SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2019

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2019
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,132,080 669.78
Boston 40,895 653.80
Connecticut 8,552 665.25
Maine 3,880 647.53
Massachusetts 21,270 648.87
New Hampshire 2,129 623.61
Rhode Island 3,706 664.02
Vermont 1,358 696.60
New York 104,467 672.88
New Jersey 23,938 666.86
New York 80,529 674.66
Philadelphia 114,962 661.75
Delaware 3,328 646.36
District of Columbia 3,697 669.32
Maryland 18,972 649.61
Pennsylvania 59,747 669.68
Virginia 22,040 652.23
West Virginia 7,178 660.50
Atlanta 277,674 663.84
Alabama 20,936 670.32
Florida 97,138 660.66
Georgia 42,005 668.61
Kentucky 24,399 676.88
Mississippi 18,573 670.56
North Carolina 35,191 656.53
South Carolina 17,529 656.38
Tennessee 21,903 660.22
Chicago 167,551 668.35
Illinois 34,694 677.14
Indiana 21,710 663.86
Michigan 34,948 670.17
Minnesota 12,200 651.30
Ohio 43,475 669.37
Wisconsin 20,524 663.13
Dallas 207,088 667.29
Arkansas 24,345 677.42
Louisiana 31,900 681.27
New Mexico 7,627 675.69
Oklahoma 15,307 667.32
Texas 127,909 661.38
Kansas City 39,851 654.21
Iowa 8,210 652.51
Kansas 8,389 652.02
Missouri 19,385 659.95
Nebraska 3,867 633.94
Denver 19,928 637.50
Colorado 8,464 648.51
Montana 2,147 664.56
North Dakota 1,148 603.79
South Dakota 2,226 629.90
Utah 5,046 617.88
Wyoming 897 641.18
San Francisco 126,827 715.91
Arizona 16,935 668.73
California 99,015 728.77
Hawaii 1,210 653.02
Nevada 9,417 673.39
Northern Mariana Islands 250 723.98
Seattle 32,837 641.37
Alaska 1,174 638.00
Idaho 5,004 632.40
Oregon 10,354 646.56
Washington 16,305 641.05
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes federally administered state supplementation payments.
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Table 18. Percentage distribution of recipients, by monthly payment, December 2019
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 1,132,080
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.6
50–99 0.7
100–199 1.9
200–299 2.4
300–399 3.3
400–499 4.2
500–599 10.9
600–699 9.1
700–770 7.0
771 58.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2019.
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Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2019
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,132,080 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 14,013 1.2
1 22,742 2.0
2 27,949 2.5
3 39,081 3.5
4 48,071 4.2
5 54,876 4.8
6 60,408 5.3
7 65,965 5.8
8 70,312 6.2
9 75,239 6.6
10 80,758 7.1
11 83,903 7.4
12 85,401 7.5
13 84,792 7.5
14 81,954 7.2
15 81,005 7.2
16 78,456 6.9
17 77,155 6.8
Sex  
Male 766,094 67.7
Female 365,986 32.3
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,129,024 99.7
Noncitizen 3,056 0.3
Living arrangements  
Own household 147,663 13.0
Another's household 40,679 3.6
Parent's household 931,492 82.3
Medicaid institution 12,103 1.1
Unknown 143 (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 2019
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,132,080 64,704 142,028 521,986 403,362
Congenital anomalies 62,994 11,065 13,202 25,013 13,714
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 8,482 516 1,582 4,176 2,208
Infectious and parasitic diseases 356 22 41 140 153
Injuries 5,152 376 874 2,229 1,673
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 210,021 1,533 30,614 113,543 64,331
Developmental disorders 217,339 6,434 45,175 109,453 56,277
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 216,426 129 4,476 108,245 103,576
Intellectual disability 104,289 70 2,575 41,664 59,980
Mood disorders 31,484 1 124 9,175 22,184
Organic mental disorders 18,880 98 1,862 9,964 6,956
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 2,234 0 2 466 1,766
Other mental disorders 31,858 8 678 13,838 17,334
Neoplasms 9,015 603 1,960 4,114 2,338
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 8,503 289 889 4,124 3,201
Circulatory system 3,682 599 811 1,271 1,001
Digestive system 15,558 5,521 4,889 3,838 1,310
Genitourinary system 2,618 212 340 1,084 982
