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Monthly Statistical Snapshot, August 2024

(released September 2024)

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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, August 2024 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries 72,554 65,154 4,882 2,518
Aged 65 or older 55,604 53,160 1,053 1,390
Disabled, under age 65 a 11,385 6,429 3,829 1,127
Other b 5,565 5,565 . . . . . .
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, August 2024
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars) Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
Total 68,072 100.0 121,410 1,783.55
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 59,706 87.7 109,675 1,836.92
Retirement benefits 53,915 79.2 100,935 1,872.09
Retired workers 51,346 75.4 98,609 1,920.48
Spouses of retired workers 1,877 2.8 1,708 909.78
Children of retired workers 692 1.0 618 892.68
Survivor benefits 5,790 8.5 8,740 1,509.36
Children of deceased workers 2,015 3.0 2,224 1,103.59
Widowed mothers and fathers 104 0.2 134 1,286.16
Nondisabled widow(er)s 3,473 5.1 6,197 1,784.56
Disabled widow(er)s 197 0.3 183 927.71
Parents of deceased workers 1 (L) 1 1,619.59
Disability Insurance 8,366 12.3 11,736 1,402.69
Disabled workers 7,277 10.7 11,205 1,539.92
Spouses of disabled workers 87 0.1 37 421.58
Children of disabled workers 1,003 1.5 493 492.03
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, August 2024
Age Recipients Total payments a (millions of dollars) Average monthly payment b (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
All recipients 7,400 100.0 5,461 698.51
Under 18 985 13.3 877 820.70
18–64 3,971 53.7 3,171 744.41
65 or older 2,444 33.0 1,414 575.07
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.