SSI Monthly Statistics, April 2022

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 1. Number of recipients, total payments, average monthly payment, and number of awards, by type of payment, eligibility category, and age, April 2022
Type 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 7,625,077 1,110,831 6,514,246 1,027,006 4,306,537 2,291,534
Federal payment only 6,269,340 725,034 5,544,306 916,619 3,712,797 1,639,924
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,222,384 338,570 883,814 109,588 542,018 570,778
State supplementation only 133,353 47,227 86,126 799 51,722 80,832
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,491,724 1,063,604 6,428,120 1,026,207 4,254,815 2,210,702
State supplementation 1,355,737 385,797 969,940 110,387 593,740 651,610
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,552,112 637,410 1,914,702 63,013 1,183,329 1,305,770
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,943,735 560,560 4,383,175 785,870 2,980,204 1,177,662
Federal payments 4,695,285 487,996 4,207,289 777,163 2,864,420 1,053,703
State supplementation 248,450 72,565 175,886 8,707 115,784 123,959
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 625.39 501.70 646.49 739.18 659.02 511.38
Federal payments 604.17 456.14 628.69 731.60 641.05 474.31
State supplementation 178.28 186.22 175.13 75.75 186.15 188.47
  Number of awards e
Total 39,889 7,617 32,272 8,321 23,812 7,756
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,449,226 disabled and 65,020 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,167,696 disabled and 13,007 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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