SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2014

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2014
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,299,761 633.23
Boston 46,002 614.07
Connecticut 8,935 625.14
Maine 4,273 601.86
Massachusetts 23,979 609.91
New Hampshire 2,523 581.05
Rhode Island 4,664 630.33
Vermont 1,628 652.07
New York 114,439 633.40
New Jersey 25,909 630.08
New York 88,530 634.37
Philadelphia 130,490 625.95
Delaware 3,596 611.41
District of Columbia 4,106 645.95
Maryland 18,732 620.80
Pennsylvania 72,084 630.78
Virginia 23,891 614.63
West Virginia 8,081 624.73
Atlanta 321,336 628.12
Alabama 27,614 632.00
Florida 107,287 626.43
Georgia 46,302 632.48
Kentucky 28,031 637.76
Mississippi 23,363 632.44
North Carolina 43,399 620.78
South Carolina 20,428 621.36
Tennessee 24,912 626.51
Chicago 194,342 631.76
Illinois 41,100 638.46
Indiana 24,584 628.33
Michigan 41,901 635.48
Minnesota 13,715 609.38
Ohio 50,436 635.17
Wisconsin 22,606 622.30
Dallas 237,700 627.30
Arkansas 28,869 638.21
Louisiana 36,164 641.28
New Mexico 9,267 633.72
Oklahoma 17,303 620.31
Texas 146,097 622.12
Kansas City 45,499 616.31
Iowa 8,302 605.66
Kansas 9,513 614.96
Missouri 23,580 623.10
Nebraska 4,104 601.84
Denver 22,395 597.17
Colorado 9,971 609.04
Montana 2,433 625.06
North Dakota 1,027 551.33
South Dakota 2,603 592.08
Utah 5,364 575.07
Wyoming 997 589.48
San Francisco 151,690 682.43
Arizona 20,958 634.01
California 119,001 696.19
Hawaii 1,656 603.37
Nevada 9,768 632.67
Northern Mariana Islands 307 666.11
Seattle 35,868 612.56
Alaska 1,263 568.21
Idaho 5,573 606.09
Oregon 10,740 618.15
Washington 18,292 614.30
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 2014
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 1,299,761
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.6
50–99 0.8
100–199 2.0
200–299 2.5
300–399 3.4
400–499 8.8
500–599 7.2
600–699 10.3
700–720 2.1
721 61.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2014.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2014
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,299,761 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 17,640 1.4
1 27,909 2.1
2 32,567 2.5
3 42,676 3.3
4 53,146 4.1
5 63,434 4.9
6 72,574 5.6
7 79,645 6.1
8 84,487 6.5
9 86,875 6.7
10 90,410 7.0
11 92,532 7.1
12 93,533 7.2
13 96,116 7.4
14 96,431 7.4
15 92,386 7.1
16 90,763 7.0
17 86,637 6.7
Sex  
Male 868,172 66.8
Female 431,589 33.2
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,296,916 99.8
Noncitizen 2,845 0.2
Living arrangements  
Own household 168,097 12.9
Another's household 40,880 3.1
Parent's household 1,077,965 82.9
Medicaid institution 12,626 1.0
Unknown 193 (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 2014
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,299,761 78,116 159,256 600,056 462,333
Congenital anomalies 72,238 14,201 15,698 29,320 13,019
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 9,702 790 1,993 4,147 2,772
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1,012 43 129 430 410
Injuries 6,761 505 1,148 3,047 2,061
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 146,033 1,432 24,511 81,725 38,365
Developmental disorders 277,783 5,216 46,758 147,495 78,314
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 251,481 47 4,332 124,318 122,784
Intellectual disability 115,712 530 4,547 45,338 65,297
Mood disorders 41,207 9 241 12,364 28,593
Organic mental disorders 28,663 740 3,970 13,674 10,279
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 3,656 1 10 926 2,719
Other mental disorders 32,679 43 790 13,061 18,785
Neoplasms 14,567 836 2,730 6,944 4,057
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 13,844 729 2,207 6,561 4,347
Circulatory system 5,857 645 1,153 2,622 1,437
Digestive system 17,467 4,956 5,565 5,226 1,720
Genitourinary system 3,428 222 467 1,525 1,214
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 10,142 833 1,743 4,139 3,427
