SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2013

Applications

Table 57. All applications, by age of applicant, 1973–2013
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 80,047,653 12,082,142 15.1 55,901,255 69.8 12,064,256 15.1
State conversions a 3,402,474 3,939 0.1 1,419,041 41.7 1,979,494 58.2
Federal applications b  
1973 282,472 5,007 1.8 82,993 29.4 194,472 68.8
1974 2,069,452 125,028 6.0 1,098,373 53.1 846,051 40.9
1975 1,468,610 99,996 6.8 977,209 66.5 391,405 26.7
1976 1,207,448 83,960 7.0 865,790 71.7 257,698 21.3
1977 1,268,462 95,314 7.5 903,618 71.2 269,530 21.2
1978 1,265,436 99,610 7.9 902,756 71.3 263,070 20.8
1979 1,323,113 106,828 8.1 949,087 71.7 267,198 20.2
1980 1,408,034 114,508 8.1 1,013,221 72.0 280,305 19.9
1981 1,148,844 94,246 8.2 864,481 75.2 190,117 16.5
1982 1,015,848 93,872 9.2 775,491 76.3 146,485 14.4
1983 1,131,890 101,087 8.9 834,190 73.7 196,613 17.4
1984 1,264,820 104,748 8.3 868,375 68.7 291,697 23.1
1985 1,399,869 119,021 8.5 1,049,758 75.0 231,090 16.5
1986 1,467,326 124,938 8.5 1,098,832 74.9 243,556 16.6
1987 1,435,024 126,575 8.8 1,069,285 74.5 239,164 16.7
1988 1,365,117 125,953 9.2 1,013,316 74.2 225,848 16.5
1989 1,388,545 130,307 9.4 1,015,483 73.1 242,755 17.5
1990 1,547,230 166,416 10.8 1,133,564 73.3 247,250 16.0
1991 1,807,821 248,325 13.7 1,315,918 72.8 243,578 13.5
1992 2,087,788 378,808 18.1 1,465,039 70.2 243,941 11.7
1993 2,310,005 503,486 21.8 1,571,203 68.0 235,316 10.2
1994 2,260,271 540,124 23.9 1,517,140 67.1 203,007 9.0
1995 2,055,907 500,333 24.3 1,375,696 66.9 179,878 8.7
1996 1,922,472 465,685 24.2 1,289,985 67.1 166,802 8.7
1997 1,601,970 336,074 21.0 1,133,623 70.8 132,273 8.3
1998 1,629,223 339,243 20.8 1,139,825 70.0 150,155 9.2
1999 1,661,448 350,382 21.1 1,153,450 69.4 157,616 9.5
2000 1,744,386 360,329 20.7 1,224,826 70.2 159,231 9.1
2001 1,861,123 376,002 20.2 1,324,057 71.1 161,064 8.7
2002 2,084,828 414,068 19.9 1,490,731 71.5 180,029 8.6
2003 2,224,739 437,492 19.7 1,608,391 72.3 178,856 8.0
2004 2,418,096 458,236 19.0 1,771,003 73.2 188,857 7.8
2005 2,545,079 458,588 18.0 1,850,002 72.7 236,489 9.3
2006 2,648,570 459,805 17.4 1,923,288 72.6 265,477 10.0
2007 2,703,004 460,925 17.1 1,945,464 72.0 296,615 11.0
2008 2,827,541 476,251 16.8 2,030,774 71.8 320,516 11.3
2009 3,143,078 545,619 17.4 2,285,852 72.7 311,607 9.9
2010 3,148,689 546,407 17.4 2,314,739 73.5 287,543 9.1
2011 3,041,500 532,216 17.5 2,235,535 73.5 273,749 9.0
2012 2,888,237 513,775 17.8 2,120,521 73.4 253,941 8.8
2013 2,571,864 458,616 17.8 1,879,330 73.1 233,918 9.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons who were converted to the SSI program in 1973 from the state Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs.
