Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2020
Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated
Benefits Withheld from All Disabled Beneficiaries
Reason | All beneficiaries | Workers and nondisabled dependents | Widow(er)s | Adult children of— | |||||
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Workers | Spouses | Children under age 18 | Students aged 18–19 | Retired workers | Deceased workers | Disabled workers | |||
Total | 801,060 | 141,423 | 31,229 | 245,095 | 4,727 | 7,735 | 153,754 | 154,128 | 62,969 |
Earnings of— | |||||||||
Retired workers | 131 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 131 | . . . | . . . |
Disabled beneficiaries with substantial gainful activity | 67,088 | 47,856 | 490 | 13,460 | 52 | 224 | 1,190 | 1,846 | 1,970 |
Other beneficiaries | 9,050 | . . . | 9,025 | 19 | 6 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
Entitled child not in care | 8,442 | . . . | 8,442 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
Payee not determined | 5,627 | 1,790 | (X) | 1,566 | (X) | 24 | 366 | 1,740 | 133 |
Recoupment of overpayment | 16,772 | 8,631 | 699 | 5,646 | 91 | 394 | 456 | 654 | 201 |
Address unknown | 41,700 | 19,560 | 408 | 12,570 | 168 | 401 | 1,500 | 5,765 | 1,328 |
Determination of continuing disability pending | 9,816 | 6,644 | 69 | 1,772 | 19 | 39 | 255 | 673 | 345 |
Imprisoned or confined | 45,583 | 34,051 | (X) | 64 | (X) | 296 | 1,878 | 7,419 | 1,688 |
Workers' compensation offset | 994 | 564 | 58 | 329 | 7 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 36 |
Government pension offset | 3,757 | . . . | 3,394 | . . . | . . . | 363 | . . . | . . . | . . . |
Technical entitlement | 548,542 | . . . | 7,250 | 200,435 | 4,096 | 5,427 | 145,997 | 130,948 | 54,389 |
Other | 43,558 | 22,327 | 1,207 | 9,234 | 280 | 567 | 1,981 | 5,083 | 2,879 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | |||||||||
NOTES: These data represent the total number of beneficiaries with benefits withheld in December 2020 regardless of when their benefits were initially withheld. | |||||||||
. . . = not applicable; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. | |||||||||
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