SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2013

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2013
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,321,681 630.98
Boston 46,472 610.16
Connecticut 8,890 619.84
Maine 4,264 602.71
Massachusetts 24,217 604.70
New Hampshire 2,613 578.92
Rhode Island 4,759 627.52
Vermont 1,729 655.01
New York 116,003 645.18
New Jersey 26,416 625.92
New York 89,587 650.86
Philadelphia 135,389 620.80
Delaware 3,719 612.47
District of Columbia 4,228 633.34
Maryland 18,851 612.81
Pennsylvania 76,328 626.09
Virginia 23,876 609.86
West Virginia 8,387 619.20
Atlanta 324,465 623.95
Alabama 29,149 627.32
Florida 106,340 623.65
Georgia 45,961 625.97
Kentucky 28,908 632.47
Mississippi 24,083 630.38
North Carolina 43,925 615.23
South Carolina 20,707 615.67
Tennessee 25,392 623.76
Chicago 200,184 629.06
Illinois 43,270 634.35
Indiana 25,435 625.16
Michigan 43,367 631.48
Minnesota 13,905 609.60
Ohio 51,452 633.09
Wisconsin 22,755 621.53
Dallas 241,933 624.41
Arkansas 30,336 631.66
Louisiana 36,801 638.33
New Mexico 9,587 631.15
Oklahoma 18,190 617.40
Texas 147,019 619.86
Kansas City 46,196 615.13
Iowa 8,393 603.45
Kansas 9,731 612.65
Missouri 23,863 622.35
Nebraska 4,209 603.22
Denver 22,651 597.42
Colorado 9,781 609.68
Montana 2,613 621.06
North Dakota 1,045 560.24
South Dakota 2,551 593.97
Utah 5,602 575.56
Wyoming 1,059 585.43
San Francisco 152,309 678.36
Arizona 21,188 630.96
California 119,743 691.90
Hawaii 1,696 602.44
Nevada 9,361 626.69
Northern Mariana Islands 321 668.45
Seattle 36,079 609.48
Alaska 1,282 570.14
Idaho 5,761 601.41
Oregon 10,739 615.99
Washington 18,297 610.92
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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 2013
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 1,321,681
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.5
50–99 0.7
100–199 1.8
200–299 2.3
300–399 3.3
400–499 8.8
500–599 7.8
600–699 10.3
700–709 0.8
710 62.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2013.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2013
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,321,681 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 19,035 1.4
1 29,804 2.3
2 34,544 2.6
3 45,721 3.5
4 57,388 4.3
5 66,899 5.1
6 74,925 5.7
7 80,952 6.1
8 83,950 6.4
9 88,605 6.7
10 91,719 6.9
11 93,353 7.1
12 96,440 7.3
13 97,323 7.4
14 93,818 7.1
15 92,747 7.0
16 88,423 6.7
17 86,035 6.5
Sex  
Male 880,936 66.7
Female 440,745 33.3
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,318,927 99.8
Noncitizen 2,754 0.2
Living arrangements  
Own household 168,903 12.8
Another's household 42,633 3.2
Parent's household 1,096,665 83.0
Medicaid institution 13,262 1.0
Unknown 218 (L)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
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Table 20. Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2013
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,321,681 83,383 170,008 609,944 458,346
Congenital anomalies 72,738 14,694 16,205 29,337 12,502
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 9,557 791 2,052 3,981 2,733
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1,093 46 165 435 447
Injuries 7,005 563 1,254 3,102 2,086
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 134,324 1,614 24,427 74,532 33,751
Developmental disorders 280,036 5,738 49,839 149,480 74,979
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 257,761 43 5,648 128,731 123,339
Intellectual disability 120,293 518 4,757 47,574 67,444
Mood disorders 42,852 7 288 13,193 29,364
Organic mental disorders 28,820 758 4,041 13,710 10,311
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 3,899 0 14 960 2,925
Other mental disorders 34,103 59 856 13,769 19,419
Neoplasms 15,397 854 3,044 7,391 4,108
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 14,099 799 2,389 6,551 4,360
Circulatory system 6,354 771 1,341 2,856 1,386
Digestive system 17,432 5,032 5,798 4,979 1,623
Genitourinary system 3,567 273 517 1,593 1,184
