SSI Monthly Statistics, July 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, July 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 7,590,308 1,118,704 6,471,604 1,015,609 4,265,060 2,309,639
Federal payment only 6,238,141 731,142 5,506,999 906,122 3,677,220 1,654,799
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,218,540 339,650 878,890 108,656 536,794 573,090
State supplementation only 133,627 47,912 85,715 831 51,046 81,750
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,456,681 1,070,792 6,385,889 1,014,778 4,214,014 2,227,889
State supplementation 1,352,167 387,562 964,605 109,487 587,840 654,840
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,543,424 644,259 1,899,165 62,030 1,162,372 1,319,022
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,904,970 562,909 4,342,061 777,419 2,942,389 1,185,162
Federal payments 4,657,085 490,027 4,167,057 768,665 2,827,814 1,060,606
State supplementation 247,885 72,881 175,004 8,754 114,575 124,556
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 624.24 500.29 645.68 736.44 659.14 510.64
Federal payments 603.04 455.05 627.89 728.91 641.18 473.85
State supplementation 178.16 185.99 175.02 75.51 186.06 188.22
  Number of awards e
Total 40,262 10,589 29,673 8,309 21,207 10,746
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,406,915 disabled and 64,689 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,177,945 disabled and 12,990 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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