SSI Monthly Statistics, February 2024

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, February 2024
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 7,417,815 1,163,286 6,254,529 989,969 4,019,164 2,408,682
Federal payment only 6,092,356 767,696 5,324,660 882,886 3,469,587 1,739,883
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,192,082 345,049 847,033 106,114 502,630 583,338
State supplementation only 133,377 50,541 82,836 969 46,947 85,461
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,284,438 1,112,745 6,171,693 989,000 3,972,217 2,323,221
State supplementation 1,325,459 395,590 929,869 107,083 549,577 668,799
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,514,449 669,065 1,845,384 57,185 1,078,345 1,378,919
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,413,992 658,526 4,755,466 855,621 3,165,335 1,393,036
Federal payments 5,121,318 569,277 4,552,041 845,534 3,035,813 1,239,971
State supplementation 292,674 89,249 203,425 10,087 129,522 153,065
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 696.80 562.03 721.86 808.02 742.67 574.62
Federal payments 670.57 507.89 699.92 799.26 720.56 530.47
State supplementation 213.49 223.14 209.39 87.52 222.90 225.89
  Number of awards e
Total 48,506 10,099 38,407 12,352 25,786 10,368
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,190,645 disabled and 63,884 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,232,433 disabled and 12,963 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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