SSI Monthly Statistics, December 2023
All Federally Administered Payments
Type of payment | All recipients | Eligibility category | Age | |||
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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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