SSI Monthly Statistics, March 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, March 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 7,886,161 1,119,573 6,766,588 1,094,071 4,512,346 2,279,744
Federal payment only 6,490,992 731,396 5,759,596 976,332 3,887,180 1,627,480
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,258,312 341,002 917,310 116,938 569,582 571,792
State supplementation only 136,857 47,175 89,682 801 55,584 80,472
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,749,304 1,072,398 6,676,906 1,093,270 4,456,762 2,199,272
State supplementation 1,395,169 388,177 1,006,992 117,739 625,166 652,264
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,629,259 637,297 1,991,962 68,699 1,267,402 1,293,158
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,815,171 523,268 4,291,903 779,047 2,947,898 1,088,226
Federal payments 4,604,753 464,158 4,140,595 771,345 2,846,145 987,263
State supplementation 210,418 59,110 151,308 7,702 101,753 100,963
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 585.75 466.23 605.52 689.78 616.10 475.86
Federal payments 569.95 431.89 592.13 683.58 602.44 447.76
State supplementation 145.21 150.98 142.98 62.47 152.53 153.09
  Number of awards e
Total 44,311 6,477 37,834 9,195 28,464 6,652
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,699,462 disabled and 67,126 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,146,798 disabled and 13,373 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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