SSI Monthly Statistics, December 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 | 7,695,900 | 1,115,723 | 6,580,177 | 1,038,149 | 4,363,898 | 2,293,853 |
Federal payment only | 6,331,536 | 729,549 | 5,601,987 | 926,922 | 3,762,354 | 1,642,260 |
Federal payment and state supplementation | 1,232,236 | 339,746 | 892,490 | 110,373 | 549,808 | 572,055 |
State supplementation only | 132,128 | 46,428 | 85,700 | 854 | 51,736 | 79,538 |
Total with— | ||||||
Federal payment | 7,563,772 | 1,069,295 | 6,494,477 | 1,037,295 | 4,312,162 | 2,214,315 |
State supplementation | 1,364,364 | 386,174 | 978,190 | 111,227 | 601,544 | 651,593 |
Also receiving OASDI benefits | 2,576,815 | 639,091 | 1,937,724 | 63,919 | 1,207,424 | 1,305,472 |
Total payments c (thousands of dollars) | ||||||
Total | 4,703,458 | 521,509 | 4,181,948 | 748,611 | 2,859,165 | 1,095,682 |
Federal payments | 4,498,018 | 462,500 | 4,035,517 | 741,308 | 2,761,833 | 994,876 |
State supplementation | 205,440 | 59,009 | 146,431 | 7,303 | 97,332 | 100,805 |
Average monthly payment d (dollars) | ||||||
Total | 584.11 | 464.07 | 604.49 | 687.17 | 617.16 | 474.79 |
Federal payments | 568.13 | 429.61 | 590.97 | 681.08 | 603.40 | 446.78 |
State supplementation | 145.08 | 150.71 | 142.85 | 62.29 | 152.04 | 152.74 |
Number of awards e | ||||||
Total | 46,496 | 9,814 | 36,682 | 9,699 | 26,800 | 9,997 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||
a. Includes 6,514,590 disabled and 65,587 blind recipients. | ||||||
b. Includes 1,164,941 disabled and 13,189 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. | ||||||