SSI Monthly Statistics, January 2021

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 1. Number of recipients, total payments, average monthly payment, and number of awards, by source of payment, eligibility category, and age, January 2021
Source of payment All recipients Eligibility category Age
Aged Blind and disabled a Under 18 18–64 65 or older b
  Number of recipients c
Total 7,926,390 1,131,505 6,794,885 1,099,545 4,534,203 2,292,642
Federal payment only 6,516,598 737,306 5,779,292 980,778 3,903,313 1,632,507
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,270,362 345,812 924,550 117,971 574,273 578,118
State supplementation only 139,430 48,387 91,043 796 56,617 82,017
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,786,960 1,083,118 6,703,842 1,098,749 4,477,586 2,210,625
State supplementation 1,409,792 394,199 1,015,593 118,767 630,890 660,135
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,642,365 643,712 1,998,653 69,353 1,274,163 1,298,849
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,783,671 526,821 4,256,850 781,276 2,912,368 1,090,027
Federal payments 4,573,369 466,922 4,106,447 773,519 2,811,579 988,271
State supplementation 210,302 59,899 150,402 7,756 100,789 101,757
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 585.53 465.50 605.50 693.16 615.23 475.18
Federal payments 569.69 431.15 592.07 686.92 601.54 446.97
State supplementation 145.33 151.04 143.11 62.53 152.67 153.19
  Number of awards e
Total 37,692 5,278 32,414 8,102 24,181 5,409
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,727,417 disabled and 67,468 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,147,647 disabled and 13,490 blind recipients aged 65 or older.
c. Includes retroactive payments.
d. Excludes retroactive payments.
e. Preliminary data. In the first 2 months after their release, numbers may be adjusted downward to reflect returned checks.
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