SSI Monthly Statistics, October 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, October 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 7,463,724 1,158,307 6,305,417 992,878 4,076,327 2,394,519
Federal payment only 6,131,627 763,620 5,368,007 885,732 3,518,477 1,727,418
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,199,108 344,749 854,359 106,309 510,319 582,480
State supplementation only 132,989 49,938 83,051 837 47,531 84,621
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,330,735 1,108,369 6,222,366 992,041 4,028,796 2,309,898
State supplementation 1,332,097 394,687 937,410 107,146 557,850 667,101
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,531,166 668,843 1,862,323 58,001 1,099,728 1,373,437
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,283,057 630,928 4,652,128 836,249 3,113,473 1,333,335
Federal payments 5,012,805 549,210 4,463,595 826,848 2,992,369 1,193,588
State supplementation 270,252 81,718 188,534 9,401 121,104 139,748
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 676.60 541.22 701.49 790.41 720.97 554.10
Federal payments 653.14 492.65 681.75 782.36 700.99 514.46
State supplementation 196.20 204.66 192.64 81.16 205.12 207.23
  Number of awards e
Total 53,289 10,551 42,738 13,354 29,097 10,838
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,241,322 disabled and 64,095 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,223,289 disabled and 12,923 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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