Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security and/or Supplemental Security Income
Table 41.
Number receiving either Social Security or SSI benefits on the basis of disability, average amount, and total benefits paid, December 2000
Type of benefit				Number (thousands)
	Social Security
Total Retirement, Survivors, and Disability	7,608	a	57.9

Total Retirement and Survivors		932	a	5.9

Disabled adult children aged 18 or older	676	535	4.3

Entitlement based on care of disabled adult children
Wives and husbands	34	368	0.2
Surviving mothers and fathers	22	639	0.2

Disabled widow(er)s	200	519	1.2
Aged 50-59	103	519	0.6
Aged 60-64	97	519	0.6

Total Disability		6,676	a	52.0

Disabled workers	5,036	787	47.6

Wives and husbands of disabled workers	165	199	0.4

Children of disabled workers	1,475	228	4.0
Under age 18	1,382	221	3.7
Students aged 18-19	35	335	0.1
Disabled adult children aged 18 or older	58	326	0.2
	Supplemental Security Income
Total Supplemental Security Income	5,134	373	26.4

Blind and disabled adults	4,289	359	21.3
Aged 18-64	3,609	375	18.7
Aged 65 or older	680	273	2.6

Blind and disabled children under age 18	844	449	5.2
SOURCES: Master Beneficiary Record 10 percent sample file; Revised Management Information Counts System (REMICS).
NOTES: Among the 7.6 million Social Security beneficiaries shown above, roughly 1.1 million were also receiving a federal SSI payment. Totals do not necessarily equal the sums because of rounding. Federal SSI dollars partially estimated and include retroactive payments.
a. Since the benefit amounts for workers and for the various types of family members and survivors are based on different proportions of the worker's benefit, average monthly amounts for groups of these different kinds of beneficiaries are not meaningful.
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