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 10,178 933 1,712 4,123 3,410
Nervous system and sense organs 102,674 6,923 17,634 47,503 30,614
Respiratory system 36,466 2,548 6,895 18,109 8,914
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 2,680 142 547 1,388 603
Other 95,687 38,613 16,652 25,483 14,939
Unknown 24,666 1,664 3,933 11,164 7,905
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.5 17.6 9.5 4.8 2.7
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Injuries 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 10.2 1.9 14.4 12.2 7.4
Developmental disorders 21.2 6.9 29.3 24.5 16.4
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 19.5 0.1 3.3 21.1 26.9
Intellectual disability 9.1 0.6 2.8 7.8 14.7
Mood disorders 3.2 (L) 0.2 2.2 6.4
Organic mental disorders 2.2 0.9 2.4 2.2 2.2
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 0.3 0.0 (L) 0.2 0.6
Other mental disorders 2.6 0.1 0.5 2.3 4.2
Neoplasms 1.2 1.0 1.8 1.2 0.9
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.0
Circulatory system 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.3
Digestive system 1.3 6.0 3.4 0.8 0.4
Genitourinary system 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7
Nervous system and sense organs 7.8 8.3 10.4 7.8 6.7
Respiratory system 2.8 3.1 4.1 3.0 1.9
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1
Other 7.2 46.3 9.8 4.2 3.3
Unknown 1.9 2.0 2.3 1.8 1.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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 2013
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,321,681 100.0 880,936 100.0 440,745 100.0
Congenital anomalies 72,738 5.5 39,217 4.5 33,521 7.6
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 9,557 0.7 4,903 0.6 4,654 1.1
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1,093 0.1 560 0.1 533 0.1
Injuries 7,005 0.5 4,075 0.5 2,930 0.7
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 134,324 10.2 108,791 12.3 25,533 5.8
Developmental disorders 280,036 21.2 194,446 22.1 85,590 19.4
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 257,761 19.5 199,314 22.6 58,447 13.3
Intellectual disability 120,293 9.1 74,937 8.5 45,356 10.3
Mood disorders 42,852 3.2 26,114 3.0 16,738 3.8
Organic mental disorders 28,820 2.2 19,186 2.2 9,634 2.2
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 3,899 0.3 2,312 0.3 1,587 0.4
Other mental disorders 34,103 2.6 21,269 2.4 12,834 2.9
Neoplasms 15,397 1.2 8,438 1.0 6,959 1.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 14,099 1.1 7,877 0.9 6,222 1.4
Circulatory system 6,354 0.5 3,463 0.4 2,891 0.7
Digestive system 17,432 1.3 9,526 1.1 7,906 1.8
Genitourinary system 3,567 0.3 2,109 0.2 1,458 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 10,178 0.8 5,021 0.6 5,157 1.2
Nervous system and sense organs 102,674 7.8 57,014 6.5 45,660 10.4
Respiratory system 36,466 2.8 23,151 2.6 13,315 3.0
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 2,680 0.2 1,394 0.2 1,286 0.3
Other 95,687 7.2 52,785 6.0 42,902 9.7
Unknown 24,666 1.9 15,034 1.7 9,632 2.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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 2013
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2013
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,043,101 270,251 215,027 162,746 254,810 99,788 40,479
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 5.6 . . . . . . . . . 0.7 28.0 70.1
1977–1980 5.8 . . . . . . . . . 6.8 31.7 28.8
1981–1984 5.5 . . . . . . 0.3 14.0 21.2 1.0
1985–1989 9.4 . . . 1.9 18.0 18.9 16.6 . . .
1990–1994 28.1 9.8 36.5 42.4 45.8 2.4 . . .
1995–1999 20.0 29.3 27.4 23.5 12.8 . . . . . .
2000–2004 14.7 28.8 22.5 15.3 1.0 . . . . . .
2005–2009 8.4 22.6 11.7 0.6 . . . . . . . . .
2010–2013 2.5 9.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. Those under age 18 in 1974 would be no older than 57 in 2013.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2013
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,321,681 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 966,295 73.1 . . .
