Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2010

Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both

Chart 12. Social Security and SSI beneficiaries aged 18–64 receiving benefits on the basis of disability, December 2010

In December 2010, about 12 million people aged 18–64 received benefits on the basis of disability. More than 61 percent (7.4 million) received benefits from the Social Security program only, 27 percent (3.3 million) received benefits from the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) only, and over 11 percent (1.4 million) received benefits from both programs.

Venn diagram described in previous paragraph.
SOURCE: Table 65.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of the rounded components.
Table 65. Number aged 18–64, by program, December 1996–2010
Year Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security and SSI
Total Workers Widow(er)s Adult children Total Workers Widow(er)s Adult
children
Number
1996 7,689,664 4,122,152 -- -- -- 2,559,750 1,007,762 -- -- --
1997 7,811,748 4,250,155 -- -- -- 2,550,105 1,011,488 -- -- --
1998 8,086,259 4,440,264 -- -- -- 2,618,615 1,027,380 -- -- --
1999 8,399,309 4,703,774 -- -- -- 2,650,586 1,044,949 -- -- --
2000 8,599,465 4,850,835 -- -- -- 2,690,446 1,058,184 -- -- --
2001 8,791,338 4,979,844 4,495,477 87,833 396,534 2,732,020 1,079,474 772,562 35,222 271,690
2002 9,106,014 5,228,262 4,738,246 87,900 402,116 2,768,782 1,108,970 801,351 34,671 272,948
2003 9,445,573 5,492,325 4,997,137 87,203 407,985 2,811,647 1,141,601 833,269 34,101 274,231
2004 9,773,201 5,756,093 5,257,314 89,874 408,905 2,850,815 1,166,293 858,850 33,072 274,371
2005 10,081,625 5,998,755 5,491,980 86,422 420,353 2,880,931 1,201,939 893,437 32,302 276,200
2006 10,362,419 6,210,289 5,698,494 85,259 426,536 2,928,034 1,224,096 915,832 31,443 276,821
2007 10,627,905 6,405,985 5,888,133 83,481 434,371 2,966,648 1,255,272 942,011 30,876 282,385
2008 10,974,914 6,641,818 6,115,214 82,100 444,504 3,040,764 1,292,332 971,455 30,608 290,269
2009 11,451,980 7,000,692 6,462,635 82,167 455,890 3,138,143 1,313,145 989,094 29,991 294,060
2010 11,988,072 7,356,565 6,810,060 82,369 464,136 3,262,055 1,369,452 1,035,969 30,216 303,267
Total monthly benefits a (millions of dollars)
1996 4,878 3,072 -- -- -- 1,222 584 -- -- --
1997 5,106 3,245 -- -- -- 1,257 604 -- -- --
1998 5,379 3,444 -- -- -- 1,313 622 -- -- --
1999 5,680 3,691 -- -- -- 1,346 643 -- -- --
2000 6,058 3,975 -- -- -- 1,408 675 -- -- --
2001 6,509 4,299 3,976 65 258 1,491 719 530 22 167
2002 6,920 4,629 4,294 67 268 1,544 747 554 22 171
2003 7,416 5,024 4,674 69 281 1,603 790 592 22 176
2004 7,980 5,464 5,096 72 296 1,686 829 626 22 180
2005 8,604 5,974 5,584 75 315 1,724 906 696 22 187
2006 9,172 6,439 6,029 77 334 1,778 955 739 23 193
2007 9,734 6,817 6,389 77 351 1,886 1,031 805 23 203
2008 10,566 7,499 7,035 81 383 1,973 1,094 853 24 217
2009 11,155 7,924 7,447 82 396 2,122 1,108 863 24 221
2010 11,765 8,392 7,902 83 407 2,219 1,154 902 24 229
Average monthly benefit b (dollars)
1996 624.80 744.60 -- -- -- 456.00 546.90 -- -- --
1997 637.80 762.80 -- -- -- 458.10 557.10 -- -- --
1998 649.90 775.00 -- -- -- 467.90 564.30 -- -- --
