SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2010

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2010
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,239,269 596.72
Boston 43,920 606.94
Connecticut 7,950 579.53
Maine 3,900 571.56
Massachusetts 23,202 622.37
New Hampshire 2,400 558.34
Rhode Island 4,607 625.61
Vermont 1,861 621.45
New York 108,416 610.01
New Jersey 24,884 589.73
New York 83,532 616.04
Philadelphia 128,285 583.55
Delaware 3,626 580.15
District of Columbia 4,391 592.98
Maryland 16,889 575.79
Pennsylvania 70,104 588.02
Virginia 24,082 573.87
West Virginia 9,193 585.97
Atlanta 305,564 587.56
Alabama 30,045 594.49
Florida 92,928 587.33
Georgia 41,154 586.89
Kentucky 30,328 597.33
Mississippi 24,020 595.43
North Carolina 41,767 575.78
South Carolina 20,280 578.25
Tennessee 25,042 588.97
Chicago 194,176 595.13
Illinois 44,751 597.65
Indiana 25,707 589.80
Michigan 41,454 600.96
Minnesota 12,984 576.48
Ohio 48,693 599.40
Wisconsin 20,587 586.13
Dallas 219,129 589.14
Arkansas 27,009 598.38
Louisiana 35,551 601.21
New Mexico 9,103 591.76
Oklahoma 17,722 585.89
Texas 129,744 584.17
Kansas City 43,575 579.85
Iowa 7,943 569.38
Kansas 8,765 573.54
Missouri 22,796 588.72
Nebraska 4,071 564.08
Denver 20,969 563.06
Colorado 8,660 568.59
Montana 2,523 586.21
North Dakota 1,089 538.30
South Dakota 2,431 557.47
Utah 5,295 551.23
Wyoming 971 559.54
San Francisco 141,497 644.00
Arizona 20,526 595.05
California 111,206 658.20
Hawaii 1,721 568.86
Nevada 7,724 586.55
Northern Mariana Islands 320 639.28
Seattle 33,738 576.86
Alaska 1,239 537.56
Idaho 5,277 570.07
Oregon 9,984 578.02
Washington 17,238 581.05
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes federally administered state supplementation payments.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 18. Percentage distribution of recipients, by monthly payment, December 2010
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total
Number 1,239,269
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.8
50–99 0.8
100–199 2.0
200–299 2.7
300–399 3.7
400–499 9.9
500–599 9.4
600–673 7.8
674 61.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2010.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2010
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,239,269 100.0
Age
Under 1 year 20,273 1.6
1 31,372 2.5
2 38,039 3.1
3 48,584 3.9
4 56,606 4.6
5 61,789 5.0
6 67,709 5.5
7 73,218 5.9
8 78,245 6.3
9 83,731 6.8
10 86,948 7.0
11 85,680 6.9
12 86,140 7.0
13 83,843 6.8
14 83,070 6.7
15 82,844 6.7
16 85,104 6.9
17 86,074 6.9
Sex
Male 820,212 66.2
Female 419,057 33.8
Citizenship status
Citizen 1,236,387 99.8
Noncitizen 2,882 0.2
Living arrangements
Own household 156,526 12.6
Another's household 44,274 3.6
Parent's household 1,023,893 82.6
Medicaid institution 14,304 1.2
Unknown 272 (L)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 20. Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2010
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,239,269 89,684 166,979 561,671 420,935
Congenital anomalies 66,273 14,248 16,100 24,846 11,079
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 7,796 753 1,338 3,203 2,502
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1,560 96 166 486 812
Injuries 6,704 604 1,305 2,779 2,016
Mental disorders
Autistic disorders 94,626 1,574 18,098 52,349 22,605
Developmental disorders 241,796 6,819 46,799 130,377 57,801
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 239,425 88 6,770 120,682 111,885
Intellectual disability 141,701 802 5,969 55,310 79,620
Mood disorders 41,994 9 394 13,528 28,063
Organic mental disorders 27,266 815 3,624 12,951 9,876
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 4,231 1 25 1,066 3,139
Other mental disorders 36,089 38 1,093 14,723 20,235
Neoplasms 14,815 958 2,945 7,284 3,628
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 13,319 948 2,233 6,036 4,102
Circulatory system 6,357 1,129 1,530 2,481 1,217
Digestive system 13,086 4,752 3,676 3,557 1,101
Genitourinary system 3,420 332 565 1,373 1,150
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 8,931 816 1,423 3,545 3,147
Nervous system and sense organs 97,559 7,448 17,010 42,727 30,374
Respiratory system 34,998 3,086 6,854 18,118 6,940
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 2,177 204 528 1,035 410
Other 108,729 40,666 23,412 32,587 12,064
Unknown 26,417 3,498 5,122 10,628 7,169
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.3 15.9 9.6 4.4 2.6
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Injuries 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5
Mental disorders
Autistic disorders 7.6 1.8 10.8 9.3 5.4
Developmental disorders 19.5 7.6 28.0 23.2 13.7
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 19.3 0.1 4.1 21.5 26.6
Intellectual disability 11.4 0.9 3.6 9.8 18.9
Mood disorders 3.4 (L) 0.2 2.4 6.7
Organic mental disorders 2.2 0.9 2.2 2.3 2.3
