SSI Monthly Statistics, October 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, October 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 7,413,487 1,185,388 6,228,099 995,079 3,963,265 2,455,143
Federal payment only 6,087,472 784,513 5,302,959 886,883 3,422,087 1,778,502
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,192,361 349,363 842,998 107,205 495,327 589,829
State supplementation only 133,654 51,512 82,142 991 45,851 86,812
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,279,833 1,133,876 6,145,957 994,088 3,917,414 2,368,331
State supplementation 1,326,015 400,875 925,140 108,196 541,178 676,641
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,547,466 677,828 1,869,638 56,780 1,086,805 1,403,881
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,502,449 674,621 4,827,828 869,530 3,207,913 1,425,005
Federal payments 5,206,610 584,082 4,622,528 859,120 3,077,235 1,270,255
State supplementation 295,839 90,539 205,300 10,410 130,678 154,751
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 697.50 564.83 722.80 803.97 745.96 576.49
Federal payments 671.41 511.42 700.99 795.32 723.95 532.94
State supplementation 213.31 223.27 208.99 87.22 222.69 225.99
  Number of awards e
Total 54,639 9,952 44,687 13,539 30,807 10,293
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,164,327 disabled and 63,772 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,256,713 disabled and 13,042 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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