1999 662.50 784.10 -- -- -- 477.60 576.70 -- -- --
2000 689.30 818.80 -- -- -- 489.00 594.90 -- -- --
2001 722.80 862.60 883.70 744.80 650.00 506.80 615.20 618.40 595.10 608.70
2002 744.40 884.60 905.40 764.40 666.00 522.50 625.20 626.90 608.30 622.20
2003 768.50 914.10 934.80 790.80 687.30 533.50 638.20 639.90 620.90 635.10
2004 796.80 947.80 967.80 804.80 722.50 545.90 655.20 657.10 639.10 651.40
2005 832.80 993.70 1,014.50 863.10 748.10 558.20 675.90 677.70 659.90 672.30
2006 867.90 1,036.50 1,057.60 900.00 781.70 578.30 697.40 699.20 680.70 693.20
2007 892.70 1,063.70 1,084.50 928.80 807.00 595.80 713.90 715.60 700.50 709.90
2008 940.40 1,128.50 1,149.80 991.10 860.60 607.70 746.80 749.70 733.70 738.60
2009 952.10 1,131.30 1,151.70 996.80 867.20 635.30 744.90 745.70 736.20 742.80
2010 959.00 1,140.80 1,160.40 1,005.20 877.00 636.90 744.20 745.00 737.00 742.20
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTES: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table.
-- = not available.
a. Includes retroactive SSI payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments for both programs.
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Table 66. Number aged 18–64 receiving Social Security benefits, and the number also receiving SSI and their average SSI benefit, by state or other area, December 2010
State or area Total Workers Widow(er)s Adult children
Total Number
with SSI		 Average
SSI
benefit a
(dollars)		 Total Number
with SSI		 Average
SSI
benefit a
(dollars)		 Total Number
with SSI		 Average
SSI
benefit a
(dollars)		 Total Number
with SSI		 Average
SSI
benefit a
(dollars)
All areas 8,726,017 1,369,452 230.40 7,846,029 1,035,969 215.00 112,585 30,216 226.60 767,403 303,267 282.80
Alabama 227,950 36,208 205.60 206,757 26,239 186.50 3,544 1,029 199.60 17,649 8,940 261.50
Alaska 12,771 2,055 202.80 11,634 1,613 187.80 157 38 186.60 980 404 262.90
Arizona 149,392 17,030 213.70 137,562 13,020 198.40 1,593 326 211.40 10,237 3,684 267.70
Arkansas 139,684 22,005 207.30 127,614 16,341 188.90 1,934 575 196.60 10,136 5,089 266.90
California 707,681 194,391 290.70 631,317 151,840 270.40 8,952 3,508 306.80 67,412 39,043 368.00
Colorado 97,649 13,167 206.90 90,569 10,657 196.00 809 177 197.10 6,271 2,333 257.40
Connecticut 83,320 10,369 213.90 74,039 7,874 195.80 705 229 248.00 8,576 2,266 272.50
Delaware 26,963 2,887 210.00 24,815 2,216 195.90 257 46 218.40 1,891 625 259.60
District of Columbia 13,840 2,935 253.00 12,410 2,341 239.70 152 63 238.90 1,278 531 313.00
Florida 507,201 67,040 211.60 464,836 51,165 197.70 5,581 1,363 212.50 36,784 14,512 259.80
Georgia 261,293 39,177 200.80 236,450 28,326 185.20 3,698 1,084 194.90 21,145 9,767 246.00
Hawaii 24,184 3,355 299.10 21,596 2,333 253.20 318 60 255.00 2,270 962 412.00
Idaho 40,410 6,129 210.10 37,032 4,866 197.20 395 87 202.20 2,983 1,176 263.40
Illinois 298,163 39,720 224.80 262,994 29,919 211.90 3,598 894 229.30 31,571 8,907 267.50
Indiana 199,034 25,032 218.10 179,666 19,663 207.50 2,256 451 216.80 17,112 4,918 259.90
Iowa 77,060 12,231 218.60 68,559 9,607 209.80 647 158 191.60 7,854 2,466 254.10
Kansas 73,135 10,633 211.50 66,343 8,365 200.50 714 168 227.40 6,078 2,100 253.50
