Children Receiving SSI, 2006

Table 11. Number and percentage distribution of children receiving federally administered SSI payments and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2006
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly
amount (dollars)
Total 1,078,977 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 771,501 71.5 . . .
With income b 307,476 28.5 213
Earned income only 1,949 0.2 389
Unearned income only 304,452 28.2 211
Both earned and unearned income 1,075 0.1 558
With unearned income c 305,527 28.3 211
Social Security 77,401 7.2 206
Veterans' 1,223 0.1 85
Income based on need 12,200 1.1 233
Support from absent parents 137,274 12.7 205
Asset income 9,733 0.9 1
Other 5,634 0.5 417
In-kind income 91,249 8.5 165
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. The percentage of children receiving the full federal benefit rate, as shown in Table 6, 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: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016 or ssi.children@ssa.gov.