SSI Monthly Statistics, September 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, September 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 7,772,641 1,113,864 6,658,777 1,058,353 4,427,314 2,286,974
Federal payment only 6,397,649 728,346 5,669,303 944,863 3,816,645 1,636,141
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,241,899 339,400 902,499 112,654 557,691 571,554
State supplementation only 133,093 46,118 86,975 836 52,978 79,279
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,639,548 1,067,746 6,571,802 1,057,517 4,374,336 2,207,695
State supplementation 1,374,992 385,518 989,474 113,490 610,669 650,833
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,602,340 635,981 1,966,359 65,579 1,236,926 1,299,835
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,773,832 524,419 4,249,412 777,195 2,899,151 1,097,486
Federal payments 4,563,013 464,491 4,098,522 769,645 2,798,566 994,802
State supplementation 210,819 59,929 150,890 7,550 100,585 102,684
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 584.74 465.93 604.64 687.28 616.62 475.71
Federal payments 568.74 431.33 591.11 681.10 602.85 447.55
State supplementation 145.15 151.00 142.87 62.37 152.18 153.02
  Number of awards e
Total 44,859 9,634 35,225 9,411 25,644 9,804
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,592,461 disabled and 66,316 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,159,833 disabled and 13,277 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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