SSI Monthly Statistics, November 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, November 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 7,430,571 1,158,073 6,272,498 985,385 4,049,433 2,395,753
Federal payment only 6,103,483 763,878 5,339,605 879,064 3,495,266 1,729,153
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,194,025 344,129 849,896 105,434 506,825 581,766
State supplementation only 133,063 50,066 82,997 887 47,342 84,834
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,297,508 1,108,007 6,189,501 984,498 4,002,091 2,310,919
State supplementation 1,327,088 394,195 932,893 106,321 554,167 666,600
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,520,686 668,646 1,852,040 57,275 1,088,881 1,374,530
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,177,867 627,840 4,550,027 808,019 3,040,567 1,329,281
Federal payments 4,910,845 546,577 4,364,268 798,919 2,921,840 1,190,086
State supplementation 267,022 81,263 185,759 9,100 118,727 139,195
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 673.86 540.00 698.58 785.28 718.33 552.97
Federal payments 650.39 491.36 678.88 777.24 698.43 513.32
State supplementation 196.03 204.43 192.48 81.09 204.85 207.03
  Number of awards e
Total 40,387 8,916 31,471 10,345 20,927 9,115
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,208,609 disabled and 63,889 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,224,757 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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