Kentucky 212,104 37,512 213.70 191,458 27,994 195.10 4,229 1,275 222.70 16,417 8,243 274.60
Louisiana 158,880 28,451 225.60 137,004 19,193 205.80 3,846 1,063 202.70 18,030 8,195 274.60
Maine 58,629 9,957 211.90 53,393 7,522 192.50 571 167 192.00 4,665 2,268 277.60
Maryland 122,993 16,085 215.30 111,205 12,496 207.50 1,259 284 211.30 10,529 3,305 245.00
Massachusetts 200,079 38,760 234.00 180,317 30,481 217.30 1,768 664 259.80 17,994 7,615 298.30
Michigan 340,227 52,741 225.20 302,436 39,676 212.60 4,071 905 214.80 33,720 12,160 266.60
Minnesota 122,640 17,473 211.20 111,062 13,870 200.60 696 164 236.20 10,882 3,439 252.30
Mississippi 134,827 23,858 212.60 119,980 16,328 187.50 2,465 860 206.40 12,382 6,670 273.90
Missouri 213,285 30,432 214.70 194,110 23,423 201.50 2,597 686 223.80 16,578 6,323 261.70
Montana 27,352 4,277 213.70 24,927 3,328 203.60 289 71 210.40 2,136 878 251.50
Nebraska 42,417 6,515 208.10 38,085 4,985 196.70 339 83 208.90 3,993 1,447 246.80
Nevada 56,565 5,868 201.80 52,968 4,808 193.70 601 100 196.20 2,996 960 242.40
New Hampshire 45,306 4,701 214.10 42,014 3,650 199.00 281 42 210.90 3,011 1,009 267.60
New Jersey 197,959 25,503 221.30 176,841 19,191 207.10 1,826 460 222.50 19,292 5,852 267.40
New Mexico 61,562 10,369 210.80 56,285 7,975 196.90 742 207 197.70 4,535 2,187 262.70
New York 530,332 102,749 268.30 468,863 75,233 249.60 6,280 2,170 256.80 55,189 25,346 324.30
North Carolina 323,625 43,081 203.90 295,767 31,440 188.20 3,473 1,035 197.70 24,385 10,606 250.40
North Dakota 15,013 2,181 215.10 13,171 1,592 203.60 118 35 216.40 1,724 554 247.40
Ohio 339,075 54,605 224.10 300,928 43,124 213.60 5,024 1,282 230.90 33,123 10,199 267.50
Oklahoma 126,533 18,168 216.40 114,989 13,980 205.10 1,870 457 210.00 9,674 3,731 259.40
Oregon 102,448 14,829 203.00 93,364 11,757 190.50 1,201 254 230.40 7,883 2,818 252.20
Pennsylvania 399,696 59,251 228.60 357,245 44,672 215.00 5,098 1,272 219.90 37,353 13,307 274.50
Rhode Island 36,206 6,967 219.40 32,899 5,538 202.50 311 118 218.50 2,996 1,311 290.20
South Carolina 172,930 20,916 207.80 157,093 14,548 194.10 2,319 669 189.90 13,518 5,699 243.90
South Dakota 18,970 3,143 214.10 16,931 2,217 200.00 166 61 224.00 1,873 865 249.20
Tennessee 243,208 35,857 211.30 220,501 26,133 196.80 3,804 1,176 208.90 18,903 8,548 255.20
Texas 559,984 86,914 213.50 505,138 65,318 197.60 9,128 2,409 203.20 45,718 19,187 268.10
Utah 44,465 5,587 219.90 40,193 4,384 206.10 397 79 220.20 3,875 1,124 272.60
Vermont 22,132 4,534 225.70 20,015 3,494 212.70 181 61 190.40 1,936 979 274.70
Virginia 211,253 27,716 212.70 191,239 20,352 198.50 2,655 635 199.80 17,359 6,729 256.10
Washington 167,527 24,059 208.10 152,691 19,375 196.50 1,810 358 219.20 13,026 4,326 258.00
West Virginia 101,052 15,644 219.90 89,513 11,102 201.40 2,307 530 202.00 9,232 4,012 272.60
Wisconsin 157,145 24,678 210.90 140,686 19,053 198.50 1,165 294 234.10 15,294 5,331 253.70
Wyoming 12,344 1,632 211.30 11,351 1,311 200.90 116 31 235.30 877 290 255.10
Outlying areas b 207,524 75 305.00 177,174 41 240.70 4,272 3 329.00 26,078 31 390.40
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table.
