U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2003
 
Federally Administered Payments
Table 4.
By type of payment, sex, eligibility category, and age, December 2003
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 (410) 965-0186 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.