SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2014

Applications

Table 57. All applications, by age of applicant, 1973–2014
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 82,377,464 12,509,657 15.2 57,587,834 69.9 12,279,973 14.9
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
2014 2,329,811 427,515 18.3 1,686,579 72.4 215,717 9.3
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, 2006–2014
Characteristic 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total 459,805 460,925 476,251 545,619 546,407 532,216 513,775 458,616 427,515
Age  
Under 5 156,241 160,139 166,884 185,399 186,226 182,564 175,942 157,736 147,407
5–12 209,901 208,760 215,910 252,870 255,455 250,986 245,200 219,915 205,877
13–17 93,663 92,026 93,457 107,350 104,726 98,666 92,633 80,965 74,231
Sex  
Male 286,975 288,647 297,772 341,800 341,609 332,770 321,033 286,218 267,428
Female 172,830 172,278 178,479 203,819 204,798 199,446 192,742 172,398 160,087
Citizenship status  
Citizen 457,610 458,831 473,818 542,916 543,503 529,574 511,184 456,114 424,998
Noncitizen 2,195 2,094 2,433 2,703 2,904 2,642 2,591 2,502 2,517
SSA administrative region  
Boston 16,282 16,190 16,361 18,975 19,477 18,696 18,333 16,899 15,674
New York 37,052 35,235 36,321 40,593 40,531 40,386 39,646 35,442 32,997
Philadelphia 48,628 48,125 49,485 56,096 56,084 54,774 53,080 47,879 45,014
Atlanta 118,180 120,292 126,618 145,088 145,833 141,832 140,326 127,272 119,350
Chicago 83,619 81,965 80,956 92,024 89,299 84,603 81,569 71,254 65,153
Dallas 76,527 77,603 80,612 94,800 99,423 96,427 91,392 80,583 74,394
Kansas City 17,560 17,398 17,174 19,833 20,067 19,483 17,993 16,028 14,570
Denver 7,869 8,257 8,050 8,947 8,799 8,249 8,130 7,280 6,730
San Francisco 43,015 44,989 49,742 56,475 54,148 54,990 51,590 45,533 42,977
Seattle 11,009 10,787 10,885 12,739 12,687 12,730 11,661 10,415 10,613
Unknown 64 84 47 49 59 46 55 31 43
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, 2006–2014
Characteristic 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total 1,923,288 1,945,464 2,030,774 2,285,852 2,314,739 2,235,535 2,120,521 1,879,330 1,686,579
Age  
18–21 126,991 128,726 141,178 170,051 173,186 165,605 155,151 134,823 117,236
22–25 101,285 100,221 108,551 132,315 136,324 130,592 125,988 109,576 96,124
26–29 106,153 108,339 118,370 141,052 142,844 136,326 128,662 110,090 97,695
30–39 322,096 315,755 329,440 379,220 385,246 371,687 355,738 314,498 282,717
40–49 541,692 533,815 542,381 598,453 592,265 561,067 519,293 451,106 395,171
50–59 559,756 570,836 592,045 663,464 684,914 675,354 653,945 598,354 553,194
60–64 165,315 187,772 198,809 201,297 199,960 194,904 181,744 160,883 144,442
Sex  
Men 946,356 968,070 1,026,132 1,176,133 1,184,990 1,137,684 1,071,639 944,852 847,039
Women 976,932 977,394 1,004,642 1,109,719 1,129,749 1,097,851 1,048,882 934,478 839,540
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,847,683 1,870,754 1,953,170 2,199,326 2,228,246 2,150,681 2,041,159 1,806,887 1,620,487
Noncitizen 75,605 74,710 77,604 86,526 86,493 84,854 79,362 72,443 66,092
SSA administrative region  
Boston 89,743 90,794 92,883 104,362 104,581 97,911 95,269 82,724 75,749
New York 135,340 133,681 141,555 155,922 154,390 152,498 145,934 131,051 120,728
Philadelphia 188,425 193,004 201,323 222,686 221,624 221,565 212,280 183,359 167,714
Atlanta 456,661 465,054 494,647 572,336 589,233 567,763 546,566 496,334 448,044
Chicago 336,938 341,921 347,262 387,125 389,647 372,617 351,640 305,230 270,402
Dallas 263,222 260,301 269,794 311,466 323,607 304,432 287,228 256,527 229,565
Kansas City 88,517 88,390 88,711 102,177 105,926 99,127 90,974 81,740 69,931
Denver 45,813 45,649 46,784 54,751 55,522 53,522 50,636 44,804 39,317
San Francisco 245,983 256,798 277,235 295,963 289,485 285,539 265,184 231,371 206,470
Seattle 71,511 69,313 70,449 78,945 80,616 80,424 74,699 66,088 58,550
Unknown 1,135 559 131 119 108 137 111 102 109
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, 2006–2014
Characteristic 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total 265,477 296,615 320,516 311,607 287,543 273,749 253,941 233,918 215,717
Age  
65–69 143,383 176,803 194,416 189,611 171,110 161,883 150,436 136,000 125,102
70–74 54,000 52,985 56,109 55,615 52,612 50,121 46,479 43,893 40,313
