Congressional Statistics, December 2022

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 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
Kentucky 1,014,477 661,892 174,569 70,696 29,635 77,685 1,592,922 1,145,392 108,741 720,044
1 182,178 119,878 31,579 12,812 5,023 12,886 277,522 199,561 19,391 129,257
2 176,593 117,964 29,496 11,736 4,625 12,772 271,546 197,519 17,774 125,543
3 150,518 106,778 22,030 8,640 3,256 9,814 253,618 196,671 14,914 113,810
4 157,056 110,022 22,272 9,879 4,209 10,674 264,548 201,714 16,434 117,517
5 188,536 97,587 45,075 17,731 8,538 19,605 268,398 156,282 24,730 116,888
6 159,596 109,663 24,117 9,898 3,984 11,934 257,290 193,645 15,497 117,029
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
Kentucky 156,428 8,405 1,017 147,006 21,662 101,533 33,233 98,574 3,120 629 94,825 51,832
1 24,418 1,173 156 23,089 3,250 16,181 4,987 14,862 323 90 14,449 9,131
2 20,730 1,226 147 19,357 3,088 13,557 4,085 12,758 419 95 12,243 7,404
3 22,822 2,116 189 20,517 4,312 13,369 5,141 14,696 1,076 114 13,506 6,781
4 16,145 798 117 15,230 2,419 10,632 3,094 10,210 250 67 9,894 5,383
5 51,032 1,807 287 48,938 5,403 34,207 11,422 32,744 570 185 31,988 16,093
6 21,281 1,285 121 19,875 3,190 13,587 4,504 13,304 481 78 12,745 7,040
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.