SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2023

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2023
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 983,169 793.21
Boston 35,599 779.81
Connecticut 8,530 781.86
Maine 3,194 778.05
Massachusetts 17,815 777.80
New Hampshire 1,571 743.64
Rhode Island 3,344 782.59
Vermont 1,145 842.19
New York 91,010 799.15
New Jersey 22,469 784.93
New York 68,541 803.81
Philadelphia 99,510 784.69
Delaware 2,856 771.11
District of Columbia 3,202 796.93
Maryland 16,318 771.80
Pennsylvania 51,324 792.98
Virginia 19,815 772.29
West Virginia 5,995 790.19
Atlanta 248,943 781.90
Alabama 17,844 792.08
Florida 81,343 776.22
Georgia 42,656 785.04
Kentucky 21,724 797.93
Mississippi 16,266 792.29
North Carolina 32,141 776.29
South Carolina 15,127 775.93
Tennessee 21,842 777.41
Chicago 149,277 792.86
Illinois 30,275 799.43
Indiana 19,091 786.46
Michigan 31,571 795.95
Minnesota 10,003 772.04
Ohio 40,551 795.91
Wisconsin 17,786 787.75
Dallas 172,896 790.56
Arkansas 21,759 802.56
Louisiana 27,905 805.86
New Mexico 6,582 787.51
Oklahoma 13,759 796.58
Texas 102,891 783.28
Kansas City 37,360 776.62
Iowa 7,784 780.53
Kansas 7,547 775.80
Missouri 18,203 780.71
Nebraska 3,826 750.76
Denver 16,164 747.15
Colorado 6,819 752.19
Montana 1,683 768.00
North Dakota 1,044 724.34
South Dakota 2,003 746.40
Utah 3,873 730.89
Wyoming 742 772.64
San Francisco 106,559 850.97
Arizona 14,655 786.20
California 82,509 869.90
Hawaii 1,064 772.28
Nevada 8,112 785.10
Northern Mariana Islands 219 862.53
Seattle 25,851 766.85
Alaska 852 755.23
Idaho 3,613 753.06
Oregon 8,197 774.82
Washington 13,189 766.40
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes federally administered state supplementation payments.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 18. Percentage distribution of recipients, by monthly payment, December 2023
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 983,169
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.6
50–99 0.6
100–199 1.4
200–299 1.7
300–399 2.3
400–499 2.9
500–599 3.7
600–699 10.7
700–799 7.0
800–899 8.8
900–913 1.1
914 58.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2023.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2023
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 983,169 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 7,845 0.8
1 15,312 1.6
2 20,839 2.1
3 33,767 3.4
4 45,658 4.6
5 50,056 5.1
6 55,803 5.7
7 59,480 6.0
8 61,376 6.2
9 63,623 6.5
10 64,971 6.6
11 68,055 6.9
12 69,135 7.0
13 71,450 7.3
14 74,548 7.6
15 75,044 7.6
16 74,303 7.6
17 71,904 7.3
Sex  
Male 666,182 67.8
Female 316,987 32.2
Citizenship status  
Citizen 981,884 99.9
Noncitizen 1,285 0.1
Living arrangements  
Own household 122,954 12.5
Another's household 40,539 4.1
Parent's household 809,032 82.3
Medicaid institution 10,524 1.1
Unknown 120 (L)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 20. Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2023
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 983,169 43,996 129,481 442,443 367,249
Congenital anomalies 54,960 7,679 10,712 22,850 13,719
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 6,645 258 1,122 3,204 2,061
Infectious and parasitic diseases 201 (X) (X) (X) 78
Injuries 4,230 225 595 1,842 1,568
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 240,420 953 35,561 127,324 76,582
Developmental disorders 214,422 4,761 45,293 110,499 53,869
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 20,166 3 301 8,237 11,625
Intellectual disorders 77,978 31 1,368 27,733 48,846
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 19,896 (X) (X) 4,304 15,541
Neurocognitive disorders 12,299 23 810 6,083 5,383
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1,158 0 (X) (X) 996
Other mental disorders 158,723 8 1,813 65,171 91,731
Neoplasms 7,533 406 1,494 3,442 2,191
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 5,738 164 553 2,375 2,646
Circulatory system 3,000 350 646 1,240 764
Digestive system 15,158 4,111 5,190 4,374 1,483
Genitourinary system 2,021 127 293 812 789