b. Includes applications taken under the abbreviated application process, which was used from 1987 to 1999. Omits reapplications filed as a result of the Sullivan v. Zebley decision. Those reapplications were received from 1991 to 1995.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 58. Applications for children under age 18, by selected characteristics, 2005–2013
Characteristic 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total 458,588 459,805 460,925 476,251 545,619 546,407 532,216 513,775 458,616
Age  
Under 5 154,450 156,241 160,139 166,884 185,399 186,226 182,564 175,942 157,736
5–12 210,763 209,901 208,760 215,910 252,870 255,455 250,986 245,200 219,915
13–17 93,375 93,663 92,026 93,457 107,350 104,726 98,666 92,633 80,965
Sex  
Male 287,157 286,975 288,647 297,772 341,800 341,609 332,770 321,033 286,218
Female 171,431 172,830 172,278 178,479 203,819 204,798 199,446 192,742 172,398
Citizenship status  
Citizen 456,326 457,610 458,831 473,818 542,916 543,503 529,574 511,184 456,114
Noncitizen 2,262 2,195 2,094 2,433 2,703 2,904 2,642 2,591 2,502
SSA administrative region  
Boston 15,902 16,282 16,190 16,361 18,975 19,477 18,696 18,333 16,899
New York 37,451 37,052 35,235 36,321 40,593 40,531 40,386 39,646 35,442
Philadelphia 47,489 48,628 48,125 49,485 56,096 56,084 54,774 53,080 47,879
Atlanta 119,201 118,180 120,292 126,618 145,088 145,833 141,832 140,326 127,272
Chicago 83,524 83,619 81,965 80,956 92,024 89,299 84,603 81,569 71,254
Dallas 74,199 76,527 77,603 80,612 94,800 99,423 96,427 91,392 80,583
Kansas City 17,620 17,560 17,398 17,174 19,833 20,067 19,483 17,993 16,028
Denver 7,601 7,869 8,257 8,050 8,947 8,799 8,249 8,130 7,280
San Francisco 44,392 43,015 44,989 49,742 56,475 54,148 54,990 51,590 45,533
Seattle 11,134 11,009 10,787 10,885 12,739 12,687 12,730 11,661 10,415
Unknown 75 64 84 47 49 59 46 55 31
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 59. Applications for adults aged 18–64, by selected characteristics, 2005–2013
Characteristic 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total 1,850,002 1,923,288 1,945,464 2,030,774 2,285,852 2,314,739 2,235,535 2,120,521 1,879,330
Age  
18–21 123,561 126,991 128,726 141,178 170,051 173,186 165,605 155,151 134,823
22–25 100,995 101,285 100,221 108,551 132,315 136,324 130,592 125,988 109,576
26–29 101,182 106,153 108,339 118,370 141,052 142,844 136,326 128,662 110,090
30–39 323,024 322,096 315,755 329,440 379,220 385,246 371,687 355,738 314,498
40–49 533,307 541,692 533,815 542,381 598,453 592,265 561,067 519,293 451,106
50–59 519,426 559,756 570,836 592,045 663,464 684,914 675,354 653,945 598,354
60–64 148,507 165,315 187,772 198,809 201,297 199,960 194,904 181,744 160,883
Sex  
Men 911,021 946,356 968,070 1,026,132 1,176,133 1,184,990 1,137,684 1,071,639 944,852
Women 938,981 976,932 977,394 1,004,642 1,109,719 1,129,749 1,097,851 1,048,882 934,478
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,774,054 1,847,683 1,870,754 1,953,170 2,199,326 2,228,246 2,150,681 2,041,159 1,806,887
Noncitizen 75,948 75,605 74,710 77,604 86,526 86,493 84,854 79,362 72,443
SSA administrative region  
Boston 84,732 89,743 90,794 92,883 104,362 104,581 97,911 95,269 82,724
New York 128,653 135,340 133,681 141,555 155,922 154,390 152,498 145,934 131,051
Philadelphia 179,519 188,425 193,004 201,323 222,686 221,624 221,565 212,280 183,359
Atlanta 442,705 456,661 465,054 494,647 572,336 589,233 567,763 546,566 496,334
Chicago 314,824 336,938 341,921 347,262 387,125 389,647 372,617 351,640 305,230
Dallas 259,523 263,222 260,301 269,794 311,466 323,607 304,432 287,228 256,527
Kansas City 85,892 88,517 88,390 88,711 102,177 105,926 99,127 90,974 81,740
Denver 44,970 45,813 45,649 46,784 54,751 55,522 53,522 50,636 44,804
