SSI Monthly Statistics, August 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 | 7,792,260 | 1,112,710 | 6,679,550 | 1,065,278 | 4,443,220 | 2,283,762 |
Federal payment only | 6,416,539 | 727,926 | 5,688,613 | 951,376 | 3,831,089 | 1,634,074 |
Federal payment and state supplementation | 1,242,211 | 338,545 | 903,666 | 113,093 | 558,795 | 570,323 |
State supplementation only | 133,510 | 46,239 | 87,271 | 809 | 53,336 | 79,365 |
Total with— | ||||||
Federal payment | 7,658,750 | 1,066,471 | 6,592,279 | 1,064,469 | 4,389,884 | 2,204,397 |
State supplementation | 1,375,721 | 384,784 | 990,937 | 113,902 | 612,131 | 649,688 |
Also receiving OASDI benefits | 2,603,859 | 634,365 | 1,969,494 | 66,173 | 1,240,720 | 1,296,966 |
Total payments c (thousands of dollars) | ||||||
Total | 4,788,823 | 522,825 | 4,265,998 | 775,406 | 2,919,159 | 1,094,259 |
Federal payments | 4,580,849 | 463,908 | 4,116,942 | 767,863 | 2,819,478 | 993,508 |
State supplementation | 207,974 | 58,917 | 149,056 | 7,543 | 99,680 | 100,750 |
Average monthly payment d (dollars) | ||||||
Total | 585.96 | 466.45 | 605.88 | 692.89 | 616.87 | 476.00 |
Federal payments | 570.01 | 431.86 | 592.38 | 686.69 | 603.12 | 447.83 |
State supplementation | 145.16 | 151.00 | 142.89 | 62.42 | 152.24 | 153.03 |
Number of awards e | ||||||
Total | 51,285 | 9,868 | 41,417 | 10,904 | 30,345 | 10,036 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||
a. Includes 6,613,077 disabled and 66,473 blind recipients. | ||||||
b. Includes 1,157,762 disabled and 13,290 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. | ||||||