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 6,125 157 781 2,758 2,429
Nervous system and sense organs 63,931 2,228 7,882 29,222 24,599
Respiratory system 8,712 801 1,604 3,866 2,441
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,223 38 140 584 461
Other 49,072 20,937 11,697 12,094 4,344
Unknown 9,558 720 1,546 4,189 3,103
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.6 17.5 8.3 5.2 3.7
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases (L) (X) (X) (X) (L)
Injuries 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 24.5 2.2 27.5 28.8 20.9
Developmental disorders 21.8 10.8 35.0 25.0 14.7
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 2.1 (L) 0.2 1.9 3.2
Intellectual disorders 7.9 0.1 1.1 6.3 13.3
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 2.0 (X) (X) 1.0 4.2
Neurocognitive disorders 1.3 0.1 0.6 1.4 1.5
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 0.1 0.0 (X) (X) 0.3
Other mental disorders 16.1 (L) 1.4 14.7 25.0
Neoplasms 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7
Circulatory system 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2
Digestive system 1.5 9.3 4.0 1.0 0.4
Genitourinary system 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7
Nervous system and sense organs 6.5 5.1 6.1 6.6 6.7
Respiratory system 0.9 1.8 1.2 0.9 0.7
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other 5.0 47.6 9.0 2.7 1.2
Unknown 1.0 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 21. Recipients, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2023
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 983,169 100.0 666,182 100.0 316,987 100.0
Congenital anomalies 54,960 5.6 29,474 4.4 25,486 8.0
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 6,645 0.7 3,437 0.5 3,208 1.0
Infectious and parasitic diseases 201 (L) 112 (L) 89 (L)
Injuries 4,230 0.4 2,513 0.4 1,717 0.5
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 240,420 24.5 188,764 28.3 51,656 16.3
Developmental disorders 214,422 21.8 146,822 22.0 67,600 21.3
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 20,166 2.1 15,266 2.3 4,900 1.5
Intellectual disorders 77,978 7.9 47,467 7.1 30,511 9.6
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 19,896 2.0 11,007 1.7 8,889 2.8
Neurocognitive disorders 12,299 1.3 7,887 1.2 4,412 1.4
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1,158 0.1 617 0.1 541 0.2
Other mental disorders 158,723 16.1 117,070 17.6 41,653 13.1
Neoplasms 7,533 0.8 4,188 0.6 3,345 1.1
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 5,738 0.6 3,294 0.5 2,444 0.8
Circulatory system 3,000 0.3 1,675 0.3 1,325 0.4
Digestive system 15,158 1.5 7,993 1.2 7,165 2.3
Genitourinary system 2,021 0.2 1,260 0.2 761 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 6,125 0.6 3,079 0.5 3,046 1.0
Nervous system and sense organs 63,931 6.5 35,170 5.3 28,761 9.1
Respiratory system 8,712 0.9 5,230 0.8 3,482 1.1
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,223 0.1 633 0.1 590 0.2
Other 49,072 5.0 26,976 4.0 22,096 7.0
Unknown 9,558 1.0 6,248 0.9 3,310 1.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: 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 2023
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2023
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,189,849 230,583 181,911 155,414 342,241 183,881 95,819
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 38.4
1977–1980 3.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 30.9
1981–1984 3.4 . . . . . . . . . 0.1 13.2 16.1
1985–1989 5.9 . . . . . . . . . 6.9 19.0 12.7
1990–1994 18.2 . . . . . . 1.7 36.2 47.6 1.9
1995–1999 15.4 . . . 6.2 34.6 27.7 12.7 . . .
2000–2004 17.8 10.8 38.0 31.1 19.6 0.9 . . .
2005–2009 16.6 37.0 29.3 19.3 8.6 . . . . . .
2010–2014 10.6 30.4 18.4 12.9 0.9 . . . . . .
2015–2019 4.7 17.6 8.1 0.4 . . . . . . . . .
2020–2023 0.8 4.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 67 in 2023.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2023
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 983,169 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 719,062 73.1 . . .
