SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2017

Applications

Table 57. All applications, by age of applicant, 1973–2017
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 88,766,417 13,757,027 15.5 62,105,157 70.0 12,904,233 14.5
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
2017 2,006,446 391,879 19.5 1,405,664 70.1 208,903 10.4
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, 2009–2017
Characteristic 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total 545,619 546,407 532,216 513,775 458,616 427,515 444,913 410,578 391,879
Age  
Under 5 185,399 186,226 182,564 175,942 157,736 147,407 151,538 141,991 136,120
5–12 252,870 255,455 250,986 245,200 219,915 205,877 214,973 197,147 187,425
13–17 107,350 104,726 98,666 92,633 80,965 74,231 78,402 71,440 68,334
Sex  
Male 341,800 341,609 332,770 321,033 286,218 267,428 278,166 256,638 245,344
Female 203,819 204,798 199,446 192,742 172,398 160,087 166,747 153,940 146,535
Citizenship status  
Citizen 542,916 543,503 529,574 511,184 456,114 424,998 442,111 407,773 389,116
Noncitizen 2,703 2,904 2,642 2,591 2,502 2,517 2,802 2,805 2,763
SSA administrative region  
Boston 18,975 19,477 18,696 18,333 16,899 15,674 15,637 13,769 13,221
New York 40,593 40,531 40,386 39,646 35,442 32,997 36,576 33,445 32,008
Philadelphia 56,096 56,084 54,774 53,080 47,879 45,014 48,840 43,552 42,217
Atlanta 145,088 145,833 141,832 140,326 127,272 119,350 121,463 113,786 109,532
Chicago 92,024 89,299 84,603 81,569 71,254 65,153 66,620 60,128 57,414
Dallas 94,800 99,423 96,427 91,392 80,583 74,394 77,067 73,344 69,081
Kansas City 19,833 20,067 19,483 17,993 16,028 14,570 14,851 14,409 13,619
Denver 8,947 8,799 8,249 8,130 7,280 6,730 6,960 6,679 6,324
San Francisco 56,475 54,148 54,990 51,590 45,533 42,977 45,006 40,802 38,268
Seattle 12,739 12,687 12,730 11,661 10,415 10,613 11,836 10,384 9,784
Unknown 49 59 46 55 31 43 57 280 411
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, 2009–2017
Characteristic 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total 2,285,852 2,314,739 2,235,535 2,120,521 1,879,330 1,686,579 1,623,538 1,488,121 1,405,664
Age  
18–21 170,051 173,186 165,605 155,151 134,823 117,236 117,597 108,078 108,922
22–25 132,315 136,324 130,592 125,988 109,576 96,124 94,951 84,783 83,058
26–29 141,052 142,844 136,326 128,662 110,090 97,695 97,225 90,156 90,567
30–39 379,220 385,246 371,687 355,738 314,498 282,717 277,395 256,280 243,644
40–49 598,453 592,265 561,067 519,293 451,106 395,171 369,711 332,630 301,956
50–59 663,464 684,914 675,354 653,945 598,354 553,194 526,697 485,092 452,314
60–64 201,297 199,960 194,904 181,744 160,883 144,442 139,962 131,102 125,203
Sex  
Men 1,176,133 1,184,990 1,137,684 1,071,639 944,852 847,039 818,135 754,617 715,141
Women 1,109,719 1,129,749 1,097,851 1,048,882 934,478 839,540 805,403 733,504 690,523
Citizenship status  
Citizen 2,199,326 2,228,246 2,150,681 2,041,159 1,806,887 1,620,487 1,559,919 1,431,298 1,355,499
Noncitizen 86,526 86,493 84,854 79,362 72,443 66,092 63,619 56,823 50,165
SSA administrative region  
Boston 104,362 104,581 97,911 95,269 82,724 75,749 71,858 63,443 60,235
New York 155,922 154,390 152,498 145,934 131,051 120,728 124,285 113,600 107,499
Philadelphia 222,686 221,624 221,565 212,280 183,359 167,714 163,266 149,318 143,720
Atlanta 572,336 589,233 567,763 546,566 496,334 448,044 420,979 383,997 360,682
Chicago 387,125 389,647 372,617 351,640 305,230 270,402 254,500 229,128 211,870
Dallas 311,466 323,607 304,432 287,228 256,527 229,565 220,652 212,549 201,365
Kansas City 102,177 105,926 99,127 90,974 81,740 69,931 70,089 67,173 63,829
Denver 54,751 55,522 53,522 50,636 44,804 39,317 38,839 37,028 35,309
San Francisco 295,963 289,485 285,539 265,184 231,371 206,470 202,456 178,230 168,637
Seattle 78,945 80,616 80,424 74,699 66,088 58,550 56,368 52,128 50,801
Unknown 119 108 137 111 102 109 246 1,527 1,717
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, 2009–2017
Characteristic 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total 311,607 287,543 273,749 253,941 233,918 215,717 212,799 202,558 208,903
Age  
65–69 189,611 171,110 161,883 150,436 136,000 125,102 122,494 115,978 118,426
70–74 55,615 52,612 50,121 46,479 43,893 40,313 40,043 38,186 41,915
