Congressional Statistics, December 2003
Arkansas
Social Security
Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.
Congressional district | Number of beneficiaries | Monthly benefit amount (thousands of dollars) |
Number of OASDI beneficiaries aged 65 or older |
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Total | Retired workers a | Disabled workers | Widow(er)s b | Wives and husbands |
Children | All beneficiaries | Retired workers | Widow(er)s b | ||
Arkansas | 543,669 | 310,264 | 91,424 | 58,671 | 28,928 | 54,382 | 419,307 | 265,616 | 45,289 | 352,335 |
1 | 147,981 | 82,640 | 25,287 | 17,135 | 7,946 | 14,973 | 109,746 | 68,152 | 12,461 | 94,724 |
2 | 116,134 | 67,321 | 19,491 | 11,418 | 5,524 | 12,380 | 93,269 | 60,033 | 9,334 | 75,282 |
3 | 134,469 | 78,133 | 23,552 | 12,833 | 7,198 | 12,753 | 104,642 | 67,397 | 10,244 | 86,926 |
4 | 145,085 | 82,170 | 23,094 | 17,285 | 8,260 | 14,276 | 111,650 | 70,033 | 13,248 | 95,403 |
All areas c | 47,038,391 | 29,531,615 | 5,873,673 | 4,899,704 | 2,772,576 | 3,960,823 | 39,541,474 | 27,230,628 | 4,238,982 | 33,433,599 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||||||
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries. | ||||||||||
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, disabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents. | ||||||||||
c. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. |
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.
Congressional district | Number of recipients | Monthly payment amount (thousands of dollars) |
Number of recipients |
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Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled | Total | Aged | Blind | Disabled | With OASDI a | Aged 65 or older | |
Arkansas | 86,365 | 11,158 | 871 | 74,336 | 33,146 | 1,745 | 311 | 31,088 | 37,327 | 20,842 |
1 | 29,343 | 4,383 | 253 | 24,707 | 11,315 | 660 | 97 | 10,557 | 13,333 | 8,143 |
2 | 16,935 | 1,591 | 226 | 15,118 | 6,652 | 257 | 69 | 6,325 | 6,511 | 3,126 |
3 | 15,700 | 1,721 | 146 | 13,833 | 5,969 | 286 | 52 | 5,630 | 6,883 | 3,129 |
4 | 24,387 | 3,463 | 246 | 20,678 | 9,209 | 541 | 92 | 8,575 | 10,600 | 6,444 |
All areas b | 6,902,364 | 1,232,778 | 77,082 | 5,592,504 | 3,077,818 | 424,774 | 35,646 | 2,617,398 | 2,421,362 | 1,989,737 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent 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. |