Congressional Statistics, December 2020

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 2020
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 707,846 460,240 129,636 43,819 16,984 57,167 934,467 671,837 56,591 488,776
1 186,499 117,964 36,212 12,475 4,141 15,707 234,934 164,503 15,070 125,711
2 167,994 111,071 29,891 9,312 3,726 13,994 233,594 171,956 12,727 117,187
3 165,214 111,511 27,536 9,658 4,245 12,264 223,200 164,941 13,089 117,751
4 188,139 119,694 35,997 12,374 4,872 15,202 242,739 170,436 15,705 128,127
All areas c 64,850,867 46,329,595 8,151,016 3,938,577 2,428,044 4,003,635 92,197,039 71,539,916 5,523,900 49,826,655
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 2020
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 103,122 4,534 681 97,907 23,802 64,199 15,121 61,018 1,271 376 59,371 33,714
1 31,622 1,407 195 30,020 6,736 19,785 5,101 18,515 349 106 18,061 10,914
2 25,864 914 183 24,767 7,707 15,177 2,980 15,798 276 107 15,415 7,313
3 17,181 949 107 16,125 3,560 11,096 2,525 10,076 283 59 9,734 5,810
4 28,455 1,264 196 26,995 5,799 18,141 4,515 16,627 363 104 16,161 9,677
All areas b 7,959,766 1,136,162 67,738 6,755,866 1,108,612 4,556,131 2,295,023 4,797,688 522,078 41,062 4,234,549 2,640,704
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.