SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2015

Applications

Table 57. All applications, by age of applicant, 1973–2015
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 84,658,714 12,954,570 15.3 59,211,372 69.9 12,492,772 14.8
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
2015 2,281,250 444,913 19.5 1,623,538 71.2 212,799 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, 2007–2015
Characteristic 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total 460,925 476,251 545,619 546,407 532,216 513,775 458,616 427,515 444,913
Age  
Under 5 160,139 166,884 185,399 186,226 182,564 175,942 157,736 147,407 151,538
5–12 208,760 215,910 252,870 255,455 250,986 245,200 219,915 205,877 214,973
13–17 92,026 93,457 107,350 104,726 98,666 92,633 80,965 74,231 78,402
Sex  
Male 288,647 297,772 341,800 341,609 332,770 321,033 286,218 267,428 278,166
Female 172,278 178,479 203,819 204,798 199,446 192,742 172,398 160,087 166,747
Citizenship status  
Citizen 458,831 473,818 542,916 543,503 529,574 511,184 456,114 424,998 442,111
Noncitizen 2,094 2,433 2,703 2,904 2,642 2,591 2,502 2,517 2,802
SSA administrative region  
Boston 16,190 16,361 18,975 19,477 18,696 18,333 16,899 15,674 15,637
New York 35,235 36,321 40,593 40,531 40,386 39,646 35,442 32,997 36,576
Philadelphia 48,125 49,485 56,096 56,084 54,774 53,080 47,879 45,014 48,840
Atlanta 120,292 126,618 145,088 145,833 141,832 140,326 127,272 119,350 121,463
Chicago 81,965 80,956 92,024 89,299 84,603 81,569 71,254 65,153 66,620
Dallas 77,603 80,612 94,800 99,423 96,427 91,392 80,583 74,394 77,067
Kansas City 17,398 17,174 19,833 20,067 19,483 17,993 16,028 14,570 14,851
Denver 8,257 8,050 8,947 8,799 8,249 8,130 7,280 6,730 6,960
San Francisco 44,989 49,742 56,475 54,148 54,990 51,590 45,533 42,977 45,006
Seattle 10,787 10,885 12,739 12,687 12,730 11,661 10,415 10,613 11,836
Unknown 84 47 49 59 46 55 31 43 57
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, 2007–2015
Characteristic 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total 1,945,464 2,030,774 2,285,852 2,314,739 2,235,535 2,120,521 1,879,330 1,686,579 1,623,538
Age  
18–21 128,726 141,178 170,051 173,186 165,605 155,151 134,823 117,236 117,597
22–25 100,221 108,551 132,315 136,324 130,592 125,988 109,576 96,124 94,951
26–29 108,339 118,370 141,052 142,844 136,326 128,662 110,090 97,695 97,225
30–39 315,755 329,440 379,220 385,246 371,687 355,738 314,498 282,717 277,395
40–49 533,815 542,381 598,453 592,265 561,067 519,293 451,106 395,171 369,711
50–59 570,836 592,045 663,464 684,914 675,354 653,945 598,354 553,194 526,697
60–64 187,772 198,809 201,297 199,960 194,904 181,744 160,883 144,442 139,962
Sex  
Men 968,070 1,026,132 1,176,133 1,184,990 1,137,684 1,071,639 944,852 847,039 818,135
Women 977,394 1,004,642 1,109,719 1,129,749 1,097,851 1,048,882 934,478 839,540 805,403
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,870,754 1,953,170 2,199,326 2,228,246 2,150,681 2,041,159 1,806,887 1,620,487 1,559,919
Noncitizen 74,710 77,604 86,526 86,493 84,854 79,362 72,443 66,092 63,619
SSA administrative region  
Boston 90,794 92,883 104,362 104,581 97,911 95,269 82,724 75,749 71,858
New York 133,681 141,555 155,922 154,390 152,498 145,934 131,051 120,728 124,285
Philadelphia 193,004 201,323 222,686 221,624 221,565 212,280 183,359 167,714 163,266
Atlanta 465,054 494,647 572,336 589,233 567,763 546,566 496,334 448,044 420,979
Chicago 341,921 347,262 387,125 389,647 372,617 351,640 305,230 270,402 254,500
Dallas 260,301 269,794 311,466 323,607 304,432 287,228 256,527 229,565 220,652
Kansas City 88,390 88,711 102,177 105,926 99,127 90,974 81,740 69,931 70,089
Denver 45,649 46,784 54,751 55,522 53,522 50,636 44,804 39,317 38,839
San Francisco 256,798 277,235 295,963 289,485 285,539 265,184 231,371 206,470 202,456
Seattle 69,313 70,449 78,945 80,616 80,424 74,699 66,088 58,550 56,368
Unknown 559 131 119 108 137 111 102 109 246
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, 2007–2015
Characteristic 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Total 296,615 320,516 311,607 287,543 273,749 253,941 233,918 215,717 212,799
Age  
65–69 176,803 194,416 189,611 171,110 161,883 150,436 136,000 125,102 122,494
70–74 52,985 56,109 55,615 52,612 50,121 46,479 43,893 40,313 40,043
