Congressional Statistics, December 2019

Arkansas

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 2019
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
Arkansas 703,896 450,419 132,680 44,711 17,944 58,142 905,022 641,449 56,373 479,940
1 186,776 116,419 37,142 12,709 4,474 16,032 229,294 158,447 14,973 124,446
2 166,399 108,150 30,648 9,482 3,899 14,220 225,042 163,179 12,649 114,418
3 162,779 108,177 28,066 9,709 4,453 12,374 213,986 155,970 12,833 114,452
4 187,942 117,673 36,824 12,811 5,118 15,516 236,700 163,853 15,919 126,624
All areas c 64,064,496 45,094,245 8,378,374 3,996,448 2,543,961 4,051,468 88,523,452 67,769,892 5,476,827 48,653,036
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 2019
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
Arkansas 104,312 4,746 667 98,899 24,335 64,922 15,055 60,698 1,253 368 59,077 34,512
1 32,200 1,518 193 30,489 6,911 20,111 5,178 18,550 353 111 18,086 11,291
2 26,088 940 178 24,970 7,793 15,349 2,946 15,852 260 99 15,493 7,527
3 17,347 952 115 16,280 3,665 11,225 2,457 9,861 281 62 9,519 5,894
4 28,677 1,336 181 27,160 5,966 18,237 4,474 16,435 359 97 15,979 9,800
All areas b 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228 4,815,717 524,357 41,163 4,250,196 2,682,082
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.