Annual Statistical Supplement, 2003

Supplemental Security Income

Recipient Characteristics

Table 7.E2 Percentage distribution of federally administered awards, by sex, age, and eligibility category, 2002
Sex and age Total Adults Blind and
disabled
children a
Aged Blind Disabled
All persons
Number 818,050 112,950 4,780 526,550 173,770
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Percentage distribution by sex
Male 50.6 36.9 53.3 49.1 64.0
Female 49.4 63.1 46.7 50.9 36.0
Percentage distribution by age
Under 5 8.3 . . . . . . . . . 39.1
5–9 5.6 . . . . . . . . . 26.2
10–14 5.0 . . . . . . . . . 23.6
15–17 1.8 . . . . . . . . . 8.3
18–21 5.3 . . . 16.9 7.2 2.8
22–29 5.8 . . . 7.9 9.0 . . .
30–39 11.2 . . . 18.2 17.3 . . .
40–49 17.7 . . . 20.9 27.3 . . .
50–59 19.4 . . . 25.5 29.9 . . .
60–64 5.8 . . . 6.9 9.0 . . .
65–69 7.8 54.8 0.6 0.4 . . .
70–74 2.8 20.4 1.5 b . . .
75–79 1.7 12.0 0.6 b . . .
80 or older 1.8 12.8 0.8 b . . .
Male
Number 413,900 41,650 2,550 258,410 111,290
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 5 9.9 . . . . . . . . . 36.7
5–9 7.7 . . . . . . . . . 28.6
10–14 6.6 . . . . . . . . . 24.5
15–17 2.1 . . . . . . . . . 7.7
18–21 6.0 . . . 16.5 8.4 2.5
22–29 6.2 . . . 7.8 9.8 . . .
30–39 10.6 . . . 19.6 16.8 . . .
40–49 17.1 . . . 23.5 27.1 . . .
50–59 18.2 . . . 26.3 28.9 . . .
60–64 5.5 . . . 4.3 8.7 . . .
65–69 5.9 57.0 b 0.3 . . .
70–74 2.3 22.6 1.2 b . . .
75–79 1.2 11.3 0.8 b . . .
80 or older 0.9 9.1 b b . . .
Female
Number 404,150 71,300 2,230 268,140 62,480
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 5 6.7 . . . . . . . . . 43.5
5–9 3.4 . . . . . . . . . 22.1
10–14 3.4 . . . . . . . . . 22.0
15–17 1.4 . . . . . . . . . 9.2
18–21 4.6 . . . 17.5 6.1 3.2
22–29 5.4 . . . 8.1 8.1 . . .
30–39 11.9 . . . 16.6 17.8 . . .
40–49 18.3 . . . 17.9 27.4 . . .
50–59 20.6 . . . 24.7 30.9 . . .
60–64 6.1 . . . 9.9 9.7 . . .
65–69 9.7 53.5 1.3 0.6 . . .
70–74 3.4 19.1 1.8 0.1 . . .
75–79 2.2 12.4 0.4 0.1 . . .
80 or older 2.7 14.9 1.8 b . . .
a. Includes students aged 18–21.
b. Less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 10 percent sample.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016.
Table 7.E3 Percentage distribution of recipients of federally administered payments,by sex, age, and eligibility category, December 2002
Sex and age All recipients Adults Blind and
disabled,
under age 18
Aged Blind Disabled
All persons
Number 6,787,857 1,251,528 70,896 4,550,612 914,821
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Percentage distribution by sex
Male 42.0 29.9 43.4 40.9 64.3
Female 58.0 70.1 56.6 59.1 35.7
Percentage distribution by age
Under 5 2.2 . . . . . . . . . 16.1
5–9 3.6 . . . . . . . . . 26.8
10–14 5.0 . . . . . . . . . 36.9
15–17 2.7 . . . . . . . . . 20.2
18–21 3.6 . . . 6.0 5.3 . . .
22–29 6.8 . . . 11.4 9.9 . . .
30–39 10.5 . . . 14.9 15.4 . . .
40–49 14.8 . . . 17.2 21.8 . . .
50–59 14.6 . . . 17.2 21.5 . . .
60–64 6.9 . . . 8.0 10.1 . . .
65–69 7.6 15.3 7.0 7.0 . . .
70–74 7.4 23.8 6.3 4.5 . . .
75–79 6.3 25.3 4.9 2.4 . . .
80 or older 8.0 35.7 7.1 2.1 . . .
Male
Number 2,852,456 374,065 30,749 1,859,278 588,364
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 5 3.0 . . . . . . . . . 14.6
5–9 5.7 . . . . . . . . . 27.6
10–14 7.8 . . . . . . . . . 38.0
15–17 4.1 . . . . . . . . . 19.8
18–21 4.9 . . . 7.4 7.4 . . .
22–29 8.4 . . . 13.9 12.7 . . .
30–39 11.7 . . . 17.8 17.6 . . .