75 or older 66,827 69,991 66,381 63,821 61,745 57,026 54,025 50,302 50,262
Sex  
Men 126,424 138,916 135,022 122,505 114,190 105,376 94,857 87,645 86,333
Women 170,191 181,600 176,585 165,038 159,559 148,565 139,061 128,072 126,466
Citizenship status  
Citizen 223,117 247,209 234,979 211,442 198,347 182,617 166,821 149,908 146,969
Noncitizen 73,498 73,307 76,628 76,101 75,402 71,324 67,097 65,809 65,830
SSA administrative region  
Boston 24,758 26,093 26,376 24,428 22,567 20,838 16,381 14,336 12,258
New York 37,453 41,762 39,605 36,588 37,560 33,196 31,044 28,838 29,563
Philadelphia 13,975 16,950 16,395 14,632 14,259 13,236 12,408 10,749 10,643
Atlanta 47,682 50,474 45,972 47,117 45,749 42,674 42,549 41,286 41,720
Chicago 37,270 39,693 36,567 30,402 26,685 24,418 21,197 18,195 16,701
Dallas 28,023 32,069 32,661 33,595 31,245 29,388 27,402 25,459 24,242
Kansas City 5,638 4,896 5,961 4,779 4,338 4,042 3,403 3,014 2,961
Denver 5,254 5,269 5,171 5,462 5,038 3,774 3,179 3,153 3,323
San Francisco 88,139 95,190 94,645 83,655 79,270 75,939 70,309 65,280 65,930
Seattle 8,408 8,110 8,247 6,882 7,030 6,431 6,040 5,395 5,415
Unknown 15 10 7 3 8 5 6 12 43
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, 2015
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 2,281,250 444,913 19.5 1,623,538 71.2 212,799 9.3
Alabama 48,935 9,942 20.3 37,741 77.1 1,252 2.6
Alaska 3,891 443 11.4 2,993 76.9 455 11.7
Arizona 39,323 6,161 15.7 28,983 73.7 4,179 10.6
Arkansas 34,935 9,285 26.6 24,853 71.1 797 2.3
California 250,441 35,134 14.0 156,706 62.6 58,601 23.4
Colorado 24,345 3,072 12.6 19,227 79.0 2,046 8.4
Connecticut 23,134 3,678 15.9 17,020 73.6 2,436 10.5
Delaware 5,905 1,428 24.2 4,169 70.6 308 5.2
District of Columbia 7,131 1,521 21.3 5,248 73.6 362 5.1
Florida 180,779 40,399 22.3 114,215 63.2 26,165 14.5
Georgia 88,486 18,993 21.5 64,558 73.0 4,935 5.6
Hawaii 6,021 508 8.4 4,511 74.9 1,002 16.6
Idaho 8,866 1,565 17.7 6,980 78.7 321 3.6
Illinois 70,411 14,148 20.1 50,572 71.8 5,691 8.1
Indiana 46,887 9,657 20.6 36,068 76.9 1,162 2.5
Iowa 16,454 2,848 17.3 12,927 78.6 679 4.1
Kansas 15,858 2,931 18.5 12,319 77.7 608 3.8
Kentucky 44,505 8,308 18.7 34,692 78.0 1,505 3.4
Louisiana 51,581 14,058 27.3 35,786 69.4 1,737 3.4
Maine 9,783 1,265 12.9 8,047 82.3 471 4.8
Maryland 44,103 6,997 15.9 34,618 78.5 2,488 5.6
Massachusetts 47,827 7,743 16.2 32,022 67.0 8,062 16.9
Michigan 72,839 14,744 20.2 55,069 75.6 3,026 4.2
Minnesota 24,672 4,118 16.7 18,699 75.8 1,855 7.5
Mississippi 41,442 9,758 23.5 30,552 73.7 1,132 2.7
Missouri 46,852 7,494 16.0 38,174 81.5 1,184 2.5
Montana 5,372 678 12.6 4,467 83.2 227 4.2
Nebraska 8,737 1,578 18.1 6,669 76.3 490 5.6
Nevada 17,398 3,136 18.0 12,149 69.8 2,113 12.1
New Hampshire 6,633 926 14.0 5,468 82.4 239 3.6
New Jersey 51,217 10,144 19.8 33,957 66.3 7,116 13.9
New Mexico 15,908 2,450 15.4 12,316 77.4 1,142 7.2
New York 139,207 26,432 19.0 90,328 64.9 22,447 16.1
North Carolina 82,504 16,029 19.4 63,024 76.4 3,451 4.2
North Dakota 2,536 399 15.7 1,880 74.1 257 10.1
Ohio 89,365 16,892 18.9 68,713 76.9 3,760 4.2
Oklahoma 30,330 5,787 19.1 23,436 77.3 1,107 3.6
Oregon 22,258 2,763 12.4 17,936 80.6 1,559 7.0
Pennsylvania 101,065 25,751 25.5 71,075 70.3 4,239 4.2
Rhode Island 8,150 1,523 18.7 5,980 73.4 647 7.9
South Carolina 42,736 8,895 20.8 32,335 75.7 1,506 3.5
South Dakota 4,582 774 16.9 3,575 78.0 233 5.1
Tennessee 54,775 9,139 16.7 43,862 80.1 1,774 3.2
Texas 189,207 45,487 24.0 124,261 65.7 19,459 10.3
Utah 9,792 1,749 17.9 7,555 77.2 488 5.0
Vermont 4,226 502 11.9 3,321 78.6 403 9.5
Virginia 46,610 10,050 21.6 33,739 72.4 2,821 6.1
Washington 38,604 7,065 18.3 28,459 73.7 3,080 8.0
West Virginia 17,935 3,093 17.2 14,417 80.4 425 2.4
Wisconsin 33,647 7,061 21.0 25,379 75.4 1,207 3.6
Wyoming 2,495 288 11.5 2,135 85.6 72 2.9
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 209 67 32.1 107 51.2 35 16.7
Unknown 346 57 16.5 246 71.1 43 12.4
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, 1973–2015
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 54,962,009 9,868,113 18.0 36,002,633 65.5 9,091,263 16.5
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
2015 1,246,666 317,688 25.5 808,669 64.9 120,309 9.7
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.