Monthly Statistical Snapshot, November 2014

(released December 2014)

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, November 2014 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	64,142	55,779	5,581	2,782
Aged 65 or older	42,870	40,742	941	1,187
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	14,282	8,048	4,640	1,594
Other ^b	6,990	6,990	. . .	. . .
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 on the basis of their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

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

Table 2. Social Security benefits, November 2014
Type of beneficiary	Beneficiaries		Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Type of beneficiary	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total	58,966	100.0	70,401	1,193.92
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	48,034	81.5	59,465	1,237.97
Retirement benefits	41,899	71.1	52,787	1,259.86
Retired workers	38,960	66.1	50,860	1,305.44
Spouses of retired workers	2,306	3.9	1,524	660.94
Children of retired workers	633	1.1	402	635.87
Survivor benefits	6,135	10.4	6,678	1,088.46
Children of deceased workers	1,884	3.2	1,538	815.97
Widowed mothers and fathers	146	0.2	135	924.39
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,845	6.5	4,820	1,253.49
Disabled widow(er)s	258	0.4	184	712.25
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,102.24
Disability Insurance	10,932	18.5	10,936	1,000.41
Disabled workers	8,956	15.2	10,264	1,146.04
Spouses of disabled workers	150	0.3	46	309.25
Children of disabled workers	1,825	3.1	625	342.64
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

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

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, November 2014
Age	Recipients		Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
Age	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
All recipients	8,363	100.0	4,662	532.06
Under 18	1,302	15.6	864	640.01
18–64	4,932	59.0	2,891	549.74
65 or older	2,128	25.5	907	425.23
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

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

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