San Francisco 238,936 245,983 256,798 277,235 295,963 289,485 285,539 265,184 231,371
Seattle 69,081 71,511 69,313 70,449 78,945 80,616 80,424 74,699 66,088
Unknown 1,167 1,135 559 131 119 108 137 111 102
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 60. Applications for adults aged 65 or older, by selected characteristics, 2005–2013
Characteristic 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total 236,489 265,477 296,615 320,516 311,607 287,543 273,749 253,941 233,918
Age  
65–69 123,000 143,383 176,803 194,416 189,611 171,110 161,883 150,436 136,000
70–74 50,805 54,000 52,985 56,109 55,615 52,612 50,121 46,479 43,893
75 or older 62,684 68,094 66,827 69,991 66,381 63,821 61,745 57,026 54,025
Sex  
Men 92,907 107,695 126,424 138,916 135,022 122,505 114,190 105,376 94,857
Women 143,582 157,782 170,191 181,600 176,585 165,038 159,559 148,565 139,061
Citizenship status  
Citizen 161,489 192,123 223,117 247,209 234,979 211,442 198,347 182,617 166,821
Noncitizen 75,000 73,354 73,498 73,307 76,628 76,101 75,402 71,324 67,097
SSA administrative region  
Boston 12,694 18,979 24,758 26,093 26,376 24,428 22,567 20,838 16,381
New York 46,708 44,841 37,453 41,762 39,605 36,588 37,560 33,196 31,044
Philadelphia 11,876 12,288 13,975 16,950 16,395 14,632 14,259 13,236 12,408
Atlanta 41,269 44,856 47,682 50,474 45,972 47,117 45,749 42,674 42,549
Chicago 17,491 23,408 37,270 39,693 36,567 30,402 26,685 24,418 21,197
Dallas 26,000 27,266 28,023 32,069 32,661 33,595 31,245 29,388 27,402
Kansas City 3,439 5,077 5,638 4,896 5,961 4,779 4,338 4,042 3,403
Denver 3,556 3,961 5,254 5,269 5,171 5,462 5,038 3,774 3,179
San Francisco 67,661 77,219 88,139 95,190 94,645 83,655 79,270 75,939 70,309
Seattle 5,780 7,569 8,408 8,110 8,247 6,882 7,030 6,431 6,040
Unknown 15 13 15 10 7 3 8 5 6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 61. All applications, by state or other area and age of applicant, 2013
State or area Total Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
All areas 2,571,864 458,616 17.8 1,879,330 73.1 233,918 9.1
Alabama 55,774 11,009 19.7 43,332 77.7 1,433 2.6
Alaska 4,067 389 9.6 3,187 78.4 491 12.1
Arizona 39,234 6,463 16.5 29,935 76.3 2,836 7.2
Arkansas 40,198 10,648 26.5 28,671 71.3 879 2.2
California 282,574 35,481 12.6 183,000 64.8 64,093 22.7
Colorado 27,212 3,336 12.3 22,148 81.4 1,728 6.4
Connecticut 24,802 4,067 16.4 17,569 70.8 3,166 12.8
Delaware 6,752 1,526 22.6 4,944 73.2 282 4.2
District of Columbia 7,293 1,483 20.3 5,464 74.9 346 4.7
Florida 199,018 39,818 20.0 133,658 67.2 25,542 12.8
Georgia 104,634 20,332 19.4 79,361 75.8 4,941 4.7
Hawaii 6,887 574 8.3 5,094 74.0 1,219 17.7
Idaho 10,717 1,743 16.3 8,619 80.4 355 3.3
Illinois 84,154 16,366 19.4 60,279 71.6 7,509 8.9
Indiana 53,259 10,421 19.6 41,562 78.0 1,276 2.4
Iowa 18,705 3,061 16.4 14,733 78.8 911 4.9
Kansas 18,116 3,266 18.0 14,247 78.6 603 3.3
Kentucky 54,588 9,280 17.0 43,440 79.6 1,868 3.4
Louisiana 59,644 14,656 24.6 41,994 70.4 2,994 5.0
Maine 11,951 1,369 11.5 9,811 82.1 771 6.5
Maryland 48,445 6,754 13.9 38,900 80.3 2,791 5.8
Massachusetts 56,768 8,437 14.9 38,136 67.2 10,195 18.0
Michigan 87,577 14,735 16.8 69,058 78.9 3,784 4.3
Minnesota 28,870 4,696 16.3 22,302 77.2 1,872 6.5
Mississippi 47,434 10,824 22.8 35,242 74.3 1,368 2.9
Missouri 54,213 8,115 15.0 44,875 82.8 1,223 2.3
Montana 5,823 752 12.9 4,846 83.2 225 3.9
Nebraska 10,137 1,586 15.6 7,885 77.8 666 6.6
Nevada 18,280 2,935 16.1 13,223 72.3 2,122 11.6
New Hampshire 7,685 937 12.2 6,450 83.9 298 3.9
New Jersey 53,333 9,810 18.4 36,286 68.0 7,237 13.6
New Mexico 18,980 2,746 14.5 14,886 78.4 1,348 7.1
New York 144,204 25,632 17.8 94,765 65.7 23,807 16.5
North Carolina 90,585 16,434 18.1 70,463 77.8 3,688 4.1
North Dakota 2,959 419 14.2 2,204 74.5 336 11.4
Ohio 106,281 17,955 16.9 83,019 78.1 5,307 5.0
