SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2011

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2011
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,277,122 601.38
Boston 45,319 609.30
Connecticut 8,256 586.82
Maine 4,000 578.99
Massachusetts 23,966 629.00
New Hampshire 2,476 553.42
Rhode Island 4,722 595.63
Vermont 1,899 628.06
New York 111,275 613.98
New Jersey 25,574 594.21
New York 85,701 619.86
Philadelphia 131,689 589.34
Delaware 3,639 582.02
District of Columbia 4,483 596.29
Maryland 17,616 578.02
Pennsylvania 72,848 595.51
Virginia 24,020 578.42
West Virginia 9,083 590.35
Atlanta 313,796 592.75
Alabama 30,016 597.91
Florida 97,438 593.29
Georgia 43,491 592.33
Kentucky 29,961 601.28
Mississippi 24,144 599.30
North Carolina 42,646 581.89
South Carolina 20,741 585.63
Tennessee 25,359 593.09
Chicago 196,739 599.49
Illinois 44,685 603.21
Indiana 26,040 595.24
Michigan 42,392 602.57
Minnesota 13,113 584.58
Ohio 49,318 603.83
Wisconsin 21,191 589.74
Dallas 230,263 594.75
Arkansas 28,755 602.62
Louisiana 36,526 606.34
New Mexico 9,218 597.76
Oklahoma 18,243 589.60
Texas 137,521 590.51
Kansas City 44,772 587.93
Iowa 8,057 580.59
Kansas 9,126 583.87
Missouri 23,417 594.05
Nebraska 4,172 576.49
Denver 21,736 568.87
Colorado 9,148 578.06
Montana 2,569 586.30
North Dakota 1,058 545.90
South Dakota 2,486 567.33
Utah 5,511 552.00
Wyoming 964 560.85
San Francisco 146,886 645.42
Arizona 20,838 600.60
California 115,597 658.82
Hawaii 1,746 566.57
Nevada 8,361 589.18
Northern Mariana Islands 344 632.02
Seattle 34,647 580.37
Alaska 1,266 529.60
Idaho 5,387 577.13
Oregon 10,268 581.10
Washington 17,726 584.55
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes federally administered state supplementation payments.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 18. Percentage distribution of recipients, by monthly payment, December 2011
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 1,277,122
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.6
50–99 0.7
100–199 1.8
200–299 2.5
300–399 3.5
400–499 9.8
500–599 9.4
600–673 7.8
674 62.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2011.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2011
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,277,122 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 20,471 1.6
1 30,335 2.4
2 37,612 2.9
3 48,708 3.8
4 58,473 4.6
5 65,186 5.1
6 70,437 5.5
7 76,227 6.0
8 81,306 6.4
9 85,266 6.7
10 90,036 7.0
11 91,934 7.2
12 89,713 7.0
13 89,756 7.0
14 86,520 6.8
15 85,180 6.7
16 84,122 6.6
17 85,840 6.7
Sex  
Male 847,688 66.4
Female 429,434 33.6
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,274,508 99.8
Noncitizen 2,614 0.2
Living arrangements  
Own household 161,680 12.7
Another's household 43,569 3.4
Parent's household 1,057,692 82.8
Medicaid institution 13,927 1.1
Unknown 254 (L)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 20. Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2011
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,277,122 88,418 172,367 584,919 431,418
Congenital anomalies 68,843 14,311 16,378 26,660 11,494
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 8,334 843 1,530 3,381 2,580
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1,397 88 184 452 673
Injuries 6,927 637 1,347 2,902 2,041
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 106,928 1,720 20,516 59,104 25,588
Developmental disorders 260,528 6,773 50,540 139,758 63,457
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 249,961 78 6,901 126,061 116,921
Intellectual disability 132,963 669 5,595 52,741 73,958
Mood disorders 42,986 12 369 13,684 28,921
Organic mental disorders 27,809 830 3,847 13,199 9,933
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 4,207 0 25 1,017 3,165
Other mental disorders 35,589 55 1,003 14,588 19,943
Neoplasms 15,378 952 3,091 7,526 3,809
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 13,729 938 2,454 6,150 4,187
Circulatory system 6,581 1,066 1,498 2,773 1,244
Digestive system 14,943 4,886 4,735 4,098 1,224
Genitourinary system 3,562 329 579 1,489 1,165
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 9,451 896 1,543 3,765 3,247
Nervous system and sense organs 99,728 7,199 18,178 44,166 30,185
Respiratory system 36,457 2,860 7,301 18,726 7,570
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 2,369 167 591 1,140 471
Other 104,009 40,404 19,332 31,244 13,029
Unknown 24,443 2,705 4,830 10,295 6,613
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.4 16.2 9.5 4.6 2.7
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Injuries 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 8.4 1.9 11.9 10.1 5.9
Developmental disorders 20.4 7.7 29.3 23.9 14.7
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 19.6 0.1 4.0 21.6 27.1
Intellectual disability 10.4 0.8 3.2 9.0 17.1
Mood disorders 3.4 (L) 0.2 2.3 6.7
Organic mental disorders 2.2 0.9 2.2 2.3 2.3
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 0.3 0 (L) 0.2 0.7
Other mental disorders 2.8 0.1 0.6 2.5 4.6
Neoplasms 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.3 0.9
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.0
Circulatory system 0.5 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.3
Digestive system 1.2 5.5 2.7 0.7 0.3
Genitourinary system 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.8
Nervous system and sense organs 7.8 8.1 10.5 7.6 7.0
Respiratory system 2.9 3.2 4.2 3.2 1.8
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1
Other 8.1 45.7 11.2 5.3 3.0
Unknown 1.9 3.1 2.8 1.8 1.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 21. Recipients, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2011
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,277,122 100.0 847,688 100.0 429,434 100.0
