SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2016

Applications

Table 57. All applications, by age of applicant, 1973–2016
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 86,759,971 13,365,148 15.4 60,699,493 70.0 12,695,330 14.6
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
2016 2,101,257 410,578 19.5 1,488,121 70.8 202,558 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.
Table 58. Applications for children under age 18, by selected characteristics, 2008–2016
Characteristic 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total 476,251 545,619 546,407 532,216 513,775 458,616 427,515 444,913 410,578
Age  
Under 5 166,884 185,399 186,226 182,564 175,942 157,736 147,407 151,538 141,991
5–12 215,910 252,870 255,455 250,986 245,200 219,915 205,877 214,973 197,147
13–17 93,457 107,350 104,726 98,666 92,633 80,965 74,231 78,402 71,440
Sex  
Male 297,772 341,800 341,609 332,770 321,033 286,218 267,428 278,166 256,638
Female 178,479 203,819 204,798 199,446 192,742 172,398 160,087 166,747 153,940
Citizenship status  
Citizen 473,818 542,916 543,503 529,574 511,184 456,114 424,998 442,111 407,773
Noncitizen 2,433 2,703 2,904 2,642 2,591 2,502 2,517 2,802 2,805
SSA administrative region  
Boston 16,361 18,975 19,477 18,696 18,333 16,899 15,674 15,637 13,769
New York 36,321 40,593 40,531 40,386 39,646 35,442 32,997 36,576 33,445
Philadelphia 49,485 56,096 56,084 54,774 53,080 47,879 45,014 48,840 43,552
Atlanta 126,618 145,088 145,833 141,832 140,326 127,272 119,350 121,463 113,786
Chicago 80,956 92,024 89,299 84,603 81,569 71,254 65,153 66,620 60,128
Dallas 80,612 94,800 99,423 96,427 91,392 80,583 74,394 77,067 73,344
Kansas City 17,174 19,833 20,067 19,483 17,993 16,028 14,570 14,851 14,409
Denver 8,050 8,947 8,799 8,249 8,130 7,280 6,730 6,960 6,679
San Francisco 49,742 56,475 54,148 54,990 51,590 45,533 42,977 45,006 40,802
Seattle 10,885 12,739 12,687 12,730 11,661 10,415 10,613 11,836 10,384
Unknown 47 49 59 46 55 31 43 57 280
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, 2008–2016
Characteristic 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total 2,030,774 2,285,852 2,314,739 2,235,535 2,120,521 1,879,330 1,686,579 1,623,538 1,488,121
Age  
18–21 141,178 170,051 173,186 165,605 155,151 134,823 117,236 117,597 108,078
22–25 108,551 132,315 136,324 130,592 125,988 109,576 96,124 94,951 84,783
26–29 118,370 141,052 142,844 136,326 128,662 110,090 97,695 97,225 90,156
30–39 329,440 379,220 385,246 371,687 355,738 314,498 282,717 277,395 256,280
40–49 542,381 598,453 592,265 561,067 519,293 451,106 395,171 369,711 332,630
50–59 592,045 663,464 684,914 675,354 653,945 598,354 553,194 526,697 485,092
60–64 198,809 201,297 199,960 194,904 181,744 160,883 144,442 139,962 131,102
Sex  
Men 1,026,132 1,176,133 1,184,990 1,137,684 1,071,639 944,852 847,039 818,135 754,617
Women 1,004,642 1,109,719 1,129,749 1,097,851 1,048,882 934,478 839,540 805,403 733,504
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,953,170 2,199,326 2,228,246 2,150,681 2,041,159 1,806,887 1,620,487 1,559,919 1,431,298
Noncitizen 77,604 86,526 86,493 84,854 79,362 72,443 66,092 63,619 56,823
SSA administrative region  
Boston 92,883 104,362 104,581 97,911 95,269 82,724 75,749 71,858 63,443
New York 141,555 155,922 154,390 152,498 145,934 131,051 120,728 124,285 113,600
Philadelphia 201,323 222,686 221,624 221,565 212,280 183,359 167,714 163,266 149,318
Atlanta 494,647 572,336 589,233 567,763 546,566 496,334 448,044 420,979 383,997
Chicago 347,262 387,125 389,647 372,617 351,640 305,230 270,402 254,500 229,128
Dallas 269,794 311,466 323,607 304,432 287,228 256,527 229,565 220,652 212,549
Kansas City 88,711 102,177 105,926 99,127 90,974 81,740 69,931 70,089 67,173
Denver 46,784 54,751 55,522 53,522 50,636 44,804 39,317 38,839 37,028
San Francisco 277,235 295,963 289,485 285,539 265,184 231,371 206,470 202,456 178,230
Seattle 70,449 78,945 80,616 80,424 74,699 66,088 58,550 56,368 52,128
Unknown 131 119 108 137 111 102 109 246 1,527
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, 2008–2016
Characteristic 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total 320,516 311,607 287,543 273,749 253,941 233,918 215,717 212,799 202,558
Age  
65–69 194,416 189,611 171,110 161,883 150,436 136,000 125,102 122,494 115,978