75 or older 66,381 63,821 61,745 57,026 54,025 50,302 50,262 48,394 48,562
Sex  
Men 135,022 122,505 114,190 105,376 94,857 87,645 86,333 81,706 83,900
Women 176,585 165,038 159,559 148,565 139,061 128,072 126,466 120,852 125,003
Citizenship status  
Citizen 234,979 211,442 198,347 182,617 166,821 149,908 146,969 139,860 152,174
Noncitizen 76,628 76,101 75,402 71,324 67,097 65,809 65,830 62,698 56,729
SSA administrative region  
Boston 26,376 24,428 22,567 20,838 16,381 14,336 12,258 11,113 10,024
New York 39,605 36,588 37,560 33,196 31,044 28,838 29,563 27,722 28,451
Philadelphia 16,395 14,632 14,259 13,236 12,408 10,749 10,643 10,234 11,747
Atlanta 45,972 47,117 45,749 42,674 42,549 41,286 41,720 40,205 42,925
Chicago 36,567 30,402 26,685 24,418 21,197 18,195 16,701 15,509 16,649
Dallas 32,661 33,595 31,245 29,388 27,402 25,459 24,242 22,962 24,260
Kansas City 5,961 4,779 4,338 4,042 3,403 3,014 2,961 2,848 3,154
Denver 5,171 5,462 5,038 3,774 3,179 3,153 3,323 3,585 3,816
San Francisco 94,645 83,655 79,270 75,939 70,309 65,280 65,930 62,899 62,270
Seattle 8,247 6,882 7,030 6,431 6,040 5,395 5,415 5,271 5,411
Unknown 7 3 8 5 6 12 43 210 196
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, 2017
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 2,006,446 391,879 19.5 1,405,664 70.1 208,903 10.4
Alabama 42,566 9,048 21.3 31,772 74.6 1,746 4.1
Alaska 3,478 351 10.1 2,632 75.7 495 14.2
Arizona 34,902 5,428 15.6 25,538 73.2 3,936 11.3
Arkansas 28,856 8,410 29.1 19,615 68.0 831 2.9
California 213,301 29,603 13.9 128,223 60.1 55,475 26.0
Colorado 21,489 2,508 11.7 16,548 77.0 2,433 11.3
Connecticut 19,862 3,292 16.6 14,594 73.5 1,976 9.9
Delaware 5,736 1,438 25.1 4,001 69.8 297 5.2
District of Columbia 6,227 1,327 21.3 4,459 71.6 441 7.1
Florida 159,175 35,518 22.3 98,974 62.2 24,683 15.5
Georgia 81,059 18,768 23.2 56,804 70.1 5,487 6.8
Hawaii 5,192 421 8.1 3,685 71.0 1,086 20.9
Idaho 7,902 1,322 16.7 6,243 79.0 337 4.3
Illinois 62,230 12,357 19.9 44,133 70.9 5,740 9.2
Indiana 39,159 8,440 21.6 29,303 74.8 1,416 3.6
Iowa 15,686 3,171 20.2 11,855 75.6 660 4.2
Kansas 14,546 2,546 17.5 11,399 78.4 601 4.1
Kentucky 39,079 7,768 19.9 29,248 74.8 2,063 5.3
Louisiana 47,850 12,383 25.9 33,444 69.9 2,023 4.2
Maine 8,139 1,176 14.4 6,587 80.9 376 4.6
Maryland 40,780 6,170 15.1 31,895 78.2 2,715 6.7
Massachusetts 40,084 6,504 16.2 27,008 67.4 6,572 16.4
Michigan 60,837 11,913 19.6 45,546 74.9 3,378 5.6
Minnesota 21,350 3,700 17.3 15,917 74.6 1,733 8.1
Mississippi 36,576 8,531 23.3 26,500 72.5 1,545 4.2
Missouri 41,738 6,418 15.4 33,930 81.3 1,390 3.3
Montana 5,147 632 12.3 4,206 81.7 309 6.0
Nebraska 8,632 1,484 17.2 6,645 77.0 503 5.8
Nevada 15,564 2,746 17.6 11,082 71.2 1,736 11.2
New Hampshire 5,282 638 12.1 4,395 83.2 249 4.7
New Jersey 44,584 9,092 20.4 28,640 64.2 6,852 15.4
New Mexico 13,857 2,079 15.0 10,595 76.5 1,183 8.5
New York 123,374 22,916 18.6 78,859 63.9 21,599 17.5
North Carolina 68,873 13,680 19.9 51,824 75.2 3,369 4.9
North Dakota 2,787 428 15.4 2,143 76.9 216 7.8
Ohio 74,354 14,925 20.1 56,204 75.6 3,225 4.3
Oklahoma 28,073 5,092 18.1 21,704 77.3 1,277 4.5
Oregon 19,995 2,652 13.3 15,751 78.8 1,592 8.0
Pennsylvania 87,891 22,360 25.4 60,631 69.0 4,900 5.6
Rhode Island 7,068 1,234 17.5 5,134 72.6 700 9.9
South Carolina 38,557 8,070 20.9 28,720 74.5 1,767 4.6
South Dakota 4,390 722 16.4 3,428 78.1 240 5.5
Tennessee 47,254 8,149 17.2 36,840 78.0 2,265 4.8
Texas 176,070 41,117 23.4 116,007 65.9 18,946 10.8
Utah 9,230 1,751 19.0 6,956 75.4 523 5.7
Vermont 3,045 377 12.4 2,517 82.7 151 5.0
Virginia 41,273 8,314 20.1 30,099 72.9 2,860 6.9
Washington 34,621 5,459 15.8 26,175 75.6 2,987 8.6
West Virginia 15,777 2,608 16.5 12,635 80.1 534 3.4
Wisconsin 28,003 6,079 21.7 20,767 74.2 1,157 4.1
Wyoming 2,406 283 11.8 2,028 84.3 95 3.9
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 216 70 32.4 109 50.5 37 17.1
Unknown 2,324 411 17.7 1,717 73.9 196 8.4
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, 1973–2017
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 57,182,917 10,437,308 18.3 37,426,777 65.5 9,318,832 16.3
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
2017 1,087,051 277,638 25.5 694,053 63.8 115,360 10.6
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.