With income b 264,107 26.9 370
Earned income only 1,789 0.2 761
Unearned income only 261,468 26.6 290
Both earned and unearned income 850 0.1 909
With unearned income c 262,318 26.7 290
Social Security benefits 57,063 5.8 336
Veterans' benefits 8,349 0.8 96
Income based on need 12,997 1.3 249
Support from absent parents 135,046 13.7 261
Support and maintenance 67,326 6.8 230
Asset income 497 0.1 30
Other 5,523 0.6 365
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 24. Recipients, by number of parents in the household, December 2023
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 983,169 100.0
No parents a 124,739 12.7
One parent 687,707 69.9
Two parents 170,723 17.4
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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 25. Recipients with one parent in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2023
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 687,707 100.0 645,833 100.0 41,874 100.0
No parental income 305,018 44.4 287,227 44.5 17,791 42.5
Parental income a 382,689 55.6 358,606 55.5 24,083 57.5
Earned income 302,239 43.9 284,605 44.1 17,634 42.1
Unearned income 98,620 14.3 91,226 14.1 7,394 17.7
Total income (dollars)  
None 305,018 44.4 287,227 44.5 17,791 42.5
Under 200 23,710 3.4 22,705 3.5 1,005 2.4
200–399 17,987 2.6 16,981 2.6 1,006 2.4
400–599 18,760 2.7 17,584 2.7 1,176 2.8
600–799 20,327 3.0 19,086 3.0 1,241 3.0
800–999 26,515 3.9 24,734 3.8 1,781 4.3
1,000–1,199 34,875 5.1 32,703 5.1 2,172 5.2
1,200–1,399 34,192 5.0 32,195 5.0 1,997 4.8
1,400–1,599 25,868 3.8 24,231 3.8 1,637 3.9
1,600–1,799 21,414 3.1 20,138 3.1 1,276 3.0
1,800–1,999 18,721 2.7 17,778 2.8 943 2.3
2,000 or more 140,320 20.4 130,471 20.2 9,849 23.5
Earned income (dollars)  
None 385,468 56.1 361,228 55.9 24,240 57.9
Under 200 5,050 0.7 4,781 0.7 269 0.6
200–399 7,565 1.1 7,180 1.1 385 0.9
400–599 11,690 1.7 11,109 1.7 581 1.4
600–799 12,931 1.9 12,393 1.9 538 1.3
800–999 17,994 2.6 17,123 2.7 871 2.1
1,000–1,199 23,012 3.3 21,923 3.4 1,089 2.6
1,200–1,399 28,366 4.1 27,063 4.2 1,303 3.1
1,400–1,599 22,780 3.3 21,573 3.3 1,207 2.9
1,600–1,799 19,415 2.8 18,365 2.8 1,050 2.5
1,800–1,999 17,266 2.5 16,451 2.5 815 1.9
2,000 or more 136,170 19.8 126,644 19.6 9,526 22.7
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 589,087 85.7 554,607 85.9 34,480 82.3
Under 200 26,160 3.8 25,127 3.9 1,033 2.5
200–399 14,485 2.1 13,676 2.1 809 1.9
400–599 9,910 1.4 9,147 1.4 763 1.8
600–799 9,358 1.4 8,536 1.3 822 2.0
800–999 10,705 1.6 9,638 1.5 1,067 2.5
1,000–1,199 14,213 2.1 12,975 2.0 1,238 3.0
1,200–1,399 7,089 1.0 6,307 1.0 782 1.9
1,400–1,599 2,977 0.4 2,574 0.4 403 1.0
1,600–1,799 1,597 0.2 1,377 0.2 220 0.5
1,800–1,999 803 0.1 700 0.1 103 0.2
2,000 or more 1,323 0.2 1,169 0.2 154 0.4
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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 26. Recipients with two parents in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2023
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 170,723 100.0 170,723 100.0 170,723 100.0
No parental income 30,789 18.0 107,403 62.9 59,199 34.7
Parental income a 139,934 82.0 63,320 37.1 111,524 65.3
Earned income 124,522 72.9 51,248 30.0 96,636 56.6