75 or older 68,094 66,827 69,991 66,381 63,821 61,745 57,026 54,025 50,302
Sex  
Men 107,695 126,424 138,916 135,022 122,505 114,190 105,376 94,857 87,645
Women 157,782 170,191 181,600 176,585 165,038 159,559 148,565 139,061 128,072
Citizenship status  
Citizen 192,123 223,117 247,209 234,979 211,442 198,347 182,617 166,821 149,908
Noncitizen 73,354 73,498 73,307 76,628 76,101 75,402 71,324 67,097 65,809
SSA administrative region  
Boston 18,979 24,758 26,093 26,376 24,428 22,567 20,838 16,381 14,336
New York 44,841 37,453 41,762 39,605 36,588 37,560 33,196 31,044 28,838
Philadelphia 12,288 13,975 16,950 16,395 14,632 14,259 13,236 12,408 10,749
Atlanta 44,856 47,682 50,474 45,972 47,117 45,749 42,674 42,549 41,286
Chicago 23,408 37,270 39,693 36,567 30,402 26,685 24,418 21,197 18,195
Dallas 27,266 28,023 32,069 32,661 33,595 31,245 29,388 27,402 25,459
Kansas City 5,077 5,638 4,896 5,961 4,779 4,338 4,042 3,403 3,014
Denver 3,961 5,254 5,269 5,171 5,462 5,038 3,774 3,179 3,153
San Francisco 77,219 88,139 95,190 94,645 83,655 79,270 75,939 70,309 65,280
Seattle 7,569 8,408 8,110 8,247 6,882 7,030 6,431 6,040 5,395
Unknown 13 15 10 7 3 8 5 6 12
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, 2014
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 2,329,811 427,515 18.3 1,686,579 72.4 215,717 9.3
Alabama 51,314 10,173 19.8 39,824 77.6 1,317 2.6
Alaska 3,833 388 10.1 3,001 78.3 444 11.6
Arizona 36,099 6,003 16.6 27,234 75.4 2,862 7.9
Arkansas 35,423 9,277 26.2 25,300 71.4 846 2.4
California 255,550 33,583 13.1 162,792 63.7 59,175 23.2
Colorado 24,303 3,056 12.6 19,478 80.1 1,769 7.3
Connecticut 24,000 3,763 15.7 17,390 72.5 2,847 11.9
Delaware 6,022 1,347 22.4 4,377 72.7 298 4.9
District of Columbia 6,643 1,439 21.7 4,869 73.3 335 5.0
Florida 184,413 38,066 20.6 121,269 65.8 25,078 13.6
Georgia 95,550 19,226 20.1 71,259 74.6 5,065 5.3
Hawaii 6,175 503 8.1 4,662 75.5 1,010 16.4
Idaho 9,401 1,529 16.3 7,564 80.5 308 3.3
Illinois 74,796 14,260 19.1 53,911 72.1 6,625 8.9
Indiana 51,150 9,524 18.6 40,447 79.1 1,179 2.3
Iowa 16,487 2,948 17.9 12,854 78.0 685 4.2
Kansas 15,110 2,832 18.7 11,683 77.3 595 3.9
Kentucky 47,419 8,485 17.9 37,161 78.4 1,773 3.7
Louisiana 52,311 13,407 25.6 37,013 70.8 1,891 3.6
Maine 10,394 1,254 12.1 8,476 81.5 664 6.4
Maryland 44,414 6,563 14.8 35,411 79.7 2,440 5.5
Massachusetts 51,066 7,757 15.2 34,059 66.7 9,250 18.1
Michigan 71,992 12,818 17.8 55,884 77.6 3,290 4.6
Minnesota 25,677 4,172 16.2 19,826 77.2 1,679 6.5
Mississippi 44,692 10,113 22.6 33,324 74.6 1,255 2.8
Missouri 47,428 7,447 15.7 38,818 81.8 1,163 2.5
Montana 5,299 676 12.8 4,394 82.9 229 4.3
Nebraska 8,490 1,343 15.8 6,576 77.5 571 6.7
Nevada 16,670 2,818 16.9 11,654 69.9 2,198 13.2
New Hampshire 6,965 914 13.1 5,830 83.7 221 3.2
New Jersey 49,736 9,487 19.1 33,083 66.5 7,166 14.4
New Mexico 17,204 2,602 15.1 13,217 76.8 1,385 8.1
New York 132,827 23,510 17.7 87,645 66.0 21,672 16.3
North Carolina 81,975 15,171 18.5 63,456 77.4 3,348 4.1
North Dakota 2,330 320 13.7 1,701 73.0 309 13.3
Ohio 95,258 17,593 18.5 73,521 77.2 4,144 4.4
Oklahoma 31,306 5,618 17.9 24,572 78.5 1,116 3.6
Oregon 22,185 2,770 12.5 17,943 80.9 1,472 6.6
Pennsylvania 103,214 24,032 23.3 74,795 72.5 4,387 4.3
Rhode Island 8,863 1,496 16.9 6,502 73.4 865 9.8
South Carolina 45,681 8,732 19.1 35,349 77.4 1,600 3.5
South Dakota 4,481 752 16.8 3,462 77.3 267 6.0
Tennessee 57,636 9,384 16.3 46,402 80.5 1,850 3.2
Texas 193,174 43,490 22.5 129,463 67.0 20,221 10.5
Utah 10,536 1,659 15.7 8,371 79.5 506 4.8
Vermont 4,471 490 11.0 3,492 78.1 489 10.9
Virginia 45,758 8,933 19.5 34,018 74.3 2,807 6.1
Washington 39,139 5,926 15.1 30,042 76.8 3,171 8.1
West Virginia 17,426 2,700 15.5 14,244 81.7 482 2.8
Wisconsin 34,877 6,786 19.5 26,813 76.9 1,278 3.7
Wyoming 2,251 267 11.9 1,911 84.9 73 3.2
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 233 70 30.0 128 54.9 35 15.0
Unknown 164 43 26.2 109 66.5 12 7.3
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, 1973–2014
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 53,715,343 9,550,425 17.8 35,193,964 65.5 8,970,954 16.7
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
2014 1,279,917 304,340 23.8 852,445 66.6 123,132 9.6
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.