Congressional Statistics, December 2018

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 2018
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 989,575 599,606 194,959 75,262 36,631 83,117 1,240,569 835,436 93,491 658,874
1 180,220 111,755 34,800 13,515 6,199 13,951 220,719 150,877 16,526 121,105
2 167,822 104,917 31,637 12,190 5,628 13,450 205,916 141,519 14,865 112,561
3 147,723 98,272 25,002 9,929 4,445 10,075 198,928 145,366 13,984 105,757
4 148,391 96,515 24,932 10,336 5,259 11,349 197,989 141,505 13,902 104,084
5 193,630 90,323 52,152 18,807 10,186 22,162 222,136 117,564 21,036 109,974
6 151,789 97,824 26,436 10,485 4,914 12,130 194,882 138,606 13,178 105,393
All areas c 62,906,222 43,721,450 8,537,332 4,029,669 2,510,248 4,107,523 84,419,840 63,890,793 5,383,982 47,159,080
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 2018
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 174,213 9,253 1,070 163,890 24,552 116,912 32,749 98,147 2,752 580 94,816 59,178
1 27,206 1,445 159 25,602 3,647 18,516 5,043 14,862 325 83 14,454 10,482
2 22,987 1,410 143 21,434 3,519 15,269 4,199 12,698 389 72 12,236 8,570
3 24,778 2,028 190 22,560 4,923 15,393 4,462 14,485 871 108 13,505 7,364
4 18,000 886 127 16,987 2,809 12,239 2,952 10,112 232 65 9,814 6,187
5 58,091 2,104 330 55,657 6,081 40,334 11,676 33,016 527 187 32,302 18,598
6 23,151 1,380 121 21,650 3,573 15,161 4,417 12,975 407 63 12,505 7,977
All areas b 8,128,652 1,169,087 68,654 6,890,911 1,148,038 4,714,234 2,266,380 4,772,179 512,711 40,240 4,219,228 2,715,318
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.