SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2019

Applications

Table 57. All applications, by age of applicant, 1973–2019
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 92,464,470 14,495,386 15.7 64,706,711 70.0 13,262,373 14.3
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
2018 1,852,616 374,552 20.2 1,297,173 70.0 180,891 9.8
2019 1,845,437 363,807 19.7 1,304,381 70.7 177,249 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, 2011–2019
Characteristic 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total 532,216 513,775 458,616 427,515 444,913 410,578 391,879 374,552 363,807
Age  
Under 5 182,564 175,942 157,736 147,407 151,538 141,991 136,120 131,098 132,498
5–12 250,986 245,200 219,915 205,877 214,973 197,147 187,425 179,058 169,381
13–17 98,666 92,633 80,965 74,231 78,402 71,440 68,334 64,396 61,928
Sex  
Male 332,770 321,033 286,218 267,428 278,166 256,638 245,344 235,417 228,501
Female 199,446 192,742 172,398 160,087 166,747 153,940 146,535 139,135 135,306
Citizenship status  
Citizen 529,574 511,184 456,114 424,998 442,111 407,773 389,116 372,571 362,081
Noncitizen 2,642 2,591 2,502 2,517 2,802 2,805 2,763 1,981 1,726
SSA administrative region  
Boston 18,696 18,333 16,899 15,674 15,637 13,769 13,221 12,351 12,421
New York 40,386 39,646 35,442 32,997 36,576 33,445 32,008 29,295 27,401
Philadelphia 54,774 53,080 47,879 45,014 48,840 43,552 42,217 38,511 38,492
Atlanta 141,832 140,326 127,272 119,350 121,463 113,786 109,532 105,400 103,908
Chicago 84,603 81,569 71,254 65,153 66,620 60,128 57,414 58,126 53,441
Dallas 96,427 91,392 80,583 74,394 77,067 73,344 69,081 65,021 62,095
Kansas City 19,483 17,993 16,028 14,570 14,851 14,409 13,619 13,743 12,971
Denver 8,249 8,130 7,280 6,730 6,960 6,679 6,324 5,956 5,949
San Francisco 54,990 51,590 45,533 42,977 45,006 40,802 38,268 36,157 37,183
Seattle 12,730 11,661 10,415 10,613 11,836 10,384 9,784 9,661 9,651
Unknown 46 55 31 43 57 280 411 331 295
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, 2011–2019
Characteristic 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total 2,235,535 2,120,521 1,879,330 1,686,579 1,623,538 1,488,121 1,405,664 1,297,173 1,304,381
Age  
18–21 165,605 155,151 134,823 117,236 117,597 108,078 108,922 102,855 104,980
22–25 130,592 125,988 109,576 96,124 94,951 84,783 83,058 73,116 71,328
26–29 136,326 128,662 110,090 97,695 97,225 90,156 90,567 82,838 81,952
30–39 371,687 355,738 314,498 282,717 277,395 256,280 243,644 224,143 225,775
40–49 561,067 519,293 451,106 395,171 369,711 332,630 301,956 274,580 274,906
50–59 675,354 653,945 598,354 553,194 526,697 485,092 452,314 420,373 421,409
60–64 194,904 181,744 160,883 144,442 139,962 131,102 125,203 119,268 124,031
Sex  
Men 1,137,684 1,071,639 944,852 847,039 818,135 754,617 715,141 661,593 669,486
Women 1,097,851 1,048,882 934,478 839,540 805,403 733,504 690,523 635,580 634,895
Citizenship status  
Citizen 2,150,681 2,041,159 1,806,887 1,620,487 1,559,919 1,431,298 1,355,499 1,254,459 1,265,531
Noncitizen 84,854 79,362 72,443 66,092 63,619 56,823 50,165 42,714 38,850
SSA administrative region  
Boston 97,911 95,269 82,724 75,749 71,858 63,443 60,235 55,681 55,193
New York 152,498 145,934 131,051 120,728 124,285 113,600 107,499 96,066 93,083
Philadelphia 221,565 212,280 183,359 167,714 163,266 149,318 143,720 128,457 132,864
Atlanta 567,763 546,566 496,334 448,044 420,979 383,997 360,682 336,371 334,851
Chicago 372,617 351,640 305,230 270,402 254,500 229,128 211,870 195,077 199,194
Dallas 304,432 287,228 256,527 229,565 220,652 212,549 201,365 187,951 186,647
Kansas City 99,127 90,974 81,740 69,931 70,089 67,173 63,829 57,880 59,669
Denver 53,522 50,636 44,804 39,317 38,839 37,028 35,309 31,395 31,333
San Francisco 285,539 265,184 231,371 206,470 202,456 178,230 168,637 158,307 160,620
Seattle 80,424 74,699 66,088 58,550 56,368 52,128 50,801 47,965 48,850
Unknown 137 111 102 109 246 1,527 1,717 2,023 2,077
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, 2011–2019
Characteristic 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total 273,749 253,941 233,918 215,717 212,799 202,558 208,903 180,891 177,249
Age  
65–69 161,883 150,436 136,000 125,102 122,494 115,978 118,426 101,905 98,474
70–74 50,121 46,479 43,893 40,313 40,043 38,186 41,915 35,359 35,536
