Monthly Statistical Snapshot, September 2024

(released October 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, September 2024 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	72,706	65,276	4,897	2,533
Aged 65 or older	55,737	53,284	1,058	1,394
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,395	6,418	3,839	1,138
Other ^b	5,574	5,574	. . .	. . .
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, September 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	68,211	100.0	121,719	1,784.44
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	59,851	87.7	109,994	1,837.79
Retirement benefits	54,049	79.2	101,239	1,873.08
Retired workers	51,472	75.5	98,907	1,921.56
Spouses of retired workers	1,876	2.8	1,706	909.23
Children of retired workers	701	1.0	625	892.72
Survivor benefits	5,802	8.5	8,756	1,509.06
Children of deceased workers	2,026	3.0	2,236	1,103.72
Widowed mothers and fathers	105	0.2	135	1,287.79
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,473	5.1	6,200	1,785.33
Disabled widow(er)s	198	0.3	183	927.61
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,622.14
Disability Insurance	8,360	12.3	11,724	1,402.44
Disabled workers	7,269	10.7	11,193	1,539.84
Spouses of disabled workers	87	0.1	37	421.49
Children of disabled workers	1,004	1.5	494	492.46
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, September 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	7,430	100.0	5,529	697.27
Under 18	999	13.5	897	813.01
18–64	3,978	53.5	3,207	743.77
65 or older	2,453	33.0	1,425	574.99
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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