SSI Monthly Statistics, April 2023

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 2023
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 7,511,160 1,145,304 6,365,856 1,000,844 4,148,194 2,362,122
Federal payment only 6,171,319 753,316 5,418,003 892,851 3,578,650 1,699,818
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,206,496 342,774 863,722 107,302 520,506 578,688
State supplementation only 133,345 49,214 84,131 691 49,038 83,616
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,377,815 1,096,090 6,281,725 1,000,153 4,099,156 2,278,506
State supplementation 1,339,841 391,988 947,853 107,993 569,544 662,304
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,534,510 664,799 1,869,711 59,649 1,118,445 1,356,416
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,281,778 623,126 4,658,652 836,410 3,130,597 1,314,771
Federal payments 5,011,411 542,038 4,469,373 827,060 3,008,276 1,176,075
State supplementation 270,367 81,088 189,279 9,349 122,321 138,696
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 677.40 539.93 702.13 800.09 718.45 553.39
Federal payments 653.91 490.68 682.41 791.86 698.55 513.20
State supplementation 196.26 204.71 192.76 81.61 205.05 207.37
  Number of awards e
Total 46,044 10,500 35,544 10,661 24,649 10,734
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,301,658 disabled and 64,198 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,203,901 disabled and 12,917 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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