SSI Monthly Statistics, August 2023

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 3. Number of recipients, by type of payment, eligibility category, and age, August 2022–August 2023
Month Total Eligibility category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  All sources
2022  
August 7,607,527 1,124,300 6,483,227 1,019,354 4,266,944 2,321,229
September 7,567,439 1,126,435 6,441,004 1,004,317 4,237,841 2,325,281
October 7,572,671 1,131,035 6,441,636 1,009,365 4,228,219 2,335,087
November 7,565,877 1,135,764 6,430,113 1,005,482 4,215,954 2,344,441
December 7,542,222 1,138,100 6,404,122 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324
2023  
January 7,553,829 1,141,354 6,412,475 1,008,264 4,190,861 2,354,704
February 7,538,212 1,141,596 6,396,616 1,006,617 4,176,984 2,354,611
March 7,509,753 1,142,605 6,367,148 995,396 4,156,749 2,357,608
April 7,511,160 1,145,304 6,365,856 1,000,844 4,148,194 2,362,122
May 7,514,206 1,149,067 6,365,139 1,001,362 4,143,813 2,369,031
June 7,475,309 1,148,440 6,326,869 991,164 4,115,549 2,368,596
July 7,474,735 1,150,439 6,324,296 994,923 4,105,342 2,374,470
August 7,482,753 1,154,581 6,328,172 994,089 4,104,215 2,384,449
  Federal payments only
2022  
August 6,252,595 735,540 5,517,055 909,425 3,679,107 1,664,063
September 6,217,219 737,367 5,479,852 895,663 3,653,770 1,667,786
October 6,222,101 740,861 5,481,240 900,582 3,645,781 1,675,738
November 6,216,292 744,633 5,471,659 897,152 3,635,605 1,683,535
December 6,195,447 746,743 5,448,704 889,395 3,618,171 1,687,881
2023  
January 6,205,760 749,315 5,456,445 899,395 3,614,159 1,692,206
February 6,193,251 749,936 5,443,315 897,898 3,602,537 1,692,816
March 6,168,606 750,978 5,417,628 887,549 3,585,212 1,695,845
April 6,171,319 753,316 5,418,003 892,851 3,578,650 1,699,818
May 6,173,440 756,056 5,417,384 893,091 3,575,165 1,705,184
June 6,140,189 755,907 5,384,282 883,890 3,550,773 1,705,526
July 6,140,579 757,407 5,383,172 887,672 3,542,477 1,710,430
August 6,147,527 760,618 5,386,909 886,856 3,542,042 1,718,629
  Federal payments and state supplementation
2022  
August 1,221,175 340,572 880,603 109,120 537,134 574,921
September 1,216,286 340,626 875,660 107,773 533,602 574,911
October 1,216,331 341,315 875,016 107,959 532,128 576,244
November 1,215,068 342,031 873,037 107,430 530,163 577,475
December 1,212,283 342,050 870,233 106,843 527,729 577,711
2023  
January 1,214,219 343,030 871,189 108,171 527,035 579,013
February 1,211,333 342,545 868,788 108,010 525,054 578,269
March 1,207,805 342,488 865,317 107,168 522,435 578,202
April 1,206,496 342,774 863,722 107,302 520,506 578,688
May 1,207,297 343,613 863,684 107,532 519,803 579,962
June 1,201,817 342,969 858,848 106,494 516,287 579,036
July 1,200,966 343,386 857,580 106,470 514,626 579,870
August 1,202,055 344,194 857,861 106,427 514,212 581,416
  State supplementation only
2022  
August 133,757 48,188 85,569 809 50,703 82,245
September 133,934 48,442 85,492 881 50,469 82,584
October 134,239 48,859 85,380 824 50,310 83,105
November 134,517 49,100 85,417 900 50,186 83,431
December 134,492 49,307 85,185 871 49,889 83,732
2023  
January 133,850 49,009 84,841 698 49,667 83,485
February 133,628 49,115 84,513 709 49,393 83,526
March 133,342 49,139 84,203 679 49,102 83,561
April 133,345 49,214 84,131 691 49,038 83,616
May 133,469 49,398 84,071 739 48,845 83,885
June 133,303 49,564 83,739 780 48,489 84,034
July 133,190 49,646 83,544 781 48,239 84,170
August 133,171 49,769 83,402 806 47,961 84,404
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Data are for the end of the specified month.
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