SSI Monthly Statistics, May 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, May 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 7,834,282 1,113,984 6,720,298 1,080,868 4,478,315 2,275,099
Federal payment only 6,451,400 728,692 5,722,708 965,114 3,860,100 1,626,186
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,247,692 338,724 908,968 114,946 563,569 569,177
State supplementation only 135,190 46,568 88,622 808 54,646 79,736
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,699,092 1,067,416 6,631,676 1,080,060 4,423,669 2,195,363
State supplementation 1,382,882 385,292 997,590 115,754 618,215 648,913
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,612,768 634,321 1,978,447 67,503 1,254,494 1,290,771
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,766,971 520,793 4,246,178 770,487 2,910,509 1,085,975
Federal payments 4,559,523 462,180 4,097,343 762,944 2,810,769 985,809
State supplementation 207,448 58,613 148,835 7,543 99,739 100,166
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 585.46 466.08 605.26 689.91 616.05 475.77
Federal payments 569.65 431.71 591.87 683.75 602.42 447.68
State supplementation 145.15 150.92 142.92 62.42 152.36 153.01
  Number of awards e
Total 43,381 6,809 36,572 9,168 27,247 6,966
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,653,478 disabled and 66,820 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,147,790 disabled and 13,325 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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