Monthly Statistical Snapshot, April 2024

(released May 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, April 2024 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	72,228	64,800	4,920	2,507
Aged 65 or older	55,046	52,625	1,044	1,376
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,489	6,482	3,876	1,131
Other ^b	5,693	5,693	. . .	. . .
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, April 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	67,700	100.0	120,284	1,776.73
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	59,309	87.6	108,577	1,830.71
Retirement benefits	53,463	79.0	99,786	1,866.44
Retired workers	50,876	75.1	97,441	1,915.26
Spouses of retired workers	1,882	2.8	1,715	911.42
Children of retired workers	705	1.0	630	893.53
Survivor benefits	5,845	8.6	8,791	1,503.89
Children of deceased workers	2,075	3.1	2,296	1,106.70
Widowed mothers and fathers	103	0.2	131	1,268.02
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,467	5.1	6,178	1,781.78
Disabled widow(er)s	200	0.3	185	926.85
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,609.21
Disability Insurance	8,391	12.4	11,707	1,395.17
Disabled workers	7,252	10.7	11,150	1,537.57
Spouses of disabled workers	86	0.1	36	418.84
Children of disabled workers	1,054	1.6	521	494.47
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, April 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	7,427	100.0	5,591	698.16
Under 18	994	13.4	900	815.71
18–64	4,013	54.0	3,280	743.46
65 or older	2,420	32.6	1,411	574.98
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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