Congressional Statistics, December 2021

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 2021
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 709,191 468,117 125,981 43,154 15,830 56,109 1,005,891 732,407 59,673 497,038
1 185,478 118,941 35,070 12,186 3,855 15,426 250,643 177,455 15,817 126,699
2 169,116 113,591 29,129 9,196 3,482 13,718 252,874 188,504 13,454 119,838
3 167,019 114,393 26,887 9,573 3,988 12,178 242,648 181,672 13,879 120,783
4 187,578 121,192 34,895 12,199 4,505 14,787 259,726 184,776 16,522 129,718
All areas c 65,228,238 47,292,977 7,877,129 3,888,166 2,261,928 3,908,038 99,804,910 78,413,357 5,833,092 50,795,566
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 2021
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 98,939 4,351 668 93,920 22,016 61,792 15,131 59,424 1,253 371 57,800 32,376
1 30,236 1,323 190 28,723 6,218 18,978 5,040 18,024 347 106 17,570 10,446
2 25,124 882 173 24,069 7,316 14,785 3,023 15,611 271 96 15,244 7,107
3 16,738 955 112 15,671 3,324 10,857 2,557 9,923 298 65 9,560 5,652
4 26,841 1,191 193 25,457 5,158 17,172 4,511 15,866 336 104 15,426 9,171
All areas b 7,695,900 1,115,723 65,587 6,514,590 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853 4,703,458 521,509 40,636 4,141,312 2,561,072
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.