Nervous system and sense organs 102,071 6,239 16,897 48,141 30,794
Respiratory system 34,175 2,396 6,012 16,708 9,059
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 2,738 147 479 1,436 676
Other 87,599 36,115 14,915 21,404 15,165
Unknown 20,946 1,441 2,961 9,505 7,039
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.6 18.2 9.9 4.9 2.8
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Injuries 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 11.2 1.8 15.4 13.6 8.3
Developmental disorders 21.4 6.7 29.4 24.6 16.9
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 19.3 0.1 2.7 20.7 26.6
Intellectual disability 8.9 0.7 2.9 7.6 14.1
Mood disorders 3.2 (L) 0.2 2.1 6.2
Organic mental disorders 2.2 0.9 2.5 2.3 2.2
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 0.3 (L) (L) 0.2 0.6
Other mental disorders 2.5 0.1 0.5 2.2 4.1
Neoplasms 1.1 1.1 1.7 1.2 0.9
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 1.1 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.9
Circulatory system 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.3
Digestive system 1.3 6.3 3.5 0.9 0.4
Genitourinary system 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.7
Nervous system and sense organs 7.9 8.0 10.6 8.0 6.7
Respiratory system 2.6 3.1 3.8 2.8 2.0
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1
Other 6.7 46.2 9.4 3.6 3.3
Unknown 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.5
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 2014
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,299,761 100.0 868,172 100.0 431,589 100.0
Congenital anomalies 72,238 5.6 38,890 4.5 33,348 7.7
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 9,702 0.7 4,962 0.6 4,740 1.1
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1,012 0.1 513 0.1 499 0.1
Injuries 6,761 0.5 3,911 0.5 2,850 0.7
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 146,033 11.2 118,273 13.6 27,760 6.4
Developmental disorders 277,783 21.4 192,827 22.2 84,956 19.7
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 251,481 19.3 194,378 22.4 57,103 13.2
Intellectual disability 115,712 8.9 72,052 8.3 43,660 10.1
Mood disorders 41,207 3.2 25,056 2.9 16,151 3.7
Organic mental disorders 28,663 2.2 19,014 2.2 9,649 2.2
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 3,656 0.3 2,127 0.2 1,529 0.4
Other mental disorders 32,679 2.5 20,248 2.3 12,431 2.9
Neoplasms 14,567 1.1 7,979 0.9 6,588 1.5
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 13,844 1.1 7,730 0.9 6,114 1.4
Circulatory system 5,857 0.5 3,204 0.4 2,653 0.6
Digestive system 17,467 1.3 9,462 1.1 8,005 1.9
Genitourinary system 3,428 0.3 2,017 0.2 1,411 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 10,142 0.8 4,961 0.6 5,181 1.2
Nervous system and sense organs 102,071 7.9 56,474 6.5 45,597 10.6
Respiratory system 34,175 2.6 21,638 2.5 12,537 2.9
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 2,738 0.2 1,407 0.2 1,331 0.3
Other 87,599 6.7 48,208 5.6 39,391 9.1
Unknown 20,946 1.6 12,841 1.5 8,105 1.9
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 2014
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2014
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,068,962 260,775 219,706 169,422 269,941 101,581 47,537
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 5.2 . . . . . . . . . 0.3 23.4 65.8
1977–1980 5.5 . . . . . . . . . 5.0 29.4 31.2
1981–1984 5.2 . . . . . . . . . 12.0 21.6 3.0
1985–1989 8.9 . . . 0.3 13.9 19.1 19.2 . . .
1990–1994 26.8 4.9 32.3 41.6 46.7 6.4 . . .
1995–1999 20.6 29.3 28.5 24.5 14.7 . . . . . .
2000–2004 15.4 29.5 23.5 17.9 2.1 . . . . . .
2005–2009 9.0 23.1 14.8 2.1 . . . . . . . . .
2010–2014 3.4 13.3 0.7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 58 in 2014.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2014
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,299,761 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 948,723 73.0 . . .
