Arkansas
In 2018, 439,558 retirees in Arkansas collected benefits that averaged $1,386.84 a month. Per year, that averaged $16,642.09. This benefits program began back in 1935 when President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act.
Arkansas
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Kentucky
In Kentucky, the average monthly benefit collected in 2018 was $1,393.31 for 599,606 residents. It added up to approximately $16,719.70 a year. The first monthly Social Security check was issued on January 31, 1940, to Ida May Fuller, a retired legal secretary in Ludlow, Vermont. She got $22.54, which amounts to $413.77 in today’s dollars.
Kentucky