40–49 15.1 . . . 19.3 22.8 . . .
50–59 13.0 . . . 16.5 19.7 . . .
60–64 5.8 . . . 7.3 8.8 . . .
65–69 6.1 18.4 5.9 5.6 . . .
70–74 5.7 27.5 4.7 3.2 . . .
75–79 4.3 26.1 3.4 1.4 . . .
80 or older 4.3 28.0 3.9 0.8 . . .
Female
Number 3,935,401 877,463 40,147 2,691,334 326,457
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 5 1.6 . . . . . . . . . 19.0
5–9 2.1 . . . . . . . . . 25.6
10–14 2.9 . . . . . . . . . 34.7
15–17 1.7 . . . . . . . . . 20.7
18–21 2.6 . . . 5.0 3.8 . . .
22–29 5.6 . . . 9.5 8.0 . . .
30–39 9.6 . . . 12.7 13.9 . . .
40–49 14.6 . . . 15.6 21.1 . . .
50–59 15.8 . . . 17.7 22.8 . . .
60–64 7.6 . . . 8.6 11.0 . . .
65–69 8.7 14.0 7.8 8.0 . . .
70–74 8.7 22.2 7.4 5.4 . . .
75–79 7.8 24.9 6.1 3.1 . . .
80 or older 10.8 39.0 9.5 2.9 . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186.
Table 7.E4 Number and percentage distribution of persons with representative payees receiving federally administered payments, by eligibility category and age, December 2002
Category and age Number Percentage distribution
Total With
representative
payee		 Without
representative
payee		 Total With
representative
payee		 Without
representative
payee
Total 6,787,857 2,345,635 4,442,222 100.0 34.6 65.4
Category
Aged 1,251,528 46,402 1,205,126 100.0 3.7 96.3
Blind 77,658 19,000 58,658 100.0 24.5 75.5
Disabled 5,458,671 2,280,233 3,178,438 100.0 41.8 58.2
Age
Under 18 914,821 913,892 929 100.0 99.9 0.1
18–64 3,877,752 1,278,852 2,598,900 100.0 33.0 67.0
65 or older 1,995,284 152,891 1,842,393 100.0 7.7 92.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Arthur Kahn (410) 965-0186.
Table 7.E5 Percentage distribution of persons receiving federally administered payments, by living arrangement, eligibility category, and age, December 2002
Living arrangement a Number Category Age
Aged Blind b Disabled c Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number 6,787,857 1,251,528 77,658 5,458,671 914,821 3,877,752 1,995,284
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Own household 93.8 90.7 92.0 94.5 95.3 94.3 91.9
Another's household 4.2 7.5 5.4 3.4 3.3 3.8 5.3
Institutional care covered by Medicaid 2.1 1.8 2.6 2.1 1.4 1.9 2.7
a. As defined for determination of federal SSI payment standards.
b. Includes 17,900 persons aged 65 or older.
c. Includes 725,900 persons aged 65 or older.
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Arthur Kahn (410) 965-0186.
Table 7.E6 Number of noncitizens receiving federally administered payments as a percentage of SSI recipients, by eligibility category, December 1982–2002, selected years
Year All noncitizens Aged Blind and disabled
Number Percentage of
total SSI		 Number Percentage of
total SSI		 Number Percentage of
total SSI
1982 127,900 3.3 91,900 5.9 36,000 1.6
1985 210,800 5.1 146,500 9.7 64,300 2.4
1990 435,600 9.0 282,400 19.4 153,200 4.6
1991 519,660 10.2 329,690 22.5 189,970 5.2
1992 601,430 10.8 372,930 25.4 228,500 5.6
1993 683,150 11.4 416,420 28.2 266,730 5.9
1994 738,140 11.7 440,000 30.0 298,140 6.2
1995 785,410 12.1 459,220 31.8 326,190 6.3
1996 724,990 11.0 417,360 29.5 307,630 5.9
1997 650,830 10.0 367,200 27.0 283,630 5.5
1998 669,630 10.2 364,980 27.4 304,650 5.8
1999 684,930 10.4 368,330 28.2 316,600 6.0
2000 692,590 10.5 364,470 28.3 328,120 6.2
2001 695,650 10.4 364,550 28.9 331,100 6.1
2002 703,515 10.4 364,827 29.1 338,688 6.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Paul S. Davies (410) 966-0299.