SSI Monthly Statistics, May 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, May 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 7,514,206 1,149,067 6,365,139 1,001,362 4,143,813 2,369,031
Federal payment only 6,173,440 756,056 5,417,384 893,091 3,575,165 1,705,184
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,207,297 343,613 863,684 107,532 519,803 579,962
State supplementation only 133,469 49,398 84,071 739 48,845 83,885
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,380,737 1,099,669 6,281,068 1,000,623 4,094,968 2,285,146
State supplementation 1,340,766 393,011 947,755 108,271 568,648 663,847
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,538,344 666,036 1,872,308 59,710 1,118,956 1,359,678
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,338,702 627,198 4,711,503 843,646 3,172,679 1,322,377
Federal payments 5,065,977 545,708 4,520,269 834,115 3,048,917 1,182,945
State supplementation 272,725 81,491 191,234 9,531 123,762 139,432
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 675.10 539.69 699.55 788.90 717.36 553.14
Federal payments 651.60 490.56 679.81 780.69 697.45 513.03
State supplementation 196.20 204.64 192.70 81.58 205.03 207.31
  Number of awards e
Total 54,470 11,119 43,351 13,227 29,833 11,410
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,300,780 disabled and 64,359 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,207,054 disabled and 12,910 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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