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Monthly Statistical Snapshot, March 2025

(released April 2025)

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Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both
Table 2. Social Security benefits
Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients
Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or both, March 2025 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries 73,641 66,227 4,883 2,532
Aged 65 or older 56,746 54,268 1,072 1,406
Disabled, under age 65 a 11,283 6,347 3,810 1,125
Other b 5,612 5,612 . . . . . .
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table. SSI counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Includes children receiving SSI based on their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For detailed annual and time series program data, see our Annual Statistical Supplement.

Table 2. Social Security benefits, March 2025
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars) Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
Total 69,167 100.0 128,170 1,853.05
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 60,901 88.0 116,270 1,909.15
Retirement benefits 55,077 79.6 107,162 1,945.66
Retired workers 52,395 75.8 104,639 1,997.13
Spouses of retired workers 1,954 2.8 1,850 946.65
Children of retired workers 729 1.1 673 923.34
Survivor benefits 5,824 8.4 9,108 1,563.91
Children of deceased workers 2,071 3.0 2,355 1,137.29
Widowed mothers and fathers 97 0.1 127 1,307.77
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,461 5.0 6,439 1,860.56
Disabled widow(er)s 194 0.3 185 953.34
Parents of deceased workers 1 (L) 1 1,693.70
Disability Insurance 8,266 12.0 11,900 1,439.71
Disabled workers 7,176 10.4 11,350 1,581.51
Spouses of disabled workers 86 0.1 38 438.54
Children of disabled workers 1,003 1.4 513 511.32
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly OASDI information, visit the Actuary's website for Beneficiary Data.

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, March 2025
Age Recipients Total payments a (millions of dollars) Average monthly payment b (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
All recipients 7,414 100.0 5,654 715.58
Under 18 1,007 13.6 920 831.96
18–64 3,928 53.0 3,251 763.24
65 or older 2,479 33.4 1,484 592.50
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly SSI information, see SSI Monthly Statistics.