Congressional Statistics, December 2021

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 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
Kentucky 1,010,012 647,855 179,822 71,665 31,680 78,990 1,438,656 1,019,674 100,424 704,505
1 181,799 118,052 32,447 12,955 5,312 13,033 251,657 179,024 17,839 127,150
2 174,534 114,690 30,109 11,760 4,957 13,018 243,469 174,793 16,229 121,981
3 150,435 105,073 22,808 9,000 3,628 9,926 229,923 175,857 14,148 111,896
4 155,174 106,812 23,080 9,971 4,533 10,778 236,513 177,704 15,119 114,108
5 190,118 96,413 46,605 17,951 8,938 20,211 246,356 140,949 22,790 115,202
6 157,952 106,815 24,773 10,028 4,312 12,024 230,738 171,347 14,300 114,168
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
Kentucky 161,147 8,350 1,053 151,744 22,348 105,917 32,882 95,817 2,878 628 92,311 53,577
1 25,227 1,209 158 23,860 3,352 16,908 4,967 14,416 310 90 14,016 9,458
2 21,322 1,233 150 19,939 3,165 14,044 4,113 12,461 408 82 11,971 7,673
3 23,403 2,024 190 21,189 4,450 14,025 4,928 14,371 957 108 13,307 6,942
4 16,637 777 126 15,734 2,556 11,064 3,017 9,857 224 76 9,558 5,564
5 52,713 1,838 303 50,572 5,528 35,744 11,441 31,788 549 200 31,040 16,684
6 21,845 1,269 126 20,450 3,297 14,132 4,416 12,923 431 72 12,420 7,256
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.