SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2023

Applications

Table 57. All applications, by age of applicant, 1973–2023
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 98,749,541 15,771,737 16.0 68,939,651 69.8 14,038,153 14.2
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
2020 1,573,189 302,222 19.2 1,136,805 72.3 134,162 8.5
2021 1,484,728 272,666 18.4 1,019,125 68.6 192,937 13.0
2022 1,540,279 319,506 20.7 993,734 64.5 227,039 14.7
2023 1,686,875 381,957 22.6 1,083,276 64.2 221,642 13.1
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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 58. Applications for children under age 18, by selected characteristics, 2015–2023
Characteristic 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total 444,913 410,578 391,879 374,552 363,807 302,222 272,666 319,506 381,957
Age  
Under 5 151,538 141,991 136,120 131,098 132,498 115,970 107,857 124,101 143,576
5–12 214,973 197,147 187,425 179,058 169,381 133,060 116,092 141,722 173,995
13–17 78,402 71,440 68,334 64,396 61,928 53,192 48,717 53,683 64,386
Sex  
Male 278,166 256,638 245,344 235,417 228,501 189,476 170,386 201,819 241,475
Female 166,747 153,940 146,535 139,135 135,306 112,746 102,280 117,687 140,482
Citizenship status  
Citizen 442,111 407,773 389,116 372,571 362,081 300,895 271,378 317,832 379,331
Noncitizen 2,802 2,805 2,763 1,981 1,726 1,327 1,288 1,674 2,626
SSA administrative region  
Boston 15,637 13,769 13,221 12,351 12,421 9,457 8,532 10,362 11,988
New York 36,576 33,445 32,008 29,295 27,401 21,710 20,828 25,416 29,528
Philadelphia 48,840 43,552 42,217 38,511 38,492 29,361 26,205 32,482 38,687
Atlanta 121,463 113,786 109,532 105,400 103,908 88,168 80,886 89,451 104,133
Chicago 66,620 60,128 57,414 58,126 53,441 46,214 41,915 48,252 60,295
Dallas 77,067 73,344 69,081 65,021 62,095 52,991 44,052 56,149 68,972
Kansas City 14,851 14,409 13,619 13,743 12,971 11,893 11,667 11,664 12,860
Denver 6,960 6,679 6,324 5,956 5,949 5,003 4,292 4,846 5,783
San Francisco 45,006 40,802 38,268 36,157 37,183 29,249 27,305 33,678 41,517
Seattle 11,836 10,384 9,784 9,661 9,651 7,849 6,600 6,793 7,826
Unknown 57 280 411 331 295 327 384 413 368
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 59. Applications for adults aged 18–64, by selected characteristics, 2015–2023
Characteristic 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total 1,623,538 1,488,121 1,405,664 1,297,173 1,304,381 1,136,805 1,019,125 993,734 1,083,276
Age  
18–21 117,597 108,078 108,922 102,855 104,980 93,499 86,199 83,375 94,377
22–25 94,951 84,783 83,058 73,116 71,328 64,871 58,178 55,622 64,578
26–29 97,225 90,156 90,567 82,838 81,952 72,247 62,834 58,457 64,905
30–39 277,395 256,280 243,644 224,143 225,775 195,172 174,185 172,325 191,033
40–49 369,711 332,630 301,956 274,580 274,906 238,401 215,019 209,908 225,907
50–59 526,697 485,092 452,314 420,373 421,409 363,160 317,440 305,640 324,077
60–64 139,962 131,102 125,203 119,268 124,031 109,455 105,270 108,407 118,399
Sex  
Men 818,135 754,617 715,141 661,593 669,486 587,724 522,985 512,126 559,966