Unearned income 26,632 15.6 14,281 8.4 18,411 10.8
Total income (dollars)  
None 30,789 18.0 107,403 62.9 59,199 34.7
Under 200 2,200 1.3 5,314 3.1 2,853 1.7
200–399 2,458 1.4 3,586 2.1 2,271 1.3
400–599 2,792 1.6 3,470 2.0 2,754 1.6
600–799 3,027 1.8 3,600 2.1 3,122 1.8
800–999 4,369 2.6 4,355 2.6 4,532 2.7
1,000–1,199 6,103 3.6 5,360 3.1 6,026 3.5
1,200–1,399 6,642 3.9 4,761 2.8 6,413 3.8
1,400–1,599 6,146 3.6 3,975 2.3 5,389 3.2
1,600–1,799 6,122 3.6 3,222 1.9 5,394 3.2
1,800–1,999 5,889 3.4 2,924 1.7 4,549 2.7
2,000 or more 94,186 55.2 22,753 13.3 68,221 40.0
Earned income (dollars)  
None 46,201 27.1 119,475 70.0 74,087 43.4
Under 200 1,010 0.6 1,602 0.9 983 0.6
200–399 1,260 0.7 1,883 1.1 1,203 0.7
400–599 1,963 1.1 2,536 1.5 1,895 1.1
600–799 2,152 1.3 2,605 1.5 1,861 1.1
800–999 3,079 1.8 3,148 1.8 2,811 1.6
1,000–1,199 4,109 2.4 3,880 2.3 3,604 2.1
1,200–1,399 5,412 3.2 4,061 2.4 4,648 2.7
1,400–1,599 5,129 3.0 3,573 2.1 4,308 2.5
1,600–1,799 5,324 3.1 2,940 1.7 4,651 2.7
1,800–1,999 5,051 3.0 2,773 1.6 3,970 2.3
2,000 or more 90,033 52.7 22,247 13.0 66,702 39.1
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 144,091 84.4 156,442 91.6 152,312 89.2
Under 200 3,325 1.9 4,884 2.9 3,084 1.8
200–399 2,733 1.6 2,115 1.2 1,573 0.9
400–599 2,406 1.4 1,192 0.7 1,312 0.8
600–799 2,423 1.4 1,165 0.7 1,683 1.0
800–999 3,239 1.9 1,429 0.8 2,158 1.3
1,000–1,199 4,268 2.5 1,701 1.0 2,945 1.7
1,200–1,399 2,673 1.6 820 0.5 2,093 1.2
1,400–1,599 1,798 1.1 390 0.2 1,248 0.7
1,600–1,799 1,182 0.7 233 0.1 843 0.5
1,800–1,999 957 0.6 122 0.1 562 0.3
2,000 or more 1,628 1.0 230 0.1 910 0.5
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: 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 2023
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 522,623 1,989 421,926 1,694 135,607 2,394
Earned income 426,761 2,231 335,853 1,928 114,270 2,636
Unearned income b 125,252 747 105,507 635 25,805 910
Social Security benefits 58,674 984 45,769 921 15,089 1,026
Other pensions 6,938 694 5,455 456 2,303 985
Public income-maintenance 33,000 183 31,047 194 4,084 208
Asset income 3,666 152 3,024 112 896 202
Other 26,971 749 23,057 694 4,150 1,137
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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 28. Recipients subject to deeming, by factors affecting parental deemed income, December 2023
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 858,430 100.0 687,707 80.1 170,723 19.9
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 687,137 100.0 564,498 100.0 122,639 100.0
No parental income 335,807 48.9 305,018 54.0 30,789 25.1
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 33,000 4.8 28,731 5.1 4,269 3.5
Income less than deeming allocations a 38,000 5.5 31,316 5.5 6,684 5.5
Income less than exclusions b 280,330 40.8 199,433 35.3 80,897 66.0
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 171,293 100.0 123,209 100.0 48,084 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 137,387 80.2 97,054 78.8 40,333 83.9
Unearned income only 20,430 11.9 17,999 14.6 2,431 5.1
Both earned and unearned income 11,337 6.6 6,249 5.1 5,088 10.6
Manually computed deemed income 2,139 1.2 1,907 1.5 232 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: statistics@ssa.gov.