SSI Monthly Statistics, May 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, May 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 7,638,391 1,114,267 6,524,124 1,032,360 4,306,953 2,299,078
Federal payment only 6,280,406 727,393 5,553,013 921,364 3,713,360 1,645,682
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,224,327 339,340 884,987 110,171 542,017 572,139
State supplementation only 133,658 47,534 86,124 825 51,576 81,257
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,504,733 1,066,733 6,438,000 1,031,535 4,255,377 2,217,821
State supplementation 1,357,985 386,874 971,111 110,996 593,593 653,396
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,557,263 639,617 1,917,646 63,216 1,183,398 1,310,649
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,998,191 563,917 4,434,274 797,159 3,016,519 1,184,513
Federal payments 4,747,192 490,881 4,256,311 788,217 2,899,204 1,059,771
State supplementation 250,999 73,036 177,963 8,942 117,315 124,742
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 623.93 501.34 644.88 732.48 658.21 511.13
Federal payments 602.73 455.88 627.10 724.92 640.25 474.15
State supplementation 178.15 186.13 174.97 75.63 186.07 188.35
  Number of awards e
Total 49,671 9,744 39,927 10,622 29,071 9,978
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,458,991 disabled and 65,133 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,171,831 disabled and 12,980 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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