Annual Statistical Supplement, 2005

Supplemental Security Income

Recipient Characteristics

Table 7.E2 Percentage distribution of federally administered awards, by sex, age, and eligibility category, 2004
Sex and age Total Adults Blind and
disabled
children a
Aged Blind Disabled
All persons
Number 856,190 105,850 4,070 558,850 187,420
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Percentage distribution by sex
Male 51.6 37.6 55.8 49.6 65.1
Female 48.4 62.4 44.2 50.4 34.9
Percentage distribution by age
Under 5 8.3 . . . . . . . . . 38.0
5–9 5.8 . . . . . . . . . 26.5
10–14 5.2 . . . . . . . . . 23.6
15–17 2.0 . . . . . . . . . 9.2
18–21 5.4 . . . 15.0 7.3 2.8
22–29 6.2 . . . 15.5 9.4 . . .
30–39 10.5 . . . 14.7 16.0 . . .
40–49 17.8 . . . 17.9 27.1 . . .
50–59 20.6 . . . 24.3 31.3 . . .
60–64 5.6 . . . 7.9 8.5 . . .
65–69 6.9 54.2 1.7 0.3 . . .
70–74 2.6 21.2 1.0 b . . .
75–79 1.5 11.8 1.0 b . . .
80 or older 1.6 12.9 1.0 b . . .
Male
Number 441,560 39,790 2,270 277,420 122,080
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 5 9.8 . . . . . . . . . 35.6
5–9 8.1 . . . . . . . . . 29.2
10–14 6.7 . . . . . . . . . 24.4
15–17 2.3 . . . . . . . . . 8.4
18–21 5.9 . . . 15.0 8.3 2.4
22–29 6.5 . . . 15.9 10.2 . . .
30–39 9.9 . . . 16.3 15.6 . . .
40–49 16.9 . . . 15.9 26.8 . . .
50–59 19.5 . . . 25.6 30.8 . . .
60–64 5.1 . . . 8.8 8.0 . . .
65–69 5.3 56.6 1.8 0.3 . . .
70–74 2.1 22.8 0.9 b . . .
75–79 1.0 11.4 b b . . .
80 or older 0.8 9.1 b b . . .
Female
Number 414,630 66,060 1,800 281,430 65,340
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 5 6.7 . . . . . . . . . 42.4
5–9 3.4 . . . . . . . . . 21.3
10–14 3.5 . . . . . . . . . 22.1
15–17 1.7 . . . . . . . . . 10.7
18–21 4.9 . . . 15.0 6.3 3.5
22–29 5.9 . . . 15.0 8.6 . . .
30–39 11.2 . . . 12.8 16.4 . . .
40–49 18.8 . . . 20.6 27.5 . . .
50–59 21.7 . . . 22.8 31.8 . . .
60–64 6.1 . . . 6.7 9.4 . . .
65–69 8.6 52.7 1.7 0.4 . . .
70–74 3.2 20.2 1.1 b . . .
75–79 1.9 12.0 2.2 b . . .
80 or older 2.4 15.1 2.2 b . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 10 percent sample.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. Includes students aged 18–21.
b. Less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016.
Table 7.E3 Number and percentage distribution of recipients of federally administered payments, by sex, age, and eligibility category, December 2004
Sex and age All recipients Adults Blind and disabled, under age 18
Aged Blind Disabled
All persons
Number 6,987,845 1,211,167 69,235 4,714,316 993,127
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Percentage distribution by sex
Male 42.7 30.7 43.9 41.1 65.0
Female 57.3 69.3 56.1 58.9 35.0
Percentage distribution by age
Under 5 2.3 . . . . . . . . . 15.9
5–9 3.8 . . . . . . . . . 26.8
10–14 5.1 . . . . . . . . . 36.2
15–17 3.0 . . . . . . . . . 21.1
18–21 3.9 . . . 6.0 5.6 . . .
22–29 7.0 . . . 12.3 10.1 . . .
30–39 9.7 . . . 14.0 14.1 . . .
40–49 14.9 . . . 17.1 21.8 . . .
50–59 15.2 . . . 18.1 22.3 . . .
60–64 6.9 . . . 8.0 10.1 . . .
65–69 7.4 15.0 6.8 7.0 . . .
