SSI Monthly Statistics, August 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, August 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 7,482,753 1,154,581 6,328,172 994,089 4,104,215 2,384,449
Federal payment only 6,147,527 760,618 5,386,909 886,856 3,542,042 1,718,629
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,202,055 344,194 857,861 106,427 514,212 581,416
State supplementation only 133,171 49,769 83,402 806 47,961 84,404
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,349,582 1,104,812 6,244,770 993,283 4,056,254 2,300,045
State supplementation 1,335,226 393,963 941,263 107,233 562,173 665,820
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,532,619 667,883 1,864,736 58,627 1,105,764 1,368,228
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,315,697 630,281 4,685,415 842,222 3,142,830 1,330,644
Federal payments 5,043,693 548,610 4,495,083 832,731 3,020,171 1,190,792
State supplementation 272,003 81,672 190,332 9,492 122,659 139,852
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 674.36 539.94 698.90 787.68 717.48 553.03
Federal payments 650.87 491.08 679.17 779.56 697.56 513.17
State supplementation 196.11 204.50 192.60 81.33 204.95 207.13
  Number of awards e
Total 53,906 10,586 43,320 13,879 29,139 10,888
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,263,917 disabled and 64,255 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,216,934 disabled and 12,934 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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