SSI Monthly Statistics, May 2022

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 3. Number of recipients, by type of payment, eligibility category, and age, May 2021–May 2022
Month Total Eligibility category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  All sources
2021  
May 7,834,282 1,113,984 6,720,298 1,080,868 4,478,315 2,275,099
June 7,818,363 1,111,916 6,706,447 1,075,217 4,467,221 2,275,925
July 7,777,072 1,109,121 6,667,951 1,061,477 4,441,068 2,274,527
August 7,792,260 1,112,710 6,679,550 1,065,278 4,443,220 2,283,762
September 7,772,641 1,113,864 6,658,777 1,058,353 4,427,314 2,286,974
October 7,737,393 1,114,360 6,623,033 1,048,037 4,400,067 2,289,289
November 7,729,749 1,116,428 6,613,321 1,049,674 4,386,559 2,293,516
December 7,695,900 1,115,723 6,580,177 1,038,149 4,363,898 2,293,853
2022  
January 7,689,679 1,116,094 6,573,585 1,042,950 4,349,939 2,296,790
February 7,692,426 1,117,006 6,575,420 1,043,695 4,349,445 2,299,286
March 7,649,355 1,111,471 6,537,884 1,035,385 4,323,130 2,290,840
April 7,625,077 1,110,831 6,514,246 1,027,006 4,306,537 2,291,534
May 7,638,391 1,114,267 6,524,124 1,032,360 4,306,953 2,299,078
  Federal payments only
2021  
May 6,451,400 728,692 5,722,708 965,114 3,860,100 1,626,186
June 6,438,309 727,465 5,710,844 959,903 3,851,015 1,627,391
July 6,403,419 725,614 5,677,805 947,641 3,828,736 1,627,042
August 6,416,539 727,926 5,688,613 951,376 3,831,089 1,634,074
September 6,397,649 728,346 5,669,303 944,863 3,816,645 1,636,141
October 6,367,806 728,936 5,638,870 935,751 3,793,392 1,638,663
November 6,361,275 730,070 5,631,205 937,426 3,782,067 1,641,782
December 6,331,536 729,549 5,601,987 926,922 3,762,354 1,642,260
2022  
January 6,324,482 729,046 5,595,436 931,312 3,749,546 1,643,624
February 6,326,957 729,455 5,597,502 931,933 3,749,676 1,645,348
March 6,290,371 725,404 5,564,967 924,315 3,726,949 1,639,107
April 6,269,340 725,034 5,544,306 916,619 3,712,797 1,639,924
May 6,280,406 727,393 5,553,013 921,364 3,713,360 1,645,682
  Federal payments and state supplementation
2021  
May 1,247,692 338,724 908,968 114,946 563,569 569,177
June 1,245,416 338,133 907,283 114,480 561,913 569,023
July 1,239,704 337,300 902,404 113,014 558,515 568,175
August 1,242,211 338,545 903,666 113,093 558,795 570,323
September 1,241,899 339,400 902,499 112,654 557,691 571,554
October 1,237,068 339,243 897,825 111,439 554,282 571,347
November 1,236,143 340,035 896,108 111,431 552,373 572,339
December 1,232,236 339,746 892,490 110,373 549,808 572,055
2022  
January 1,231,386 340,167 891,219 110,778 547,850 572,758
February 1,231,450 340,265 891,185 110,859 547,539 573,052
March 1,225,681 338,976 886,705 110,292 544,319 571,070
April 1,222,384 338,570 883,814 109,588 542,018 570,778
May 1,224,327 339,340 884,987 110,171 542,017 572,139
  State supplementation only
2021  
May 135,190 46,568 88,622 808 54,646 79,736
June 134,638 46,318 88,320 834 54,293 79,511
July 133,949 46,207 87,742 822 53,817 79,310
August 133,510 46,239 87,271 809 53,336 79,365
September 133,093 46,118 86,975 836 52,978 79,279
October 132,519 46,181 86,338 847 52,393 79,279
November 132,331 46,323 86,008 817 52,119 79,395
December 132,128 46,428 85,700 854 51,736 79,538
2022  
January 133,811 46,881 86,930 860 52,543 80,408
February 134,019 47,286 86,733 903 52,230 80,886
March 133,303 47,091 86,212 778 51,862 80,663
April 133,353 47,227 86,126 799 51,722 80,832
May 133,658 47,534 86,124 825 51,576 81,257
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Data are for the end of the specified month.
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