Monthly Statistical Snapshot, May 2009

For more detailed monthly OASDI information visit the Office of the Actuary's Web site for Beneficiary Data. For more detailed monthly SSI information see SSI Monthly Statistics.

Table 1.
Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, May 2009
(in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	56,760	49,163	4,960	2,637
Aged 65 or older	37,065	35,032	884	1,149
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	12,366	6,802	4,076	1,488
Other ^b	7,329	7,329	. . .	. . .


SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Only Social Security beneficiaries in current-payment status are included.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Includes children receiving SSI on the basis of their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.

Table 2.
Social Security benefits, May 2009
Type of beneficiary	Beneficiaries		Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Type of beneficiary	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All beneficiaries	51,800	100.0	54,797	1,057.90
Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers	32,922	63.6	38,127	1,158.10
Spouses	2,360	4.6	1,347	570.80
Children	564	1.1	321	568.00
Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents ^a	4,354	8.4	4,766	1,094.60
Widowed mothers and fathers ^b	156	0.3	130	829.50
Children	1,972	3.8	1,473	747.00
Disability Insurance
Disabled workers	7,563	14.6	8,032	1,062.00
Spouses	156	0.3	44	284.10
Children	1,751	3.4	558	318.30
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Only beneficiaries in current-payment status are included.
Some Social Security beneficiaries are entitled to more than one type of benefit. In most cases, they are dually entitled to a worker benefit and a higher spouse or widow(er) benefit. If both benefits are financed from the same trust fund, the beneficiary is usually counted only once in the statistics, as a retired-worker or a disabled-worker beneficiary, and the benefit amount recorded is the larger amount associated with the auxiliary benefit. If the benefits are paid from different trust funds the beneficiary is counted twice, and the respective benefit amounts are recorded for each type of benefit.
a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s aged 60 or older, disabled widow(er)s aged 50 or older, and dependent parents of deceased workers aged 62 or older.
b. A widow(er) or surviving divorced parent caring for the entitled child of a deceased worker who is under age 16 or is disabled.
CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or oasdi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.

Table 3.
Supplemental Security Income recipients, May 2009
Age	Recipients		Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
Age	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
All recipients	7,597	100.0	4,078	500.80
Under 18	1,174	15.5	738	601.40
18–64	4,390	57.8	2,504	516.60
65 or older	2,033	26.8	835	408.70
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Data are for the end of the specified month.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.