Monthly Statistical Snapshot, February 2024

(released March 2024)

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, February 2024 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	71,885	64,467	4,919	2,499
Aged 65 or older	54,725	52,317	1,038	1,371
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,531	6,522	3,881	1,128
Other ^b	5,629	5,629	. . .	. . .
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, February 2024
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	67,359	100.0	119,395	1,772.51
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	58,915	87.5	107,614	1,826.60
Retirement benefits	53,098	78.8	98,870	1,862.03
Retired workers	50,520	75.0	96,533	1,910.79
Spouses of retired workers	1,884	2.8	1,718	911.82
Children of retired workers	694	1.0	619	892.04
Survivor benefits	5,817	8.6	8,744	1,503.25
Children of deceased workers	2,053	3.0	2,270	1,105.35
Widowed mothers and fathers	101	0.1	127	1,263.73
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,464	5.1	6,162	1,779.05
Disabled widow(er)s	198	0.3	184	926.55
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,601.05
Disability Insurance	8,445	12.5	11,781	1,395.09
Disabled workers	7,303	10.8	11,224	1,536.95
Spouses of disabled workers	86	0.1	36	418.90
Children of disabled workers	1,056	1.6	521	493.38
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, February 2024
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	7,418	100.0	5,414	696.80
Under 18	990	13.3	856	808.02
18–64	4,019	54.2	3,165	742.67
65 or older	2,409	32.5	1,393	574.62
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.

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