SSI Monthly Statistics, May 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, May 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 7,394,584 1,171,079 6,223,505 983,176 3,989,095 2,422,313
Federal payment only 6,071,968 773,733 5,298,235 876,361 3,444,335 1,751,272
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,189,374 346,575 842,799 105,842 498,264 585,268
State supplementation only 133,242 50,771 82,471 973 46,496 85,773
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,261,342 1,120,308 6,141,034 982,203 3,942,599 2,336,540
State supplementation 1,322,616 397,346 925,270 106,815 544,760 671,041
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,515,102 671,875 1,843,227 56,767 1,072,469 1,385,866
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,417,374 664,109 4,753,265 859,798 3,155,648 1,401,929
Federal payments 5,125,911 574,650 4,551,261 849,609 3,027,336 1,248,966
State supplementation 291,464 89,459 202,004 10,188 128,312 152,963
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 697.47 562.58 722.89 813.29 743.58 574.88
Federal payments 671.30 508.69 701.03 804.62 721.55 530.95
State supplementation 213.37 223.00 209.22 87.46 222.79 225.69
  Number of awards e
Total 52,620 11,137 41,483 13,398 27,816 11,406
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,159,751 disabled and 63,754 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,238,246 disabled and 12,988 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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