Oklahoma 33,454 5,853 17.5 26,459 79.1 1,142 3.4
Oregon 25,084 2,901 11.6 20,516 81.8 1,667 6.6
Pennsylvania 112,065 25,935 23.1 80,811 72.1 5,319 4.7
Rhode Island 10,330 1,630 15.8 7,284 70.5 1,416 13.7
South Carolina 49,939 9,458 18.9 38,586 77.3 1,895 3.8
South Dakota 5,033 819 16.3 3,930 78.1 284 5.6
Tennessee 64,183 10,117 15.8 52,252 81.4 1,814 2.8
Texas 212,236 46,680 22.0 144,517 68.1 21,039 9.9
Utah 11,560 1,673 14.5 9,376 81.1 511 4.4
Vermont 4,468 459 10.3 3,474 77.8 535 12.0
Virginia 49,405 9,425 19.1 36,980 74.9 3,000 6.1
Washington 42,675 5,382 12.6 33,766 79.1 3,527 8.3
West Virginia 19,686 2,756 14.0 16,260 82.6 670 3.4
Wisconsin 37,540 7,081 18.9 29,010 77.3 1,449 3.9
Wyoming 2,676 281 10.5 2,300 85.9 95 3.6
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 238 80 33.6 119 50.0 39 16.4
Unknown 139 31 22.3 102 73.4 6 4.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 62. All applicants, by year of first application and age, 1973–2013
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 52,435,426 9,246,085 17.6 34,341,519 65.5 8,847,822 16.9
State conversions a 3,402,447 3,939 0.1 1,419,029 41.7 1,979,479 58.2
Federal applications b  
1973 279,923 4,921 1.8 81,976 29.3 193,026 69.0
1974 2,007,786 122,958 6.1 1,064,223 53.0 820,605 40.9
1975 1,303,896 93,684 7.2 859,790 65.9 350,422 26.9
1976 971,621 75,158 7.7 686,086 70.6 210,377 21.7
1977 943,084 81,750 8.7 661,112 70.1 200,222 21.2
1978 899,731 84,845 9.4 629,784 70.0 185,102 20.6
1979 912,850 89,054 9.8 637,521 69.8 186,275 20.4
1980 936,442 93,059 9.9 652,690 69.7 190,693 20.4
1981 721,999 74,306 10.3 529,231 73.3 118,462 16.4
1982 604,008 72,480 12.0 448,905 74.3 82,623 13.7
1983 645,244 78,616 12.2 467,151 72.4 99,477 15.4
1984 736,509 81,634 11.1 486,922 66.1 167,953 22.8
1985 857,757 91,242 10.6 628,241 73.2 138,274 16.1
1986 933,045 97,656 10.5 689,437 73.9 145,952 15.6
1987 892,945 98,174 11.0 653,728 73.2 141,043 15.8
1988 839,066 96,325 11.5 608,131 72.5 134,610 16.0
1989 852,453 98,931 11.6 605,939 71.1 147,583 17.3
1990 978,993 129,266 13.2 695,281 71.0 154,446 15.8
1991 1,198,677 208,822 17.4 835,058 69.7 154,797 12.9
1992 1,451,391 336,632 23.2 955,060 65.8 159,699 11.0
1993 1,624,332 440,585 27.1 1,030,912 63.5 152,835 9.4
1994 1,571,525 459,531 29.2 982,275 62.5 129,719 8.3
1995 1,381,111 406,498 29.4 860,162 62.3 114,451 8.3
1996 1,246,066 361,211 29.0 780,058 62.6 104,797 8.4
1997 981,841 256,888 26.2 644,982 65.7 79,971 8.1
1998 984,062 251,074 25.5 640,585 65.1 92,403 9.4
1999 996,186 256,120 25.7 641,973 64.4 98,093 9.8
2000 1,038,677 259,137 24.9 680,397 65.5 99,143 9.5
2001 1,127,672 272,977 24.2 753,650 66.8 101,045 9.0
2002 1,278,653 302,682 23.7 862,899 67.5 113,072 8.8
2003 1,367,391 320,201 23.4 938,352 68.6 108,838 8.0
2004 1,489,330 336,735 22.6 1,038,077 69.7 114,518 7.7
2005 1,559,272 335,539 21.5 1,079,252 69.2 144,481 9.3
2006 1,611,484 333,436 20.7 1,107,658 68.7 170,390 10.6
2007 1,635,005 333,377 20.4 1,100,954 67.3 200,674 12.3
2008 1,683,238 343,118 20.4 1,123,307 66.7 216,813 12.9
2009 1,847,784 392,481 21.2 1,247,597 67.5 207,706 11.2
2010 1,831,983 394,599 21.5 1,254,710 68.5 182,674 10.0
2011 1,746,222 383,366 22.0 1,194,291 68.4 168,565 9.7
2012 1,635,635 366,930 22.4 1,117,483 68.3 151,222 9.2
2013 1,428,090 326,148 22.8 966,650 67.7 135,292 9.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons who were converted to the SSI program in 1973 from the state Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs.
b. Includes applications taken under the abbreviated application process, which was used from 1987 to 1999. Omits reapplications filed as a result of the Sullivan v. Zebley decision. Those reapplications were received from 1991 to 1995.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.