75 or older 61,745 57,026 54,025 50,302 50,262 48,394 48,562 43,627 43,239
Sex  
Men 114,190 105,376 94,857 87,645 86,333 81,706 83,900 72,834 71,615
Women 159,559 148,565 139,061 128,072 126,466 120,852 125,003 108,057 105,634
Citizenship status  
Citizen 198,347 182,617 166,821 149,908 146,969 139,860 152,174 131,087 131,225
Noncitizen 75,402 71,324 67,097 65,809 65,830 62,698 56,729 49,804 46,024
SSA administrative region  
Boston 22,567 20,838 16,381 14,336 12,258 11,113 10,024 8,089 7,001
New York 37,560 33,196 31,044 28,838 29,563 27,722 28,451 26,614 24,021
Philadelphia 14,259 13,236 12,408 10,749 10,643 10,234 11,747 9,528 9,913
Atlanta 45,749 42,674 42,549 41,286 41,720 40,205 42,925 35,065 34,278
Chicago 26,685 24,418 21,197 18,195 16,701 15,509 16,649 13,330 12,892
Dallas 31,245 29,388 27,402 25,459 24,242 22,962 24,260 20,669 19,719
Kansas City 4,338 4,042 3,403 3,014 2,961 2,848 3,154 2,636 2,630
Denver 5,038 3,774 3,179 3,153 3,323 3,585 3,816 3,156 2,954
San Francisco 79,270 75,939 70,309 65,280 65,930 62,899 62,270 57,016 58,691
Seattle 7,030 6,431 6,040 5,395 5,415 5,271 5,411 4,521 4,822
Unknown 8 5 6 12 43 210 196 267 328
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, 2019
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 1,845,437 363,807 19.7 1,304,381 70.7 177,249 9.6
Alabama 37,952 7,926 20.9 28,708 75.6 1,318 3.5
Alaska 3,357 334 9.9 2,562 76.3 461 13.7
Arizona 32,981 5,706 17.3 24,312 73.7 2,963 9.0
Arkansas 27,432 7,663 27.9 19,108 69.7 661 2.4
California 203,284 27,938 13.7 122,079 60.1 53,267 26.2
Colorado 19,321 2,419 12.5 14,978 77.5 1,924 10.0
Connecticut 17,974 3,000 16.7 13,494 75.1 1,480 8.2
Delaware 4,559 1,099 24.1 3,199 70.2 261 5.7
District of Columbia 5,893 1,246 21.1 4,291 72.8 356 6.0
Florida 146,577 33,201 22.7 93,550 63.8 19,826 13.5
Georgia 76,151 18,159 23.8 53,367 70.1 4,625 6.1
Hawaii 5,095 424 8.3 3,813 74.8 858 16.8
Idaho 7,571 1,455 19.2 5,845 77.2 271 3.6
Illinois 56,678 10,906 19.2 41,700 73.6 4,072 7.2
Indiana 37,484 7,639 20.4 28,765 76.7 1,080 2.9
Iowa 14,409 2,887 20.0 10,978 76.2 544 3.8
Kansas 13,945 2,737 19.6 10,693 76.7 515 3.7
Kentucky 37,075 7,872 21.2 27,658 74.6 1,545 4.2
Louisiana 42,017 10,872 25.9 29,608 70.5 1,537 3.7
Maine 7,410 1,018 13.7 6,040 81.5 352 4.8
Maryland 37,427 5,880 15.7 29,233 78.1 2,314 6.2
Massachusetts 35,730 6,217 17.4 25,127 70.3 4,386 12.3
Michigan 55,318 11,296 20.4 41,456 74.9 2,566 4.6
Minnesota 19,705 3,342 17.0 14,779 75.0 1,584 8.0
Mississippi 34,756 8,864 25.5 24,859 71.5 1,033 3.0
Missouri 38,879 5,908 15.2 31,836 81.9 1,135 2.9
Montana 4,601 603 13.1 3,756 81.6 242 5.3
Nebraska 8,037 1,439 17.9 6,162 76.7 436 5.4
Nevada 14,955 3,068 20.5 10,319 69.0 1,568 10.5
New Hampshire 4,830 620 12.8 4,055 84.0 155 3.2
New Jersey 38,010 7,583 20.0 24,968 65.7 5,459 14.4
New Mexico 11,928 1,814 15.2 9,330 78.2 784 6.6
New York 106,495 19,818 18.6 68,115 64.0 18,562 17.4
North Carolina 59,670 12,213 20.5 44,661 74.8 2,796 4.7
North Dakota 2,376 393 16.5 1,833 77.1 150 6.3
Ohio 70,600 14,745 20.9 53,303 75.5 2,552 3.6
Oklahoma 26,420 4,617 17.5 20,665 78.2 1,138 4.3
Oregon 19,213 2,593 13.5 15,335 79.8 1,285 6.7
Pennsylvania 82,371 20,753 25.2 57,468 69.8 4,150 5.0
Rhode Island 5,987 1,187 19.8 4,299 71.8 501 8.4
South Carolina 34,339 7,162 20.9 25,829 75.2 1,348 3.9
South Dakota 3,995 710 17.8 3,076 77.0 209 5.2
Tennessee 46,517 8,511 18.3 36,219 77.9 1,787 3.8
Texas 160,664 37,129 23.1 107,936 67.2 15,599 9.7
Utah 7,917 1,601 20.2 5,949 75.1 367 4.6
Vermont 2,684 379 14.1 2,178 81.1 127 4.7
Virginia 38,270 7,544 19.7 28,255 73.8 2,471 6.5
Washington 33,182 5,269 15.9 25,108 75.7 2,805 8.5
West Virginia 12,749 1,970 15.5 10,418 81.7 361 2.8
Wisconsin 25,742 5,513 21.4 19,191 74.6 1,038 4.0
Wyoming 2,026 223 11.0 1,741 85.9 62 3.1
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 179 47 26.3 97 54.2 35 19.6
Unknown 2,700 295 10.9 2,077 76.9 328 12.1
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, 1973–2019
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 59,152,618 10,964,708 18.5 38,679,383 65.4 9,508,527 16.1
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
2018 992,004 266,790 26.9 628,454 63.4 96,760 9.8
2019 977,697 260,610 26.7 624,152 63.8 92,935 9.5
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.