SSI Monthly Statistics, July 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, July 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 7,474,735 1,150,439 6,324,296 994,923 4,105,342 2,374,470
Federal payment only 6,140,579 757,407 5,383,172 887,672 3,542,477 1,710,430
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,200,966 343,386 857,580 106,470 514,626 579,870
State supplementation only 133,190 49,646 83,544 781 48,239 84,170
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,341,545 1,100,793 6,240,752 994,142 4,057,103 2,290,300
State supplementation 1,334,156 393,032 941,124 107,251 562,865 664,040
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,522,717 666,004 1,856,713 58,622 1,101,552 1,362,543
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,248,745 625,185 4,623,559 831,794 3,096,497 1,320,454
Federal payments 4,979,753 544,006 4,435,747 822,515 2,975,655 1,181,583
State supplementation 268,992 81,180 187,812 9,279 120,842 138,871
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 675.88 539.91 700.61 795.27 717.97 553.16
Federal payments 652.40 490.94 680.90 787.14 698.06 513.20
State supplementation 196.16 204.57 192.65 81.35 204.92 207.25
  Number of awards e
Total 42,520 8,896 33,624 10,864 22,562 9,094
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,260,196 disabled and 64,100 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,211,139 disabled and 12,892 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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