Women 805,403 733,504 690,523 635,580 634,895 549,081 496,140 481,608 523,310
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,559,919 1,431,298 1,355,499 1,254,459 1,265,531 1,106,933 990,114 963,374 1,049,054
Noncitizen 63,619 56,823 50,165 42,714 38,850 29,872 29,011 30,360 34,222
SSA administrative region  
Boston 71,858 63,443 60,235 55,681 55,193 43,301 39,183 38,801 44,016
New York 124,285 113,600 107,499 96,066 93,083 78,531 70,080 73,511 77,167
Philadelphia 163,266 149,318 143,720 128,457 132,864 105,978 96,511 98,194 104,146
Atlanta 420,979 383,997 360,682 336,371 334,851 301,513 273,479 247,455 270,858
Chicago 254,500 229,128 211,870 195,077 199,194 174,743 160,539 155,450 172,359
Dallas 220,652 212,549 201,365 187,951 186,647 170,816 149,194 146,002 159,198
Kansas City 70,089 67,173 63,829 57,880 59,669 53,061 46,723 42,668 43,380
Denver 38,839 37,028 35,309 31,395 31,333 29,593 26,554 25,209 28,746
San Francisco 202,456 178,230 168,637 158,307 160,620 135,552 119,755 130,473 143,407
Seattle 56,368 52,128 50,801 47,965 48,850 41,858 35,373 34,347 38,772
Unknown 246 1,527 1,717 2,023 2,077 1,859 1,734 1,624 1,227
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 60. Applications for adults aged 65 or older, by selected characteristics, 2015–2023
Characteristic 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total 212,799 202,558 208,903 180,891 177,249 134,162 192,937 227,039 221,642
Age  
65–69 122,494 115,978 118,426 101,905 98,474 78,254 102,238 120,095 116,540
70–74 40,043 38,186 41,915 35,359 35,536 26,327 43,697 52,160 50,281
75 or older 50,262 48,394 48,562 43,627 43,239 29,581 47,002 54,784 54,821
Sex  
Men 86,333 81,706 83,900 72,834 71,615 54,694 80,559 97,932 91,738
Women 126,466 120,852 125,003 108,057 105,634 79,468 112,378 129,107 129,904
Citizenship status  
Citizen 146,969 139,860 152,174 131,087 131,225 101,413 145,416 176,226 161,537
Noncitizen 65,830 62,698 56,729 49,804 46,024 32,749 47,521 50,813 60,105
SSA administrative region  
Boston 12,258 11,113 10,024 8,089 7,001 5,193 7,801 7,441 9,180
New York 29,563 27,722 28,451 26,614 24,021 16,657 27,203 27,090 26,725
Philadelphia 10,643 10,234 11,747 9,528 9,913 7,836 13,126 14,282 13,167
Atlanta 41,720 40,205 42,925 35,065 34,278 28,183 38,888 51,226 47,922
Chicago 16,701 15,509 16,649 13,330 12,892 10,244 13,706 19,473 19,027
Dallas 24,242 22,962 24,260 20,669 19,719 14,724 20,739 26,593 26,506
Kansas City 2,961 2,848 3,154 2,636 2,630 2,090 2,748 3,285 2,948
Denver 3,323 3,585 3,816 3,156 2,954 2,421 3,286 3,585 3,635
San Francisco 65,930 62,899 62,270 57,016 58,691 42,964 60,845 68,597 66,513
Seattle 5,415 5,271 5,411 4,521 4,822 3,653 4,400 5,325 5,908
Unknown 43 210 196 267 328 197 195 142 111
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 61. All applications, by state or other area and age of applicant, 2023
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 1,686,875 381,957 22.6 1,083,276 64.2 221,642 13.1
Alabama 31,733 7,259 22.9 22,783 71.8 1,691 5.3
Alaska 2,111 219 10.4 1,526 72.3 366 17.3