70–74 56,109 55,615 52,612 50,121 46,479 43,893 40,313 40,043 38,186
75 or older 69,991 66,381 63,821 61,745 57,026 54,025 50,302 50,262 48,394
Sex  
Men 138,916 135,022 122,505 114,190 105,376 94,857 87,645 86,333 81,706
Women 181,600 176,585 165,038 159,559 148,565 139,061 128,072 126,466 120,852
Citizenship status  
Citizen 247,209 234,979 211,442 198,347 182,617 166,821 149,908 146,969 139,860
Noncitizen 73,307 76,628 76,101 75,402 71,324 67,097 65,809 65,830 62,698
SSA administrative region  
Boston 26,093 26,376 24,428 22,567 20,838 16,381 14,336 12,258 11,113
New York 41,762 39,605 36,588 37,560 33,196 31,044 28,838 29,563 27,722
Philadelphia 16,950 16,395 14,632 14,259 13,236 12,408 10,749 10,643 10,234
Atlanta 50,474 45,972 47,117 45,749 42,674 42,549 41,286 41,720 40,205
Chicago 39,693 36,567 30,402 26,685 24,418 21,197 18,195 16,701 15,509
Dallas 32,069 32,661 33,595 31,245 29,388 27,402 25,459 24,242 22,962
Kansas City 4,896 5,961 4,779 4,338 4,042 3,403 3,014 2,961 2,848
Denver 5,269 5,171 5,462 5,038 3,774 3,179 3,153 3,323 3,585
San Francisco 95,190 94,645 83,655 79,270 75,939 70,309 65,280 65,930 62,899
Seattle 8,110 8,247 6,882 7,030 6,431 6,040 5,395 5,415 5,271
Unknown 10 7 3 8 5 6 12 43 210
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, 2016
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 2,101,257 410,578 19.5 1,488,121 70.8 202,558 9.6
Alabama 44,107 9,091 20.6 33,768 76.6 1,248 2.8
Alaska 3,848 411 10.7 2,979 77.4 458 11.9
Arizona 37,436 5,635 15.1 27,071 72.3 4,730 12.6
Arkansas 31,260 8,474 27.1 22,000 70.4 786 2.5
California 222,877 31,642 14.2 135,978 61.0 55,257 24.8
Colorado 22,647 2,722 12.0 17,557 77.5 2,368 10.5
Connecticut 20,997 3,315 15.8 15,640 74.5 2,042 9.7
Delaware 5,190 1,249 24.1 3,694 71.2 247 4.8
District of Columbia 6,425 1,334 20.8 4,719 73.4 372 5.8
Florida 163,474 35,824 21.9 103,379 63.2 24,271 14.8
Georgia 84,825 19,489 23.0 60,292 71.1 5,044 5.9
Hawaii 5,379 500 9.3 3,887 72.3 992 18.4
Idaho 8,382 1,465 17.5 6,619 79.0 298 3.6
Illinois 65,348 13,176 20.2 46,917 71.8 5,255 8.0
Indiana 40,923 8,332 20.4 31,500 77.0 1,091 2.7
Iowa 16,134 2,937 18.2 12,493 77.4 704 4.4
Kansas 15,310 2,923 19.1 11,831 77.3 556 3.6
Kentucky 43,815 8,485 19.4 33,302 76.0 2,028 4.6
Louisiana 49,585 13,418 27.1 34,518 69.6 1,649 3.3
Maine 8,386 1,185 14.1 6,829 81.4 372 4.4
Maryland 40,957 6,383 15.6 32,027 78.2 2,547 6.2
Massachusetts 42,324 6,696 15.8 27,981 66.1 7,647 18.1
Michigan 65,039 12,668 19.5 49,334 75.9 3,037 4.7
Minnesota 22,224 3,823 17.2 16,450 74.0 1,951 8.8
Mississippi 39,495 9,143 23.1 29,104 73.7 1,248 3.2
Missouri 44,386 7,114 16.0 36,140 81.4 1,132 2.6
Montana 5,595 747 13.4 4,597 82.2 251 4.5
Nebraska 8,600 1,435 16.7 6,709 78.0 456 5.3
Nevada 15,984 2,931 18.3 11,176 69.9 1,877 11.7
New Hampshire 5,767 741 12.8 4,815 83.5 211 3.7
New Jersey 45,230 8,701 19.2 29,924 66.2 6,605 14.6
New Mexico 15,206 2,253 14.8 11,813 77.7 1,140 7.5
New York 129,537 24,744 19.1 83,676 64.6 21,117 16.3
North Carolina 73,204 14,583 19.9 55,555 75.9 3,066 4.2
North Dakota 2,675 443 16.6 2,021 75.6 211 7.9
Ohio 80,768 15,571 19.3 62,076 76.9 3,121 3.9
Oklahoma 28,093 5,515 19.6 21,555 76.7 1,023 3.6
Oregon 20,473 2,757 13.5 16,215 79.2 1,501 7.3
Pennsylvania 92,014 23,680 25.7 64,174 69.7 4,160 4.5
Rhode Island 7,437 1,401 18.8 5,411 72.8 625 8.4
South Carolina 39,125 8,237 21.1 29,342 75.0 1,546 4.0
South Dakota 4,504 807 17.9 3,476 77.2 221 4.9
Tennessee 49,943 8,934 17.9 39,255 78.6 1,754 3.5
Texas 184,711 43,684 23.6 122,663 66.4 18,364 9.9
Utah 9,161 1,624 17.7 7,075 77.2 462 5.0
Vermont 3,414 431 12.6 2,767 81.0 216 6.3
Virginia 42,306 8,385 19.8 31,382 74.2 2,539 6.0
Washington 35,080 5,751 16.4 26,315 75.0 3,014 8.6
West Virginia 16,212 2,521 15.6 13,322 82.2 369 2.3
Wisconsin 30,463 6,558 21.5 22,851 75.0 1,054 3.5
Wyoming 2,710 336 12.4 2,302 84.9 72 2.7
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 255 94 36.9 118 46.3 43 16.9
Unknown 2,017 280 13.9 1,527 75.7 210 10.4
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, 1973–2016
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 56,095,866 10,159,670 18.1 36,732,724 65.5 9,203,472 16.4
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
2016 1,133,857 291,557 25.7 730,091 64.4 112,209 9.9
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.