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Monthly Statistical Snapshot, February 2025

(released March 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, February 2025 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries 73,229 65,815 4,888 2,526
Aged 65 or older 56,360 53,885 1,071 1,405
Disabled, under age 65 a 11,300 6,361 3,818 1,121
Other b 5,569 5,569 . . . . . .
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 2025
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars) Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
Total 68,741 100.0 126,472 1,839.83
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 60,461 88.0 114,553 1,894.67
Retirement benefits 54,707 79.6 105,650 1,931.20
Retired workers 52,126 75.8 103,253 1,980.86
Spouses of retired workers 1,859 2.7 1,733 932.06
Children of retired workers 722 1.1 664 919.42
Survivor benefits 5,754 8.4 8,903 1,547.26
Children of deceased workers 2,061 3.0 2,342 1,136.27
Widowed mothers and fathers 96 0.1 125 1,304.62
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,401 4.9 6,249 1,837.16
Disabled widow(er)s 194 0.3 185 951.67
Parents of deceased workers 1 (L) 1 1,687.22
Disability Insurance 8,280 12.0 11,918 1,439.42
Disabled workers 7,193 10.5 11,370 1,580.76
Spouses of disabled workers 85 0.1 37 433.23
Children of disabled workers 1,003 1.5 512 510.60
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 2025
Age Recipients Total payments a (millions of dollars) Average monthly payment b (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
All recipients 7,414 100.0 5,610 715.38
Under 18 1,006 13.6 912 836.84
18–64 3,933 53.0 3,219 762.49
65 or older 2,475 33.4 1,478 591.12
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.