Monthly Statistical Snapshot, November 2024

(released December 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, November 2024 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	72,878	65,464	4,877	2,537
Aged 65 or older	55,965	53,503	1,062	1,400
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,349	6,397	3,815	1,136
Other ^b	5,564	5,564	. . .	. . .
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, November 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	68,402	100.0	122,311	1,788.12
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	60,066	87.8	110,603	1,841.35
Retirement benefits	54,267	79.3	101,856	1,876.95
Retired workers	51,687	75.6	99,522	1,925.46
Spouses of retired workers	1,870	2.7	1,699	908.76
Children of retired workers	710	1.0	635	894.82
Survivor benefits	5,799	8.5	8,747	1,508.29
Children of deceased workers	2,044	3.0	2,259	1,105.12
Widowed mothers and fathers	105	0.2	135	1,286.88
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,453	5.0	6,169	1,786.81
Disabled widow(er)s	197	0.3	183	927.46
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,627.29
Disability Insurance	8,336	12.2	11,708	1,404.51
Disabled workers	7,244	10.6	11,173	1,542.35
Spouses of disabled workers	86	0.1	36	421.55
Children of disabled workers	1,006	1.5	499	496.04
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, November 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	7,414	100.0	5,507	698.35
Under 18	993	13.4	892	818.30
18–64	3,958	53.4	3,189	744.73
65 or older	2,462	33.2	1,426	575.85
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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