Congressional Statistics, December 2020

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 2020
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 1,009,092 635,809 185,594 72,967 34,092 80,630 1,337,294 933,222 95,477 692,742
1 181,782 116,383 33,370 13,069 5,666 13,294 234,632 164,970 16,783 125,388
2 173,306 112,144 30,852 11,872 5,324 13,114 224,907 159,418 15,289 119,519
3 150,626 103,554 23,691 9,310 4,062 10,009 214,330 161,543 13,747 110,479
4 153,625 103,827 23,676 10,158 4,903 11,061 217,252 160,685 14,351 111,091
5 192,520 95,344 48,536 18,330 9,446 20,864 232,603 130,216 21,721 114,199
6 157,233 104,557 25,469 10,228 4,691 12,288 213,570 156,391 13,587 112,066
All areas c 64,850,867 46,329,595 8,151,016 3,938,577 2,428,044 4,003,635 92,197,039 71,539,916 5,523,900 49,826,655
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 2020
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 167,786 8,761 1,092 157,933 23,563 111,110 33,113 98,259 2,884 624 94,751 56,162
1 26,068 1,268 158 24,642 3,470 17,602 4,996 14,827 312 87 14,428 9,856
2 22,291 1,315 162 20,814 3,368 14,744 4,179 12,678 417 87 12,173 8,128
3 24,212 2,068 203 21,941 4,700 14,697 4,815 14,573 947 114 13,511 7,160
4 17,436 827 123 16,486 2,734 11,677 3,025 10,115 232 73 9,810 5,837
5 55,250 1,941 318 52,991 5,867 37,775 11,608 32,726 545 191 31,990 17,627
6 22,529 1,342 128 21,059 3,424 14,615 4,490 13,340 430 71 12,838 7,554
All areas b 7,959,766 1,136,162 67,738 6,755,866 1,108,612 4,556,131 2,295,023 4,797,688 522,078 41,062 4,234,549 2,640,704
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.