Annual Statistical Supplement, 2023

Supplemental Security Income

Benefit Distributions

Table 7.C1 Number of individuals receiving federally administered payments, and percentage distribution by monthly payment: By eligibility category, December 2022
Monthly payment (dollars) All recipients Adults Blind and disabled, under age 18
Aged Blind Disabled
Total  
Number 6,996,177 860,468 55,252 5,084,219 996,238
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 50 4.6 6.2 5.0 4.9 1.5
50–99 3.3 6.2 3.7 3.4 0.5
100–149 3.5 6.6 3.6 3.6 0.7
150–199 3.4 6.7 3.5 3.3 0.9
200–249 3.0 5.5 3.1 3.0 0.9
250–299 2.7 4.5 3.0 2.7 1.0
300–349 2.6 4.2 2.7 2.6 1.2
350–399 2.6 4.0 2.9 2.6 1.5
400–449 2.3 3.7 2.3 2.2 1.6
450–499 2.2 3.4 2.4 2.1 1.9
500–549 2.0 3.0 2.0 1.8 2.1
550–599 8.1 12.5 9.7 7.5 7.7
600–649 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.4 2.9
650–699 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.2 3.9
700–749 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.0 4.4
750–799 1.5 0.7 1.0 0.9 4.8
800–840 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.8 3.4
841 a 52.1 27.4 50.2 55.0 59.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
SSI = Supplemental Security Income.
a. Individuals living in their own household with no countable income were eligible for a federal SSI payment of $841 in calendar year 2022.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 7.C2 Number of couples receiving federal SSI payments, and percentage distribution by monthly payment: By eligibility category, December 2022
Monthly payment (dollars) All recipients Aged Blind Disabled
Total  
Number 205,922 109,693 1,314 94,915
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 50 2.4 2.6 2.1 2.1
50–99 2.8 3.1 1.2 2.5
100–149 3.1 3.3 2.2 2.8
150–199 3.3 3.6 3.3 2.9
200–249 3.2 3.5 1.9 2.9
250–299 3.2 3.3 2.5 3.0
300–349 3.1 3.3 2.5 2.8
350–399 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.8
400–449 3.0 2.8 2.3 3.1
450–499 2.9 2.8 2.1 2.9
500–549 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8
550–599 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.8
600–649 2.6 2.7 3.1 2.6
650–699 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3
700–749 2.3 2.4 1.6 2.2
750–799 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.3
800–849 7.7 11.4 4.2 3.5
850–899 2.0 2.0 2.6 2.1
900–949 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.9
950–999 1.5 1.4 2.1 1.6
1,000–1,049 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
1,050–1,099 1.0 1.0 1.6 0.9
1,100–1,149 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
1,150–1,199 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5
1,200–1,249 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4
1,250–1,260 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
1,261 a 38.2 32.8 46.9 44.4
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
SSI = Supplemental Security Income.
a. Couples living in their own household with no countable income were eligible for a federal SSI payment of $1,261 in calendar year 2022.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.