Congressional Statistics, December 2015 (Expanded Edition)

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 2015
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 963,497 551,152 206,175 78,723 39,369 88,078 1,104,955 706,247 90,307 610,903
1 177,139 104,607 36,412 14,322 6,891 14,907 199,134 130,215 16,232 114,679
2 160,973 95,854 32,553 12,424 6,156 13,986 180,772 119,015 13,920 103,731
3 144,912 91,550 26,960 10,804 4,661 10,937 178,737 124,741 14,087 98,868
4 141,783 87,258 26,389 10,763 5,499 11,874 172,585 117,282 13,366 94,533
5 194,152 83,311 56,040 19,698 11,148 23,955 204,389 99,927 20,272 103,293
6 144,538 88,572 27,821 10,712 5,014 12,419 169,339 115,067 12,430 95,799
All areas c 59,963,425 40,089,061 8,909,430 4,190,676 2,477,567 4,296,691 73,642,029 53,790,278 5,194,659 43,243,199
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 2015
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients
Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled With OASDI a Under age 18 Aged 65 or older
Kentucky 184,103 9,369 1,134 173,600 100,462 2,635 585 97,242 62,453 26,772 31,884
1 28,995 1,542 173 27,280 15,136 345 88 14,704 11,162 4,064 5,072
2 24,199 1,530 154 22,515 12,899 404 77 12,418 9,176 3,796 4,231
3 25,343 1,758 183 23,402 14,380 713 94 13,574 7,535 5,464 3,820
4 18,815 899 129 17,787 10,309 238 63 10,008 6,420 3,186 2,786
5 62,878 2,291 360 60,227 34,734 557 195 33,982 19,956 6,630 11,672
6 23,873 1,349 135 22,389 13,003 379 68 12,556 8,204 3,632 4,303
All areas b 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 2,731,528 1,267,160 2,153,849
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.