| Type of payment and sex | Total | Category | Age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aged | Blind | Disabled | Under 18 | 18–64 | 65 or older | ||
| Number | |||||||
| All payments | 6,902,364 | 1,232,778 | 77,082 | 5,592,504 | 959,379 | 3,953,248 | 1,989,737 |
| Male | 2,926,827 | 374,002 | 34,393 | 2,518,432 | 620,279 | 1,717,487 | 589,061 |
| Female | 3,975,537 | 858,776 | 42,689 | 3,074,072 | 339,100 | 2,235,761 | 1,400,676 |
| Federal SSI | 6,614,465 | 1,132,947 | 71,621 | 5,409,897 | 956,263 | 3,811,060 | 1,847,142 |
| Male | 2,800,534 | 339,042 | 31,863 | 2,429,629 | 618,257 | 1,643,019 | 539,258 |
| Female | 3,813,931 | 793,905 | 39,758 | 2,980,268 | 338,006 | 2,168,041 | 1,307,884 |
| State supplementation | 2,467,116 | 602,807 | 34,142 | 1,830,167 | 253,095 | 1,310,187 | 903,834 |
| Male | 1,049,251 | 204,096 | 15,205 | 829,950 | 165,366 | 588,874 | 295,011 |
| Female | 1,417,865 | 398,711 | 18,937 | 1,000,217 | 87,729 | 721,313 | 608,823 |
| Total payments (thousands of dollars) | |||||||
| All payments | 3,077,819 | 424,774 | 35,646 | 2,617,398 | 502,763 | 1,886,790 | 688,266 |
| Male | 1,355,417 | 136,099 | 15,886 | 1,203,432 | 325,704 | 819,878 | 209,835 |
| Female | 1,722,401 | 288,675 | 19,760 | 1,413,967 | 177,058 | 1,066,912 | 478,431 |
| Federal SSI | 2,721,097 | 327,311 | 28,316 | 2,365,469 | 484,581 | 1,692,999 | 543,517 |
| Male | 1,199,903 | 100,399 | 12,620 | 1,086,884 | 313,949 | 727,201 | 158,754 |
| Female | 1,521,193 | 226,912 | 15,696 | 1,278,585 | 170,632 | 965,798 | 384,763 |
| State supplementation | 356,722 | 97,463 | 7,330 | 251,929 | 18,182 | 193,791 | 144,749 |
| Male | 155,514 | 35,700 | 3,266 | 116,548 | 11,756 | 92,677 | 51,082 |
| Female | 201,208 | 61,763 | 4,064 | 135,382 | 6,426 | 101,114 | 93,668 |
| Average monthly payment a (dollars) | |||||||
| All payments | 417.16 | 342.28 | 454.84 | 433.16 | 490.63 | 436.37 | 343.77 |
| Male | 429.87 | 361.80 | 452.76 | 439.69 | 491.19 | 433.72 | 354.20 |
| Female | 407.83 | 333.81 | 456.51 | 427.84 | 489.59 | 438.39 | 339.40 |
| Federal SSI | 383.59 | 287.10 | 389.19 | 403.76 | 474.39 | 405.08 | 292.56 |
| Male | 396.20 | 294.44 | 388.81 | 410.54 | 475.00 | 400.57 | 292.77 |
| Female | 374.36 | 283.97 | 389.50 | 398.27 | 473.28 | 408.48 | 292.48 |
| State supplementation | 138.38 | 160.02 | 210.51 | 129.89 | 67.07 | 138.18 | 158.59 |
| Male | 141.23 | 173.33 | 209.17 | 132.08 | 66.36 | 147.03 | 171.67 |
| Female | 136.27 | 153.22 | 211.58 | 128.08 | 68.41 | 130.99 | 152.28 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data. | |||||||
| a. Averages are not obtained simply by dividing the total dollars by the number of recipients. Averages exclude payments made in the current month for prior-month eligibility, such as back pay for new awards, so that large retroactive payments do not distort the averages. | |||||||
| CONTACT: Art Kahn |
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