Congressional Statistics, December 2025

Arkansas

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 2025
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
Arkansas 736,994 513,912 116,254 41,400 13,659 51,769 1,303,884 993,029 70,362 545,089
1 199,044 134,443 34,115 12,025 3,356 15,105 333,096 245,970 19,112 143,221
2 178,974 128,143 26,346 8,951 3,064 12,470 336,623 264,044 16,076 135,021
3 154,881 112,696 21,020 8,180 3,204 9,781 284,804 224,223 14,761 118,679
4 204,095 138,630 34,773 12,244 4,035 14,413 349,361 258,791 20,414 148,168
All areas c 70,451,490 53,624,664 7,125,880 3,810,382 2,171,194 3,719,370 135,480,578 111,072,575 7,086,628 57,310,568
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data based on district definitions for the 119th Congress.
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 2025
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 All recipients Aged Blind Disabled
Arkansas 94,336 4,375 682 89,279 21,769 55,865 16,702 69,876 1,636 465 67,775 30,185
1 29,806 1,271 203 28,332 6,604 17,702 5,500 22,081 431 138 21,512 9,965
2 22,160 871 192 21,097 6,408 12,486 3,266 16,728 332 134 16,263 6,268
3 13,216 861 91 12,264 2,683 8,194 2,339 9,758 365 66 9,327 4,227
4 29,154 1,372 196 27,586 6,074 17,483 5,597 21,310 508 128 20,674 9,725
All areas b 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399 5,649,867 709,106 49,808 4,890,952 2,534,176
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data based on district definitions for the 119th Congress.
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.