a. Excludes retroactive payments.
b. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.
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Table 67. Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2010
State Resident
population a		 Beneficiaries
Number Percentage of
resident
population
United States 194,296,087 11,780,167 6.1
Alabama 2,989,485 303,980 10.2
Alaska 467,915 18,688 4.0
Arizona 3,881,172 195,697 5.0
Arkansas 1,784,462 181,454 10.2
California 23,712,402 1,126,399 4.8
Colorado 3,253,962 126,157 3.9
Connecticut 2,250,523 109,855 4.9
Delaware 562,892 33,698 6.0
District of Columbia 432,099 26,696 6.2
Florida 11,539,617 673,557 5.8
Georgia 6,164,066 359,591 5.8
Hawaii 861,345 35,440 4.1
Idaho 943,842 52,508 5.6
Illinois 8,092,240 427,041 5.3
Indiana 4,034,396 253,541 6.3
Iowa 1,865,474 97,646 5.2
Kansas 1,750,063 92,856 5.3
Kentucky 2,737,769 304,312 11.1
Louisiana 2,857,500 237,353 8.3
Maine 842,748 74,971 8.9
Maryland 3,712,946 172,605 4.6
Massachusetts 4,225,982 280,555 6.6
Michigan 6,178,042 461,154 7.5
Minnesota 3,336,741 160,017 4.8
Mississippi 1,831,335 186,848 10.2
Missouri 3,725,197 274,822 7.4
Montana 619,110 35,259 5.7
Nebraska 1,120,443 53,554 4.8
Nevada 1,711,184 73,354 4.3
New Hampshire 850,968 54,137 6.4
New Jersey 5,540,687 262,392 4.7
New Mexico 1,268,252 86,405 6.8
New York 12,435,230 790,431 6.4
North Carolina 6,019,769 413,764 6.9
North Dakota 425,243 18,423 4.3
Ohio 7,183,738 482,524 6.7
Oklahoma 2,314,971 169,760 7.3
Oregon 2,431,088 137,273 5.6
Pennsylvania 7,950,917 566,753 7.1
Rhode Island 676,730 50,266 7.4
South Carolina 2,913,016 221,312 7.6
South Dakota 494,802 24,300 4.9
Tennessee 3,996,642 324,387 8.1
Texas 15,677,851 791,982 5.1
Utah 1,643,396 57,149 3.5
Vermont 405,430 28,539 7.0
Virginia 5,170,410 273,886 5.3
Washington 4,315,509 233,129 5.4
West Virginia 1,168,172 144,939 12.4
Wisconsin 3,570,180 203,488 5.7
Wyoming 358,134 15,320 4.3
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data; Census Bureau, 2010 resident population.
