Children Receiving SSI, 2004
Year | All ages a | Under 18 | 18–64 | 65 or older | |||
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Number | Percentage of total |
Number | Percentage of total |
Number | Percentage of total |
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Total | 54,526,950 | 7,619,870 | 14.0 | 37,306,690 | 68.4 | 9,600,390 | 17.6 |
State conversions b | 3,406,600 | 3,650 | 0.1 | 1,424,010 | 41.8 | 1,978,940 | 58.1 |
Federal applications | |||||||
1973 | 284,930 | 5,030 | 1.8 | 82,820 | 29.1 | 197,080 | 69.2 |
1974 | 2,060,590 | 124,300 | 6.0 | 1,096,130 | 53.2 | 840,160 | 40.8 |
1975 | 1,467,960 | 100,030 | 6.8 | 976,840 | 66.5 | 391,090 | 26.6 |
1976 | 1,212,810 | 84,360 | 7.0 | 866,720 | 71.5 | 261,730 | 21.6 |
1977 | 1,272,360 | 95,610 | 7.5 | 904,150 | 71.1 | 272,600 | 21.4 |
1978 | 1,268,170 | 99,460 | 7.8 | 905,340 | 71.4 | 263,370 | 20.8 |
1979 | 1,325,270 | 108,000 | 8.1 | 950,980 | 71.8 | 266,290 | 20.1 |
1980 | 1,410,080 | 113,200 | 8.0 | 1,016,750 | 72.1 | 280,130 | 19.9 |
1981 | 1,149,290 | 95,010 | 8.3 | 863,670 | 75.1 | 190,610 | 16.6 |
1982 | 1,016,080 | 94,680 | 9.3 | 775,240 | 76.3 | 146,160 | 14.4 |
1983 | 1,132,220 | 101,560 | 9.0 | 832,540 | 73.5 | 198,120 | 17.5 |
1984 | 1,264,480 | 104,860 | 8.3 | 866,420 | 68.5 | 293,200 | 23.2 |
1985 | 1,401,400 | 120,640 | 8.6 | 1,047,930 | 74.8 | 232,830 | 16.6 |
1986 | 1,465,970 | 125,270 | 8.5 | 1,099,220 | 75.0 | 241,480 | 16.5 |
1987 | 1,433,340 | 124,910 | 8.7 | 1,068,890 | 74.6 | 239,540 | 16.7 |
1988 | 1,360,870 | 125,280 | 9.2 | 1,008,200 | 74.1 | 227,390 | 16.7 |
1989 | 1,392,660 | 132,080 | 9.5 | 1,016,430 | 73.0 | 244,150 | 17.5 |
1990 | 1,550,990 | 163,610 | 10.5 | 1,136,160 | 73.3 | 251,220 | 16.2 |
1991 | 1,808,690 | 247,460 | 13.7 | 1,315,160 | 72.7 | 246,070 | 13.6 |
1992 | 2,086,820 | 380,350 | 18.2 | 1,460,520 | 70.0 | 245,950 | 11.8 |
1993 | 2,308,770 | 503,800 | 21.8 | 1,567,730 | 67.9 | 237,240 | 10.3 |
1994 | 2,256,640 | 541,150 | 24.0 | 1,512,310 | 67.0 | 203,180 | 9.0 |
1995 | 2,062,590 | 502,940 | 24.4 | 1,380,090 | 66.9 | 179,560 | 8.7 |
1996 | 1,915,520 | 462,710 | 24.2 | 1,285,630 | 67.1 | 167,180 | 8.7 |
1997 | 1,594,630 | 332,940 | 20.9 | 1,130,410 | 70.9 | 131,280 | 8.2 |
1998 | 1,626,210 | 337,300 | 20.7 | 1,141,180 | 70.2 | 147,730 | 9.1 |
1999 | 1,658,400 | 350,070 | 21.1 | 1,148,740 | 69.3 | 159,590 | 9.6 |
2000 | 1,742,630 | 358,800 | 20.6 | 1,224,540 | 70.3 | 159,290 | 9.1 |
2001 | 1,859,990 | 376,170 | 20.2 | 1,323,020 | 71.1 | 160,800 | 8.6 |
2002 | 2,084,730 | 413,330 | 19.8 | 1,492,740 | 71.6 | 178,660 | 8.6 |
2003 | 2,230,540 | 436,230 | 19.6 | 1,616,440 | 72.5 | 177,870 | 8.0 |
2004 | 2,414,720 | 455,080 | 18.8 | 1,769,740 | 73.3 | 189,900 | 7.9 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 10 percent sample. | |||||||
a. Totals include applications taken under the abbreviated application process, which was used from 1987 to 1999. Totals do not include reapplications as a result of the Sullivan v. Zebley decision. Those reapplications were received from 1991 to 1995. | |||||||
b. Persons who were converted in 1973 from the state Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs to the SSI program. | |||||||
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016 or ssi.children@ssa.gov. |