SSI Monthly Statistics, March 2021
All Federally Administered Payments
Source of payment | All recipients | Eligibility category | Age | |||
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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. | ||||||
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov. | ||||||