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 0.3 (L) (L) 0.2 0.7
Other mental disorders 2.9 (L) 0.7 2.6 4.8
Neoplasms 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.3 0.9
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.0
Circulatory system 0.5 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.3
Digestive system 1.1 5.3 2.2 0.6 0.3
Genitourinary system 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.7
Nervous system and sense organs 7.9 8.3 10.2 7.6 7.2
Respiratory system 2.8 3.4 4.1 3.2 1.6
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1
Other 8.8 45.3 14.0 5.8 2.9
Unknown 2.1 3.9 3.1 1.9 1.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 21. Recipients, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2010
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,239,269 100.0 820,212 100.0 419,057 100.0
Congenital anomalies 66,273 5.3 35,735 4.4 30,538 7.3
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 7,796 0.6 4,029 0.5 3,767 0.9
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1,560 0.1 778 0.1 782 0.2
Injuries 6,704 0.5 3,894 0.5 2,810 0.7
Mental disorders
Autistic disorders 94,626 7.6 76,671 9.3 17,955 4.3
Developmental disorders 241,796 19.5 167,639 20.4 74,157 17.7
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 239,425 19.3 187,011 22.8 52,414 12.5
Intellectual disability 141,701 11.4 88,455 10.8 53,246 12.7
Mood disorders 41,994 3.4 26,097 3.2 15,897 3.8
Organic mental disorders 27,266 2.2 18,317 2.2 8,949 2.1
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 4,231 0.3 2,659 0.3 1,572 0.4
Other mental disorders 36,089 2.9 23,098 2.8 12,991 3.1
Neoplasms 14,815 1.2 8,163 1.0 6,652 1.6
Diseases of the—
Blood and blood-forming organs 13,319 1.1 7,458 0.9 5,861 1.4
Circulatory system 6,357 0.5 3,445 0.4 2,912 0.7
Digestive system 13,086 1.1 7,204 0.9 5,882 1.4
Genitourinary system 3,420 0.3 2,056 0.3 1,364 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 8,931 0.7 4,359 0.5 4,572 1.1
Nervous system and sense organs 97,559 7.9 54,432 6.6 43,127 10.3
Respiratory system 34,998 2.8 22,251 2.7 12,747 3.0
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 2,177 0.2 1,122 0.1 1,055 0.3
Other 108,729 8.8 59,435 7.2 49,294 11.8
Unknown 26,417 2.1 15,904 1.9 10,513 2.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 22. Adult recipients who first became eligible for SSI before age 18, by year of first eligibility and age in December 2010
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2010
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total
Number 918,825 276,415 184,340 139,856 203,492 93,975 20,747
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 6.9 . . . . . . . . . 3.9 39.7 87.4
1977–1980 7.2 . . . . . . . . . 14.3 36.6 12.6
1981–1984 6.8 . . . . . . 8.7 17.0 16.6 . . .
1985–1989 11.4 0.3 14.2 21.3 20.5 7.1 . . .
1990–1994 31.7 27.6 41.2 44.0 38.3 . . . . . .
1995–1999 17.4 26.4 24.2 21.5 6.0 . . . . . .
2000–2004 12.5 27.2 18.2 4.5 . . . . . . . . .
2005–2009 5.8 17.7 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
2010 0.2 0.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. Those under age 18 in 1974 would be no older than 54 in 2010.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2010
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,239,269 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 914,566 73.8 . . .
With income b 324,703 26.2 238
Earned income only 1,507 0.1 451
Unearned income only 322,448 26.0 220
Both earned and unearned income 748 0.1 578
With unearned income c 323,196 26.1 220
Social Security benefits 92,154 7.4 212
Veterans' benefits 881 0.1 91
Income based on need 17,272 1.4 233
Support from absent parents 168,492 13.6 216
Support and maintenance 61,603 5.0 152
Asset income 4,404 0.4 2
Other 4,560 0.4 349
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. The percentage of children receiving the full federal benefit rate, as shown in Table 18, is smaller than the percentage of those with no income, as shown here, because of the effect of parental deemed income in the payment computation.
b. Does not include income deemed from parents in the household.
c. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 24. Recipients, by number of parents in the household, December 2010
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,239,269 100.0
No parents a 151,093 12.2
One parent 828,164 66.8
Two parents 260,012 21.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: The total of children with one or two parents in the household differs slightly from the number of children living in a parent's household in Table 19. This is because the data in Table 19 represent only households in which a parent is the head of the household, whereas the data in this table include children living with parents who are not the head of the household.