With income b 351,038 27.0 256
Earned income only 1,673 0.1 583
Unearned income only 348,550 26.8 235
Both earned and unearned income 815 0.1 699
With unearned income c 349,365 26.9 235
Social Security benefits 96,919 7.5 227
Veterans' benefits 6,603 0.5 66
Income based on need 17,875 1.4 248
Support from absent parents 184,389 14.2 227
Support and maintenance 69,408 5.3 167
Asset income 1,341 0.1 3
Other 5,050 0.4 353
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 2014
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,299,761 100.0
No parents a 156,572 12.0
One parent 877,099 67.5
Two parents 266,090 20.5
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 2014
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 877,099 100.0 819,566 100.0 57,533 100.0
No parental income 425,997 48.6 402,012 49.1 23,985 41.7
Parental income a 451,102 51.4 417,554 50.9 33,548 58.3
Earned income 309,706 35.3 286,784 35.0 22,922 39.8
Unearned income 161,201 18.4 149,467 18.2 11,734 20.4
Total income (dollars)  
None 425,997 48.6 402,012 49.1 23,985 41.7
Under 200 49,593 5.7 47,618 5.8 1,975 3.4
200–399 33,069 3.8 31,106 3.8 1,963 3.4
400–599 35,180 4.0 32,993 4.0 2,187 3.8
600–999 95,964 10.9 89,432 10.9 6,532 11.4
1,000 or more 237,296 27.1 216,405 26.4 20,891 36.3
Earned income (dollars)  
None 567,393 64.7 532,782 65.0 34,611 60.2
Under 200 6,683 0.8 6,252 0.8 431 0.7
200–399 11,335 1.3 10,737 1.3 598 1.0
400–599 18,187 2.1 17,303 2.1 884 1.5
600–999 52,978 6.0 50,550 6.2 2,428 4.2
1,000 or more 220,523 25.1 201,942 24.6 18,581 32.3
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 715,898 81.6 670,099 81.8 45,799 79.6
Under 200 53,077 6.1 51,112 6.2 1,965 3.4
200–399 26,852 3.1 25,241 3.1 1,611 2.8
400–599 20,394 2.3 18,842 2.3 1,552 2.7
600–999 47,354 5.4 42,963 5.2 4,391 7.6
1,000 or more 13,524 1.5 11,309 1.4 2,215 3.8
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 2014
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 266,090 100.0 266,090 100.0 266,090 100.0
No parental income 52,693 19.8 170,234 64.0 93,187 35.0
Parental income a 213,397 80.2 95,856 36.0 172,903 65.0
Earned income 177,120 66.6 69,565 26.1 139,363 52.4
Unearned income 54,848 20.6 29,529 11.1 38,999 14.7
Total income (dollars)  
None 52,693 19.8 170,234 64.0 93,187 35.0
Under 200 5,710 2.1 12,910 4.9 6,824 2.6
200–399 6,477 2.4 7,265 2.7 5,153 1.9
400–599 7,497 2.8 7,805 2.9 7,278 2.7
600–999 23,369 8.8 19,119 7.2 22,714 8.5
1,000 or more 170,344 64.0 48,757 18.3 130,934 49.2
Earned income (dollars)  
None 88,970 33.4 196,525 73.9 126,727 47.6
Under 200 1,770 0.7 2,664 1.0 1,703 0.6
200–399 2,782 1.0 3,663 1.4 2,440 0.9
400–599 4,382 1.6 4,937 1.9 3,806 1.4
600–999 13,130 4.9 12,218 4.6 10,881 4.1
1,000 or more 155,056 58.3 46,083 17.3 120,533 45.3
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 211,242 79.4 236,561 88.9 227,091 85.3
Under 200 7,720 2.9 12,238 4.6 7,174 2.7
200–399 7,102 2.7 4,218 1.6 3,726 1.4
400–599 6,617 2.5 3,280 1.2 4,508 1.7
600–999 18,612 7.0 7,504 2.8 13,438 5.1
1,000 or more 14,797 5.6 2,289 0.9 10,153 3.8
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 2014
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 664,499 1,498 513,410 1,184 206,451 1,874
Earned income 486,826 1,800 356,349 1,473 162,285 2,158
Unearned income b 216,049 569 178,996 462 50,733 722
Social Security benefits 100,262 741 78,297 658 28,123 806
Other pensions 7,782 485 5,251 304 3,583 599
Public income-maintenance 65,748 148 61,655 150 8,759 168
Asset income 3,804 187 2,680 144 1,301 257
Other 46,591 631 36,154 554 10,891 920
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 2014
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,143,189 100.0 877,099 76.7 266,090 23.3
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 950,555 100.0 755,893 100.0 194,662 100.0
No parental income 478,690 50.4 425,997 56.4 52,693 27.1
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 65,748 6.9 55,808 7.4 9,940 5.1
Income less than deeming allocations a 47,336 5.0 35,933 4.8 11,403 5.9
Income less than exclusions b 358,781 37.7 238,155 31.5 120,626 62.0
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 192,634 100.0 121,206 100.0 71,428 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 145,633 75.6 87,683 72.3 57,950 81.1
Unearned income only 30,577 15.9 25,585 21.1 4,992 7.0
Both earned and unearned income 13,525 7.0 5,384 4.4 8,141 11.4
Manually computed deemed income 2,899 1.5 2,554 2.1 345 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.