Congressional Statistics, December 2025

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 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
Kentucky 1,059,779 719,046 163,589 70,752 33,389 73,003 1,885,822 1,404,393 123,532 787,721
1 197,051 135,082 30,191 12,769 5,471 13,538 338,554 252,726 21,829 146,170
2 181,212 124,622 27,473 11,843 5,573 11,701 317,502 237,538 20,595 134,620
3 154,644 113,386 20,193 8,262 3,431 9,372 294,450 235,429 16,047 121,393
4 163,296 119,116 20,460 9,593 4,567 9,560 312,149 245,841 18,084 127,372
5 206,327 113,515 44,477 19,069 9,886 19,380 330,076 203,633 30,186 136,591
6 157,249 113,325 20,795 9,216 4,461 9,452 293,090 229,227 16,791 121,575
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
Kentucky 151,328 9,119 1,017 141,192 22,374 93,229 35,725 110,875 4,448 706 105,720 49,875
1 23,836 1,147 166 22,523 3,475 15,141 5,220 16,854 396 112 16,346 8,848
2 20,070 1,259 150 18,661 3,369 12,356 4,345 14,470 575 103 13,792 6,953
3 22,827 2,835 194 19,798 4,258 12,206 6,363 17,148 1,816 135 15,197 6,880
4 13,719 761 95 12,863 2,155 8,476 3,088 9,920 314 64 9,542 4,613
5 52,271 1,881 287 50,103 6,092 33,752 12,427 38,745 731 208 37,806 16,508
6 18,605 1,236 125 17,244 3,025 11,298 4,282 13,738 616 85 13,037 6,073
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.