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 8,668 654 1,379 3,669 2,966
Nervous system and sense organs 82,957 4,257 12,327 38,675 27,698
Respiratory system 14,249 1,306 2,820 6,492 3,631
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,750 100 307 843 500
Other 62,604 29,982 13,108 13,996 5,518
Unknown 12,961 929 1,993 5,974 4,065
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.6 17.1 9.3 4.8 3.4
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.5
Infectious and parasitic diseases (L) (L) (L) (L) (L)
Injuries 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 18.6 2.4 21.6 21.8 15.9
Developmental disorders 19.2 9.9 31.8 21.0 14.0
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 19.1 0.2 3.2 20.7 25.7
Intellectual disability 9.2 0.1 1.8 8.0 14.9
Mood disorders 2.8 (L) 0.1 1.8 5.5
Organic mental disorders 1.7 0.2 1.3 1.9 1.7
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 0.2 0.0 (L) 0.1 0.4
Other mental disorders 2.8 (L) 0.5 2.7 4.3
Neoplasms 0.8 0.9 1.4 0.8 0.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.8
Circulatory system 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.2
Digestive system 1.4 8.5 3.4 0.7 0.3
Genitourinary system 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7
Nervous system and sense organs 7.3 6.6 8.7 7.4 6.9
Respiratory system 1.3 2.0 2.0 1.2 0.9
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Other 5.5 46.3 9.2 2.7 1.4
Unknown 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.0
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 2019
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,132,080 100.0 766,094 100.0 365,986 100.0
Congenital anomalies 62,994 5.6 33,809 4.4 29,185 8.0
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 8,482 0.7 4,404 0.6 4,078 1.1
Infectious and parasitic diseases 356 (L) 177 (L) 179 (L)
Injuries 5,152 0.5 3,021 0.4 2,131 0.6
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 210,021 18.6 169,453 22.1 40,568 11.1
Developmental disorders 217,339 19.2 148,997 19.4 68,342 18.7
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 216,426 19.1 166,723 21.8 49,703 13.6
Intellectual disability 104,289 9.2 63,818 8.3 40,471 11.1
Mood disorders 31,484 2.8 17,928 2.3 13,556 3.7
Organic mental disorders 18,880 1.7 12,253 1.6 6,627 1.8
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 2,234 0.2 1,241 0.2 993 0.3
Other mental disorders 31,858 2.8 19,570 2.6 12,288 3.4
Neoplasms 9,015 0.8 5,125 0.7 3,890 1.1
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 8,503 0.8 4,839 0.6 3,664 1.0
Circulatory system 3,682 0.3 2,026 0.3 1,656 0.5
Digestive system 15,558 1.4 8,471 1.1 7,087 1.9
Genitourinary system 2,618 0.2 1,579 0.2 1,039 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 8,668 0.8 4,254 0.6 4,414 1.2
Nervous system and sense organs 82,957 7.3 45,618 6.0 37,339 10.2
Respiratory system 14,249 1.3 8,738 1.1 5,511 1.5
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,750 0.2 897 0.1 853 0.2
Other 62,604 5.5 34,744 4.5 27,860 7.6
Unknown 12,961 1.1 8,409 1.1 4,552 1.2
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 22. Adult recipients who first became eligible for SSI before age 18, by year of first eligibility and age in December 2019
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2019
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,148,321 241,456 182,651 183,169 320,571 143,417 77,057
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 50.3
1977–1980 4.2 . . . . . . . . . 0.1 15.9 33.0
1981–1984 4.1 . . . . . . . . . 4.1 16.5 13.0
1985–1989 7.1 . . . . . . . . . 15.0 21.4 3.7
1990–1994 21.6 . . . 1.7 27.7 43.9 37.0 . . .
1995–1999 18.3 5.3 33.8 30.7 23.1 4.0 . . .
2000–2004 19.0 33.5 30.7 23.8 11.8 . . . . . .
2005–2009 12.5 29.9 19.9 15.8 2.0 . . . . . .
2010–2014 7.0 21.6 13.4 2.1 . . . . . . . . .
2015–2019 2.1 9.8 0.4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 63 in 2019.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2019
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,132,080 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 820,494 72.5 . . .
