Monthly Statistical Snapshot, September 2015

(released October 2015)

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, September 2015 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	64,915	56,553	5,588	2,775
Aged 65 or older	43,844	41,687	957	1,200
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	14,244	8,039	4,631	1,575
Other ^b	6,827	6,827	. . .	. . .
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).
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For detailed annual and time series program data, see our Annual Statistical Supplement.

Table 2. Social Security benefits, September 2015
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	59,738	100.0	73,168	1,224.81
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	48,926	81.9	62,119	1,269.65
Retirement benefits	42,855	71.7	55,365	1,291.92
Retired workers	39,893	66.8	53,359	1,337.57
Spouses of retired workers	2,325	3.9	1,592	684.84
Children of retired workers	637	1.1	414	648.87
Survivor benefits	6,071	10.2	6,754	1,112.46
Children of deceased workers	1,866	3.1	1,550	830.62
Widowed mothers and fathers	140	0.2	132	940.87
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,804	6.4	4,884	1,283.81
Disabled widow(er)s	259	0.4	187	719.91
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,128.28
Disability Insurance	10,812	18.1	11,049	1,021.92
Disabled workers	8,921	14.9	10,393	1,164.94
Spouses of disabled workers	144	0.2	46	317.80
Children of disabled workers	1,747	2.9	610	349.36
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, September 2015
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	4,794	539.32
Under 18	1,280	15.3	868	642.36
18–64	4,926	58.9	2,989	559.00
65 or older	2,157	25.8	937	433.47
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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