SSI Monthly Statistics, December 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, December 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 7,425,331 1,160,789 6,264,542 983,169 4,039,319 2,402,843
Federal payment only 6,098,890 765,943 5,332,947 876,930 3,486,994 1,734,966
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,193,491 344,581 848,910 105,357 505,317 582,817
State supplementation only 132,950 50,265 82,685 882 47,008 85,060
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,292,381 1,110,524 6,181,857 982,287 3,992,311 2,317,783
State supplementation 1,326,441 394,846 931,595 106,239 552,325 667,877
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,519,623 669,069 1,850,554 57,063 1,085,309 1,377,251
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,292,598 632,748 4,659,850 843,357 3,110,492 1,338,750
Federal payments 5,022,965 550,999 4,471,966 834,008 2,990,112 1,198,845
State supplementation 269,633 81,748 187,885 9,349 120,379 139,905
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 674.50 539.07 699.61 793.21 718.41 552.29
Federal payments 651.05 490.54 679.92 785.20 698.50 512.73
State supplementation 195.93 204.23 192.41 80.97 204.81 206.86
  Number of awards e
Total 53,455 11,238 42,217 13,229 28,716 11,510
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,200,656 disabled and 63,886 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,229,112 disabled and 12,942 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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