SSI Monthly Statistics, November 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, November 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 7,413,881 1,188,821 6,225,060 993,005 3,958,419 2,462,457
Federal payment only 6,087,447 787,114 5,300,333 884,875 3,418,170 1,784,402
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,192,309 350,110 842,199 107,157 494,110 591,042
State supplementation only 134,125 51,597 82,528 973 46,139 87,013
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,279,756 1,137,224 6,142,532 992,032 3,912,280 2,375,444
State supplementation 1,326,434 401,707 924,727 108,130 540,249 678,055
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,550,898 679,356 1,871,542 56,595 1,086,227 1,408,076
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,506,816 674,995 4,831,820 892,058 3,189,120 1,425,638
Federal payments 5,213,099 584,488 4,628,611 881,694 3,060,437 1,270,969
State supplementation 293,716 90,507 203,209 10,364 128,683 154,669
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 698.35 564.33 724.01 818.30 744.73 575.85
Federal payments 672.29 510.84 702.28 809.64 722.82 532.27
State supplementation 213.16 223.06 208.86 87.30 222.46 225.81
  Number of awards e
Total 54,407 10,488 43,919 13,157 30,455 10,795
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,161,343 disabled and 63,717 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,260,579 disabled and 13,057 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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