Congressional Statistics, December 2024

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 2024
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 1,036,142 698,981 166,839 68,079 27,254 74,989 1,762,364 1,304,133 112,478 756,793
1 193,352 132,082 30,853 12,350 4,304 13,763 318,280 236,598 19,929 141,152
2 176,106 120,491 27,784 11,322 4,555 11,954 295,081 219,637 18,656 128,621
3 151,600 110,658 20,617 7,996 2,796 9,533 275,839 219,302 14,818 117,307
4 158,370 114,835 20,803 9,138 3,599 9,995 288,401 225,859 16,289 121,385
5 203,936 111,242 45,629 18,455 8,558 20,052 313,153 191,418 27,676 131,946
6 152,778 109,673 21,153 8,818 3,442 9,692 271,610 211,318 15,109 116,382
All areas c 68,455,973 51,772,651 7,231,147 3,734,707 1,947,761 3,769,707 125,577,970 102,268,471 6,617,163 55,120,239
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 2024
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 153,016 8,984 1,014 143,018 22,256 95,810 34,950 109,231 4,100 697 104,435 50,495
1 24,070 1,150 166 22,754 3,488 15,475 5,107 16,594 383 114 16,097 8,982
2 20,178 1,234 151 18,793 3,205 12,751 4,222 14,042 523 99 13,420 7,086
3 22,882 2,656 188 20,038 4,328 12,532 6,022 16,736 1,604 131 15,001 6,792
4 13,946 769 91 13,086 2,193 8,735 3,018 9,883 295 62 9,527 4,698
5 53,290 1,927 299 51,064 6,089 34,849 12,352 38,432 713 212 37,506 16,840
6 18,650 1,248 119 17,283 2,953 11,468 4,229 13,544 581 79 12,884 6,097
All areas b 7,423,856 1,190,660 63,747 6,169,449 1,002,887 3,951,866 2,469,103 5,528,062 677,097 48,833 4,802,132 2,532,902
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.