SSI Monthly Statistics, December 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, December 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 7,542,222 1,138,100 6,404,122 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324
Federal payment only 6,195,447 746,743 5,448,704 889,395 3,618,171 1,687,881
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,212,283 342,050 870,233 106,843 527,729 577,711
State supplementation only 134,492 49,307 85,185 871 49,889 83,732
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,407,730 1,088,793 6,318,937 996,238 4,145,900 2,265,592
State supplementation 1,346,775 391,357 955,418 107,714 577,618 661,443
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,546,074 661,499 1,884,575 60,304 1,135,924 1,349,846
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,910,154 569,774 4,340,380 771,248 2,936,359 1,202,547
Federal payments 4,661,439 496,067 4,165,372 762,552 2,822,284 1,076,603
State supplementation 248,715 73,707 175,009 8,697 114,075 125,944
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 622.00 495.52 644.50 731.99 659.81 508.01
Federal payments 600.74 450.87 626.60 724.54 641.76 471.56
State supplementation 178.62 185.83 175.66 75.31 186.64 188.41
  Number of awards e
Total 50,233 12,292 37,941 11,163 26,487 12,583
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,339,729 disabled and 64,393 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,198,228 disabled and 12,996 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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