With income b 311,586 27.5 288
Earned income only 1,717 0.2 679
Unearned income only 309,038 27.3 252
Both earned and unearned income 831 0.1 776
With unearned income c 309,869 27.4 252
Social Security benefits 72,560 6.4 255
Veterans' benefits 8,721 0.8 75
Income based on need 16,939 1.5 246
Support from absent parents 164,191 14.5 238
Support and maintenance 70,670 6.2 188
Asset income 416 (L) 18
Other 6,344 0.6 353
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
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 2019
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,132,080 100.0
No parents a 141,935 12.5
One parent 769,680 68.0
Two parents 220,465 19.5
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 2019
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 769,680 100.0 719,480 100.0 50,200 100.0
No parental income 345,622 44.9 325,025 45.2 20,597 41.0
Parental income a 424,058 55.1 394,455 54.8 29,603 59.0
Earned income 323,443 42.0 301,937 42.0 21,506 42.8
Unearned income 119,509 15.5 110,258 15.3 9,251 18.4
Total income (dollars)  
None 345,622 44.9 325,025 45.2 20,597 41.0
Under 200 31,982 4.2 30,656 4.3 1,326 2.6
200–399 24,082 3.1 22,569 3.1 1,513 3.0
400–599 25,582 3.3 23,961 3.3 1,621 3.2
600–999 74,286 9.7 69,357 9.6 4,929 9.8
1,000 or more 268,126 34.8 247,912 34.5 20,214 40.3
Earned income (dollars)  
None 446,237 58.0 417,543 58.0 28,694 57.2
Under 200 5,394 0.7 5,088 0.7 306 0.6
200–399 9,274 1.2 8,763 1.2 511 1.0
400–599 15,011 2.0 14,257 2.0 754 1.5
600–999 43,623 5.7 41,623 5.8 2,000 4.0
1,000 or more 250,141 32.5 232,206 32.3 17,935 35.7
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 650,171 84.5 609,222 84.7 40,949 81.6
Under 200 35,620 4.6 34,206 4.8 1,414 2.8
200–399 19,305 2.5 18,055 2.5 1,250 2.5
400–599 13,525 1.8 12,415 1.7 1,110 2.2
600–999 35,776 4.6 32,409 4.5 3,367 6.7
1,000 or more 15,283 2.0 13,173 1.8 2,110 4.2
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 2019
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 220,465 100.0 220,465 100.0 220,465 100.0
No parental income 38,523 17.5 140,019 63.5 72,968 33.1
Parental income a 181,942 82.5 80,446 36.5 147,497 66.9
Earned income 159,720 72.4 63,357 28.7 126,099 57.2
Unearned income 36,879 16.7 19,691 8.9 25,771 11.7
Total income (dollars)  
None 38,523 17.5 140,019 63.5 72,968 33.1
Under 200 3,254 1.5 8,065 3.7 4,029 1.8
200–399 3,759 1.7 4,951 2.2 3,295 1.5
400–599 4,334 2.0 5,289 2.4 4,628 2.1
600–999 14,137 6.4 13,807 6.3 14,537 6.6
1,000 or more 156,458 71.0 48,334 21.9 121,008 54.9
Earned income (dollars)  
None 60,745 27.6 157,108 71.3 94,366 42.8
Under 200 1,246 0.6 1,981 0.9 1,223 0.6
200–399 1,769 0.8 2,686 1.2 1,721 0.8
400–599 2,775 1.3 3,659 1.7 2,754 1.2
600–999 8,489 3.9 9,118 4.1 7,536 3.4
1,000 or more 145,441 66.0 45,913 20.8 112,865 51.2
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 183,586 83.3 200,774 91.1 194,694 88.3
Under 200 4,812 2.2 7,619 3.5 4,373 2.0
200–399 4,374 2.0 2,713 1.2 2,256 1.0
400–599 4,049 1.8 1,952 0.9 2,559 1.2
600–999 12,026 5.5 5,173 2.3 8,472 3.8
1,000 or more 11,618 5.3 2,234 1.0 8,111 3.7
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 2019
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 606,000 1,734 474,901 1,418 177,100 2,131
Earned income 483,163 1,982 365,294 1,658 147,605 2,373
Unearned income b 156,388 625 129,949 521 35,022 776
Social Security benefits 77,601 811 60,338 742 21,006 862
Other pensions 8,160 571 5,993 365 3,333 732
Public income-maintenance 42,984 162 40,197 162 5,400 181
Asset income 2,869 185 2,160 155 878 251
Other 29,934 629 24,699 566 5,499 991
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 2019
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 990,145 100.0 769,680 77.7 220,465 22.3
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 790,854 100.0 638,772 100.0 152,082 100.0
No parental income 384,145 48.6 345,622 54.1 38,523 25.3
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 42,984 5.4 37,096 5.8 5,888 3.9
Income less than deeming allocations a 39,286 5.0 31,418 4.9 7,868 5.2
Income less than exclusions b 324,439 41.0 224,636 35.2 99,803 65.6
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 199,291 100.0 130,908 100.0 68,383 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 159,196 79.9 101,495 77.5 57,701 84.4
Unearned income only 24,475 12.3 21,057 16.1 3,418 5.0
Both earned and unearned income 12,852 6.4 5,900 4.5 6,952 10.2
Manually computed deemed income 2,768 1.4 2,456 1.9 312 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.