SSI Monthly Statistics, March 2025

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, March 2025
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 7,414,184 1,192,489 6,221,695 1,007,213 3,928,333 2,478,638
Federal payment only 6,089,898 791,021 5,298,877 897,128 3,392,690 1,800,080
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,194,629 352,501 842,128 109,176 490,728 594,725
State supplementation only 129,657 48,967 80,690 909 44,915 83,833
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,284,527 1,143,522 6,141,005 1,006,304 3,883,418 2,394,805
State supplementation 1,324,286 401,468 922,818 110,085 535,643 678,558
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,547,562 679,806 1,867,756 56,605 1,074,488 1,416,469
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,654,361 704,127 4,950,234 919,690 3,250,798 1,483,873
Federal payments 5,360,175 613,226 4,746,949 908,988 3,122,605 1,328,581
State supplementation 294,187 90,901 203,286 10,702 128,193 155,292
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 715.58 582.71 740.95 831.96 763.24 592.50
Federal payments 689.61 528.99 719.42 823.25 741.47 549.10
State supplementation 212.60 223.21 207.99 87.11 221.85 225.75
  Number of awards e
Total 55,384 9,348 46,036 13,766 31,935 9,683
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,157,978 disabled and 63,717 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,273,017 disabled and 13,132 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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