With income b 355,386 26.9 250
Earned income only 1,482 0.1 519
Unearned income only 353,157 26.7 232
Both earned and unearned income 747 0.1 651
With unearned income c 353,904 26.8 232
Social Security benefits 99,975 7.6 222
Veterans' benefits 5,566 0.4 66
Income based on need 18,575 1.4 254
Support from absent parents 185,245 14.0 225
Support and maintenance 69,686 5.3 163
Asset income 1,947 0.1 4
Other 4,981 0.4 370
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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 2013
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,321,681 100.0
No parents a 158,774 12.0
One parent 889,286 67.3
Two parents 273,621 20.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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 2013
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 889,286 100.0 831,709 100.0 57,577 100.0
No parental income 433,331 48.7 409,822 49.3 23,509 40.8
Parental income a 455,955 51.3 421,887 50.7 34,068 59.2
Earned income 300,221 33.8 277,415 33.4 22,806 39.6
Unearned income 175,560 19.7 163,127 19.6 12,433 21.6
Total income (dollars)  
None 433,331 48.7 409,822 49.3 23,509 40.8
Under 200 53,727 6.0 51,658 6.2 2,069 3.6
200–399 34,415 3.9 32,341 3.9 2,074 3.6
400–599 37,438 4.2 35,112 4.2 2,326 4.0
600–999 98,844 11.1 92,003 11.1 6,841 11.9
1,000 or more 231,531 26.0 210,773 25.3 20,758 36.1
Earned income (dollars)  
None 589,065 66.2 554,294 66.6 34,771 60.4
Under 200 6,748 0.8 6,294 0.8 454 0.8
200–399 11,345 1.3 10,755 1.3 590 1.0
400–599 17,846 2.0 16,905 2.0 941 1.6
600–999 51,818 5.8 49,284 5.9 2,534 4.4
1,000 or more 212,464 23.9 194,177 23.3 18,287 31.8
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 713,726 80.3 668,582 80.4 45,144 78.4
Under 200 57,077 6.4 54,997 6.6 2,080 3.6
200–399 28,063 3.2 26,294 3.2 1,769 3.1
400–599 23,163 2.6 21,522 2.6 1,641 2.9
600–999 51,660 5.8 47,053 5.7 4,607 8.0
1,000 or more 15,597 1.8 13,261 1.6 2,336 4.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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 2013
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 273,621 100.0 273,621 100.0 273,621 100.0
No parental income 53,868 19.7 175,049 64.0 94,975 34.7
Parental income a 219,753 80.3 98,572 36.0 178,646 65.3
Earned income 178,665 65.3 69,338 25.3 140,755 51.4
Unearned income 61,619 22.5 32,655 11.9 43,929 16.1
Total income (dollars)  
None 53,868 19.7 175,048 64.0 94,975 34.7
Under 200 6,268 2.3 14,019 5.1 7,371 2.7
200–399 6,919 2.5 7,570 2.8 5,650 2.1
400–599 7,989 2.9 8,147 3.0 7,907 2.9
600–999 25,256 9.2 20,123 7.4 24,391 8.9
1,000 or more 173,321 63.3 48,713 17.8 133,327 48.7
Earned income (dollars)  
None 94,956 34.7 204,282 74.7 132,866 48.6
Under 200 1,858 0.7 2,788 1.0 1,802 0.7
200–399 2,959 1.1 3,714 1.4 2,692 1.0
400–599 4,573 1.7 4,877 1.8 4,046 1.5
600–999 13,676 5.0 12,428 4.5 10,977 4.0
1,000 or more 155,599 56.9 45,531 16.6 121,238 44.3
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 212,002 77.5 240,965 88.1 229,692 83.9
Under 200 8,518 3.1 13,276 4.9 7,821 2.9
200–399 7,668 2.8 4,519 1.7 4,226 1.5
400–599 7,451 2.7 3,774 1.4 4,935 1.8
600–999 20,835 7.6 8,363 3.1 15,123 5.5
1,000 or more 17,147 6.3 2,723 1.0 11,824 4.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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 2013
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 675,708 1,466 520,459 1,149 212,713 1,838
Earned income 478,886 1,789 346,753 1,460 163,560 2,138
Unearned income b 237,179 577 195,782 470 56,362 732
Social Security benefits 103,273 726 80,980 641 28,926 795
Other pensions 7,195 467 4,666 306 3,453 553
Public income-maintenance 70,259 146 65,869 147 9,380 167
Asset income 4,643 155 3,317 114 1,565 226
Other 61,448 690 46,766 614 15,357 940
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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 2013
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,162,907 100.0 889,286 76.5 273,621 23.5
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 966,506 100.0 766,730 100.0 199,776 100.0
No parental income 487,199 50.4 433,331 56.5 53,868 27.0
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 70,259 7.3 59,649 7.8 10,610 5.3
Income less than deeming allocations a 48,640 5.0 36,781 4.8 11,859 5.9
Income less than exclusions b 360,408 37.3 236,969 30.9 123,439 61.8
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 196,401 100.0 122,556 100.0 73,845 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 144,843 73.7 86,522 70.6 58,321 79.0
Unearned income only 34,031 17.3 28,010 22.9 6,021 8.2
Both earned and unearned income 14,709 7.5 5,601 4.6 9,108 12.3
Manually computed deemed income 2,818 1.4 2,423 2.0 395 0.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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.