SSI Monthly Statistics, August 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, August 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 7,792,260 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.
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