,691 102,283
All areas c 61,903,360 42,446,992 8,695,475 4,090,523 2,501,729 4,168,641 79,732,580 59,602,066 5,271,028 45,808,776
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 2017
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients with OASDI a
Total By type By age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older Total Aged Blind Disabled
Kentucky 177,858 9,367 1,093 167,398 25,298 120,075 32,485 97,649 2,681 585 94,383 60,490
1 27,916 1,522 168 26,226 3,821 19,034 5,061 14,766 332 87 14,347 10,763
2 23,415 1,456 140 21,819 3,599 15,614 4,202 12,370 388 67 11,914 8,792
3 25,074 1,987 194 22,893 5,009 15,771 4,294 14,313 820 114 13,379 7,469
4 19,519 941 127 18,451 3,057 13,396 3,066 10,727 244 68 10,414 6,600
5 58,575 2,103 341 56,131 6,210 40,873 11,492 32,656 503 185 31,968 18,741
6 23,359 1,358 123 21,878 3,602 15,387 4,370 12,817 394 64 12,360 8,125
All areas b 8,227,676 1,176,476 68,947 6,982,253 1,182,593 4,805,112 2,239,971 4,754,456 506,540 39,787 4,208,129 2,738,814
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.