Congressional Statistics, December 2022

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 2022
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 712,122 477,621 122,160 42,796 14,831 54,714 1,113,085 821,017 65,030 507,293
1 185,124 120,460 33,959 12,067 3,561 15,077 275,364 197,318 17,176 128,560
2 170,455 116,544 28,264 8,989 3,230 13,428 281,118 212,538 14,468 123,016
3 168,785 117,579 25,991 9,594 3,815 11,806 270,793 205,539 15,301 124,100
4 187,758 123,038 33,946 12,146 4,225 14,403 285,810 205,623 18,086 131,617
All areas c 65,994,457 48,587,883 7,604,098 3,840,827 2,113,864 3,847,785 111,421,667 88,679,497 6,324,926 52,052,807
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 2022
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 96,435 4,401 667 91,367 21,336 59,549 15,550 61,637 1,367 415 59,855 31,456
1 29,435 1,288 190 27,957 6,100 18,258 5,077 18,613 368 117 18,128 10,079
2 24,893 952 183 23,758 7,209 14,431 3,253 16,433 319 112 16,002 7,046
3 16,125 948 113 15,064 3,155 10,377 2,593 10,150 310 83 9,757 5,376
4 25,982 1,213 181 24,588 4,872 16,483 4,627 16,441 370 103 15,967 8,955
All areas b 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324 4,910,154 569,774 43,223 4,297,157 2,530,634
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.