NOTES: Data exclude U.S. territories and other areas.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table.
a. Population for the United States as of July 1, 2010, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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Table 68. Distribution of beneficiaries aged 18–64, by diagnostic group, December 2010
Diagnostic group Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security and SSI
Workers Widow(er)s Adult
children		 Workers Widow(er)s Adult
children
Number
Total 11,988,072 6,810,060 82,369 464,136 3,262,055 1,035,969 30,216 303,267
Congenital anomalies 54,490 11,104 105 7,902 27,528 2,959 35 4,857
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 379,187 237,005 5,557 1,722 94,492 36,270 2,575 1,566
Infectious and parasitic diseases 168,042 100,171 691 1,301 47,386 17,138 366 989
Injuries 430,738 298,994 2,091 7,559 84,986 32,482 649 3,977
Mental disorders
Autistic disorders 72,449 6,457 11 9,474 47,343 3,095 3 6,066
Developmental disorders 34,828 3,828 31 1,647 25,331 2,189 22 1,780
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 48,555 3,255 17 1,612 39,665 1,949 8 2,049
Intellectual disability 1,385,249 225,781 3,413 224,384 645,628 131,896 3,511 150,636
Mood disorders 1,818,645 1,012,717 13,783 18,996 540,253 210,745 5,051 17,100
Organic mental disorders 446,718 243,550 2,090 13,311 137,430 40,188 766 9,383
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 774,819 309,515 2,796 33,525 290,997 113,823 1,334 22,829
Other 528,916 251,456 2,914 13,371 189,976 57,905 1,265 12,029
Neoplasms 289,751 225,587 1,730 1,360 43,563 16,209 391 911
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 36,724 16,934 150 1,198 13,423 3,732 57 1,230
Circulatory system 812,974 606,497 7,292 2,532 142,988 50,020 2,204 1,441
Digestive system 165,933 117,623 1,061 484 33,521 12,557 317 370
Genitourinary system 172,308 122,884 749 1,206 33,287 12,925 238 1,019
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 2,594,004 2,016,862 25,344 4,036 364,876 173,277 6,540 3,069
Nervous system and sense organs 1,083,270 665,729 5,631 53,202 251,112 75,283 1,648 30,665
Respiratory system 295,744 197,786 4,137 653 67,881 23,466 1,235 586
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 24,969 16,975 157 213 5,214 2,213 39 158
Other 30,647 17,166 128 1,047 9,816 1,640 23 827
Unknown 339,112 102,184 2,491 63,401 125,359 14,008 1,939 29,730
Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 0.5 0.2 0.1 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.1 1.6
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 3.2 3.5 6.7 0.4 2.9 3.5 8.5 0.5
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1.4 1.5 0.8 0.3 1.5 1.7 1.2 0.3
Injuries 3.6 4.4 2.5 1.6 2.6 3.1 2.1 1.3
Mental disorders
Autistic disorders 0.6 a a 2.0 1.5 a a 2.0
Developmental disorders 0.3 a 0.0 a 0.8 a 0.1 0.6
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 0.4 a a a 1.2 a a 0.7
Intellectual disability 11.6 3.3 4.1 48.3 19.8 12.7 11.6 49.7
Mood disorders 15.2 14.9 16.7 4.1 16.6 20.3 16.7 5.6
Organic mental disorders 3.7 3.6 2.5 2.9 4.2 3.9 2.5 3.1
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 6.5 4.5 3.4 7.2 8.9 11.0 4.4 7.5
Other 4.4 3.7 3.5 2.9 5.8 5.6 4.2 4.0
Neoplasms 2.4 3.3 2.1 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.3 0.3
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4
Circulatory system 6.8 8.9 8.9 0.5 4.4 4.8 7.3 0.5
Digestive system 1.4 1.7 1.3 0.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.1
Genitourinary system 1.4 1.8 0.9 0.3 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 21.6 29.6 30.8 0.9 11.2 16.7 21.6 1.0
Nervous system and sense organs 9.0 9.8 6.8 11.5 7.7 7.3 5.5 10.1
Respiratory system 2.5 2.9 5.0 0.1 2.1 2.3 4.1 0.2
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.2 0.2 a 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Other 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3
Unknown 2.8 1.5 3.0 13.7 3.8 1.4 6.4 9.8
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table.
a. Less than 0.05 percent.
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