Arizona 30,960 6,949 22.4 20,708 66.9 3,303 10.7
Arkansas 23,460 6,980 29.8 15,656 66.7 824 3.5
California 202,922 31,310 15.4 111,114 54.8 60,498 29.8
Colorado 17,599 2,500 14.2 12,735 72.4 2,364 13.4
Connecticut 15,270 3,177 20.8 10,211 66.9 1,882 12.3
Delaware 4,145 1,199 28.9 2,605 62.8 341 8.2
District of Columbia 4,893 1,142 23.3 3,285 67.1 466 9.5
Florida 133,472 31,869 23.9 72,198 54.1 29,405 22.0
Georgia 68,066 18,549 27.3 43,435 63.8 6,082 8.9
Hawaii 4,714 475 10.1 3,380 71.7 859 18.2
Idaho 6,071 1,087 17.9 4,667 76.9 317 5.2
Illinois 54,904 13,937 25.4 34,407 62.7 6,560 11.9
Indiana 34,474 8,184 23.7 24,778 71.9 1,512 4.4
Iowa 11,638 2,830 24.3 8,270 71.1 538 4.6
Kansas 11,612 2,749 23.7 8,261 71.1 602 5.2
Kentucky 34,840 8,652 24.8 24,309 69.8 1,879 5.4
Louisiana 38,932 12,522 32.2 24,203 62.2 2,207 5.7
Maine 6,416 1,006 15.7 5,074 79.1 336 5.2
Maryland 27,878 5,593 20.1 19,295 69.2 2,990 10.7
Massachusetts 31,066 5,520 17.8 19,612 63.1 5,934 19.1
Michigan 52,259 12,754 24.4 35,595 68.1 3,910 7.5
Minnesota 20,447 3,444 16.8 14,786 72.3 2,217 10.8
Mississippi 28,231 6,958 24.6 20,067 71.1 1,206 4.3
Missouri 28,895 5,478 19.0 22,057 76.3 1,360 4.7
Montana 3,878 495 12.8 3,110 80.2 273 7.0
Nebraska 7,043 1,803 25.6 4,792 68.0 448 6.4
Nevada 12,587 2,694 21.4 8,111 64.4 1,782 14.2
New Hampshire 4,366 613 14.0 3,530 80.9 223 5.1
New Jersey 37,793 9,250 24.5 21,581 57.1 6,962 18.4
New Mexico 10,871 2,155 19.8 7,692 70.8 1,024 9.4
New York 95,627 20,278 21.2 55,586 58.1 19,763 20.7
North Carolina 54,628 13,650 25.0 37,356 68.4 3,622 6.6
North Dakota 2,629 466 17.7 2,065 78.5 98 3.7
Ohio 67,763 16,940 25.0 47,216 69.7 3,607 5.3
Oklahoma 24,599 4,940 20.1 18,514 75.3 1,145 4.7
Oregon 15,813 2,242 14.2 12,121 76.7 1,450 9.2
Pennsylvania 71,856 20,591 28.7 45,584 63.4 5,681 7.9
Rhode Island 5,567 1,307 23.5 3,599 64.6 661 11.9
South Carolina 30,745 7,666 24.9 21,185 68.9 1,894 6.2
South Dakota 3,831 659 17.2 2,902 75.8 270 7.0
Tennessee 41,198 9,530 23.1 29,525 71.7 2,143 5.2
Texas 156,814 42,375 27.0 93,133 59.4 21,306 13.6
Utah 8,276 1,430 17.3 6,295 76.1 551 6.7
Vermont 2,499 365 14.6 1,990 79.6 144 5.8
Virginia 35,432 8,122 22.9 24,085 68.0 3,225 9.1
Washington 28,511 4,278 15.0 20,458 71.8 3,775 13.2
West Virginia 11,796 2,040 17.3 9,292 78.8 464 3.9
Wisconsin 21,834 5,036 23.1 15,577 71.3 1,221 5.6
Wyoming 1,951 233 11.9 1,639 84.0 79 4.0
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 254 89 35.0 94 37.0 71 28.0
Unknown 1,706 368 21.6 1,227 71.9 111 6.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 62. All applicants, by year of first application and age, 1973–2023
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 62,634,537 11,927,162 19.0 40,766,564 65.1 9,940,811 15.9
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
2020 833,895 219,347 26.3 542,280 65.0 72,268 8.7
2021 807,823 201,786 25.0 500,163 61.9 105,874 13.1
2022 867,682 243,895 28.1 496,785 57.3 127,002 14.6
2023 972,519 297,426 30.6 547,953 56.3 127,140 13.1
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: statistics@ssa.gov.