a. Children with no parents in the household reside independently, with other relatives or nonrelatives, or in institutions or in foster care. Deeming does not apply in these situations.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 25. Recipients with one parent in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2010
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 828,164 100.0 777,990 100.0 50,174 100.0
No parental income 398,710 48.1 378,788 48.7 19,922 39.7
Parental income a 429,454 51.9 399,202 51.3 30,252 60.3
Earned income 264,200 31.9 245,158 31.5 19,042 38.0
Unearned income 185,500 22.4 173,136 22.3 12,364 24.6
Total income (dollars)
None 398,710 48.1 378,788 48.7 19,922 39.7
Under 200 58,962 7.1 56,921 7.3 2,041 4.1
200–399 35,531 4.3 33,620 4.3 1,911 3.8
400–599 38,884 4.7 36,587 4.7 2,297 4.6
600–999 95,703 11.6 89,158 11.5 6,545 13.0
1,000 or more 200,374 24.2 182,916 23.5 17,458 34.8
Earned income (dollars)
None 563,964 68.1 532,832 68.5 31,132 62.0
Under 200 6,027 0.7 5,601 0.7 426 0.8
200–399 10,883 1.3 10,298 1.3 585 1.2
400–599 17,910 2.2 17,010 2.2 900 1.8
600–999 49,920 6.0 47,561 6.1 2,359 4.7
1,000 or more 179,460 21.7 164,688 21.2 14,772 29.4
Unearned income (dollars)
None 642,664 77.6 604,854 77.7 37,810 75.4
Under 200 63,886 7.7 61,788 7.9 2,098 4.2
200–399 29,658 3.6 28,030 3.6 1,628 3.2
400–599 24,642 3.0 23,035 3.0 1,607 3.2
600–999 49,863 6.0 45,392 5.8 4,471 8.9
1,000 or more 17,451 2.1 14,891 1.9 2,560 5.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 26. Recipients with two parents in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2010
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 260,012 100.0 260,012 100.0 260,012 100.0
No parental income 51,138 19.7 165,927 63.8 89,072 34.3
Parental income a 208,874 80.3 94,085 36.2 170,940 65.7
Earned income 162,148 62.4 62,757 24.1 126,572 48.7
Unearned income 69,738 26.8 34,881 13.4 51,194 19.7
Total income (dollars)
None 51,138 19.7 165,927 63.8 89,072 34.3
Under 200 6,781 2.6 14,852 5.7 7,809 3.0
200–399 7,316 2.8 7,888 3.0 5,885 2.3
400–599 8,702 3.3 9,044 3.5 8,564 3.3
600–999 26,624 10.2 19,927 7.7 26,633 10.2
1,000 or more 159,451 61.3 42,374 16.3 122,049 46.9
Earned income (dollars)
None 97,864 37.6 197,255 75.9 133,440 51.3
Under 200 2,054 0.8 2,607 1.0 1,900 0.7
200–399 3,153 1.2 3,718 1.4 2,635 1.0
400–599 4,999 1.9 5,249 2.0 4,072 1.6
600–999 14,564 5.6 12,416 4.8 11,232 4.3
1,000 or more 137,378 52.8 38,767 14.9 106,733 41.0
Unearned income (dollars)
None 190,274 73.2 225,131 86.6 208,818 80.3
Under 200 9,934 3.8 14,447 5.6 8,842 3.4
200–399 8,116 3.1 4,835 1.9 4,536 1.7
400–599 8,349 3.2 4,350 1.7 5,590 2.1
600–999 22,035 8.5 8,137 3.1 17,218 6.6
1,000 or more 21,304 8.2 3,112 1.2 15,008 5.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 27. Recipients with one or more parents who have income and average monthly amount of parental income, by type of income, December 2010
Type of income All children with parental income Children with parental income from—
Mother Father
Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total a 638,328 1,300 493,287 1,022 201,192 1,617
Earned income 426,348 1,611 307,915 1,330 145,614 1,905
Unearned income b 255,238 559 208,017 454 63,558 756
Social Security benefits 94,875 668 74,732 577 27,127 746
Other pensions 3,811 501 2,024 416 2,051 521
Public income-maintenance 78,330 154 73,852 140 10,033 169
Asset income 8,246 83 6,168 57 2,675 124
Other 80,948 798 57,924 688 24,070 1,027
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of earned or unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
b. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 28. Recipients subject to deeming, by factors affecting parental deemed income, December 2010
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,088,176 100.0 828,164 76.1 260,012 23.9
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 918,999 100.0 721,536 100.0 197,463 100.0
No parental income 449,848 48.9 398,710 55.3 51,138 25.9
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 78,330 8.5 66,636 9.2 11,694 5.9
Income less than deeming allocations a 44,615 4.9 33,212 4.6 11,403 5.8
Income less than exclusions b 346,206 37.7 222,978 30.9 123,228 62.4
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 169,177 100.0 106,628 100.0 62,549 100.0
Parent(s) with—
Earned income only 114,502 67.7 70,376 66.0 44,126 70.5
Unearned income only 36,379 21.5 28,542 26.8 7,837 12.5
Both earned and unearned income 15,739 9.3 5,619 5.3 10,120 16.2
Manually computed deemed income 2,557 1.5 2,091 2.0 466 0.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes allocations for ineligible children and SSI-eligible aliens sponsored by parents.
b. Includes the general income exclusion ($20), the earned income exclusion ($65 plus one-half of the remaining earned income), and the parental living allowance.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.