70–74 6.9 22.5 5.8 4.4 . . .
75–79 6.0 24.8 5.0 2.5 . . .
80 or older 7.9 37.6 6.9 2.0 . . .
Male
Number 2,985,434 371,795 30,424 1,937,364 645,851
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 5 3.1 . . . . . . . . . 14.2
5–9 6.0 . . . . . . . . . 27.6
10–14 8.1 . . . . . . . . . 37.4
15–17 4.5 . . . . . . . . . 20.8
18–21 5.2 . . . 7.4 8.0 . . .
22–29 8.6 . . . 14.7 13.0 . . .
30–39 10.4 . . . 16.3 15.8 . . .
40–49 14.9 . . . 19.1 22.6 . . .
50–59 13.6 . . . 17.7 20.7 . . .
60–64 5.8 . . . 7.2 8.8 . . .
65–69 5.9 17.9 5.8 5.6 . . .
70–74 5.3 25.8 4.5 3.2 . . .
75–79 4.2 25.9 3.4 1.5 . . .
80 or older 4.3 30.3 3.9 0.8 . . .
Female
Number 4,002,411 839,372 38,811 2,776,952 347,276
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 5 1.7 . . . . . . . . . 19.0
5–9 2.2 . . . . . . . . . 25.3
10–14 2.9 . . . . . . . . . 33.9
15–17 1.9 . . . . . . . . . 21.8
18–21 2.8 . . . 4.8 4.0 . . .
22–29 5.7 . . . 10.5 8.1 . . .
30–39 9.1 . . . 12.1 13.0 . . .
40–49 14.9 . . . 15.5 21.2 . . .
50–59 16.5 . . . 18.5 23.5 . . .
60–64 7.7 . . . 8.7 11.0 . . .
65–69 8.5 13.7 7.6 7.9 . . .
70–74 8.2 21.1 6.8 5.3 . . .
75–79 7.4 24.4 6.3 3.2 . . .
80 or older 10.6 40.8 9.2 2.8 . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 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 2004
Category and age Number Percentage distribution
Total With
representative
payee		 Without
representative
payee		 Total With
representative
payee		 Without
representative
payee
Total 6,987,845 2,493,270 4,494,575 100.0 35.7 64.3
Category
Aged 1,211,167 45,047 1,166,120 100.0 3.7 96.3
Blind a 75,924 19,519 56,405 100.0 25.7 74.3
Disabled b 5,700,754 2,428,704 3,272,050 100.0 42.6 57.4
Age
Under 18 993,127 992,251 876 100.0 99.9 0.1
18–64 4,017,108 1,346,772 2,670,336 100.0 33.5 66.5
65 or older 1,977,610 154,247 1,823,363 100.0 7.8 92.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes 17,000 persons aged 65 or older.
b. Includes 749,500 persons aged 65 or older.
CONTACT: Arthur Kahn (410) 965-0186.
Table 7.E5 Number and percentage distribution of persons receiving federally administered payments, by living arrangement, eligibility category, and age, December 2004
Living arrangement a Number Category Age
Aged Blind b Disabled c Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Total
Number 6,987,845 1,211,167 75,924 5,700,754 993,127 4,017,108 1,977,610
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Own household 93.8 90.8 92.2 94.5 95.2 94.2 92.2
Another's household 4.2 7.4 5.4 3.5 3.4 4.0 5.2
Institutional care covered by Medicaid 2.0 1.7 2.5 2.1 1.4 1.9 2.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. As defined for determination of federal SSI payment standards.
b. Includes 17,000 persons aged 65 or older.
c. Includes 749,500 persons aged 65 or older.
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 1982–2004, 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
2003 696,772 10.1 356,298 28.9 340,474 6.0
2004 676,979 9.7 342,220 28.3 334,759 5.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Paul S. Davies (410) 966-0299.