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Social Security Beneficiary Data

Office of the Chief Actuary

Beneficiary databases— number of beneficiaries and average payment amounts

Number of beneficiaries—graph shows growth after 1969

Trustees Report—financial outlook for Social Security

SSI Report—financial status of the Supplemental Security Income program

General information on Social Security program

Monthly Social Security benefits are payable from the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds. Such benefits are paid to several types of beneficiaries.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits are paid from the general fund of the Treasury.

    Social Security beneficiary data in table format
  • Number of Social Security beneficiaries at end of calendar years
  • Annual benefits paid from the trust funds by type of beneficiary:
    • OASI benefit amounts
    • DI benefit amounts
  • Other statistical tables
    How benefits are computed
  • Retirement benefit examples
  • Benefit formula