Congressional Statistics, December 2016

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 2016
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 972,352 566,353 203,471 77,540 38,571 86,417 1,132,277 735,602 90,041 626,719
1 172,853 103,879 34,750 13,649 6,487 14,088 197,591 131,213 15,728 113,385
2 166,895 100,783 33,102 12,716 6,109 14,185 190,083 126,741 14,416 108,998
3 145,971 93,654 26,573 10,450 4,643 10,651 182,638 129,224 13,776 101,146
4 146,016 90,955 26,690 10,868 5,532 11,971 180,512 124,135 13,580 98,755
5 193,283 85,438 54,695 19,257 10,760 23,133 206,205 103,582 20,081 105,333
6 147,334 91,644 27,661 10,600 5,040 12,389 175,247 120,708 12,460 99,102
All areas c 60,907,307 41,233,126 8,808,736 4,138,134 2,505,754 4,221,557 75,917,962 56,082,551 5,184,802 44,506,717
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 2016
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 180,613 9,339 1,103 170,171 25,840 122,573 32,200 99,376 2,645 575 96,155 61,447
1 26,701 1,429 159 25,113 3,606 18,304 4,791 14,072 313 82 13,677 10,414
2 24,567 1,535 152 22,880 3,879 16,386 4,302 13,020 403 74 12,542 9,245
3 24,959 1,852 187 22,920 5,171 15,745 4,043 14,364 765 101 13,499 7,438
4 19,996 945 131 18,920 3,170 13,755 3,071 11,003 243 65 10,695 6,738
5 60,857 2,237 349 58,271 6,456 42,710 11,691 33,944 538 189 33,218 19,445
6 23,533 1,341 125 22,067 3,558 15,673 4,302 12,973 384 64 12,525 8,167
All areas b 8,251,161 1,164,589 68,344 7,018,228 1,213,079 4,845,735 2,192,347 4,740,264 501,520 39,380 4,199,364 2,721,951
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.