Congenital anomalies 68,843 5.4 37,053 4.4 31,790 7.4
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 8,334 0.7 4,316 0.5 4,018 0.9
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1,397 0.1 697 0.1 700 0.2
Injuries 6,927 0.5 3,969 0.5 2,958 0.7
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 106,928 8.4 86,709 10.2 20,219 4.7
Developmental disorders 260,528 20.4 180,927 21.3 79,601 18.5
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 249,961 19.6 194,295 22.9 55,666 13.0
Intellectual disability 132,963 10.4 82,984 9.8 49,979 11.6
Mood disorders 42,986 3.4 26,408 3.1 16,578 3.9
Organic mental disorders 27,809 2.2 18,586 2.2 9,223 2.1
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 4,207 0.3 2,550 0.3 1,657 0.4
Other mental disorders 35,589 2.8 22,547 2.7 13,042 3.0
Neoplasms 15,378 1.2 8,454 1.0 6,924 1.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 13,729 1.1 7,711 0.9 6,018 1.4
Circulatory system 6,581 0.5 3,568 0.4 3,013 0.7
Digestive system 14,943 1.2 8,197 1.0 6,746 1.6
Genitourinary system 3,562 0.3 2,162 0.3 1,400 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 9,451 0.7 4,615 0.5 4,836 1.1
Nervous system and sense organs 99,728 7.8 55,525 6.6 44,203 10.3
Respiratory system 36,457 2.9 23,196 2.7 13,261 3.1
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 2,369 0.2 1,246 0.1 1,123 0.3
Other 104,009 8.1 57,259 6.8 46,750 10.9
Unknown 24,443 1.9 14,714 1.7 9,729 2.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 22. Adult recipients who first became eligible for SSI before age 18, by year of first eligibility and age in December 2011
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2011
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 963,958 278,060 194,973 147,895 219,532 96,299 27,199
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 6.4 . . . . . . . . . 2.4 35.7 80.7
1977–1980 6.7 . . . . . . (L) 11.4 35.5 19.3
1981–1984 6.3 . . . . . . 4.7 16.5 18.4 . . .
1985–1989 10.6 . . . 9.0 21.6 19.6 10.5 . . .
1990–1994 30.9 22.4 40.7 43.7 41.7 . . . . . .
1995–1999 18.2 26.9 25.4 22.0 8.5 . . . . . .
2000–2004 13.3 27.8 20.2 7.9 . . . . . . . . .
2005–2009 6.8 20.1 4.8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
2010–2011 0.8 2.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. Those under age 18 in 1974 would be no older than 55 in 2011.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2011
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,277,122 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 937,998 73.4 . . .
With income b 339,124 26.6 243
Earned income only 1,495 0.1 482
Unearned income only 336,889 26.4 225
Both earned and unearned income 740 0.1 589
With unearned income c 337,629 26.4 225
Social Security benefits 96,707 7.6 216
Veterans' benefits 860 0.1 89
Income based on need 19,415 1.5 229
Support from absent parents 175,888 13.8 219
Support and maintenance 65,033 5.1 158
Asset income 3,381 0.3 5
Other 4,614 0.4 377
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. The percentage of children receiving the full federal benefit rate, as shown in Table 18, is smaller than the percentage of those with no income, as shown here, because of the effect of parental deemed income in the payment computation.
b. Does not include income deemed from parents in the household.
c. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 24. Recipients, by number of parents in the household, December 2011
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,277,122 100.0
No parents a 154,708 12.1
One parent 857,569 67.1
Two parents 264,845 20.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: The total of children with one or two parents in the household differs slightly from the number of children living in a parent's household in Table 19. This is because the data in Table 19 represent only households in which a parent is the head of the household, whereas the data in this table include children living with parents who are not the head of the household.
a. Children with no parents in the household reside independently, with other relatives or nonrelatives, or in institutions or in foster care. Deeming does not apply in these situations.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 25. Recipients with one parent in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2011
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 857,569 100.0 804,218 100.0 53,350 100.0
No parental income 415,404 48.4 393,923 49.0 21,480 40.3
Parental income a 442,165 51.6 410,295 51.0 31,870 59.7
Earned income 274,290 32.0 254,037 31.6 20,253 38.0
Unearned income 188,136 21.9 175,331 21.8 12,805 24.0
Total income (dollars)  
None 415,404 48.4 393,923 49.0 21,480 40.3
Under 200 57,417 6.7 55,279 6.9 2,138 4.0
200–399 35,966 4.2 33,965 4.2 2,001 3.8
400–599 39,880 4.7 37,543 4.7 2,337 4.4
600–999 101,610 11.8 94,649 11.8 6,961 13.0
1,000 or more 207,292 24.2 188,859 23.5 18,433 34.6
Earned income (dollars)  
None 583,279 68.0 550,181 68.4 33,097 62.0
Under 200 6,460 0.8 5,980 0.7 480 0.9
200–399 11,425 1.3 10,869 1.4 556 1.0
400–599 18,795 2.2 17,877 2.2 918 1.7
600–999 52,752 6.2 50,212 6.2 2,540 4.8
1,000 or more 184,858 21.6 169,099 21.0 15,759 29.5
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 669,433 78.1 628,887 78.2 40,545 76.0
Under 200 61,439 7.2 59,299 7.4 2,140 4.0
200–399 29,592 3.5 27,873 3.5 1,719 3.2
400–599 24,989 2.9 23,290 2.9 1,699 3.2
600–999 53,449 6.2 48,728 6.1 4,721 8.8
1,000 or more 18,667 2.2 16,141 2.0 2,526 4.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 26. Recipients with two parents in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2011
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 264,845 100.0 264,845 100.0 264,845 100.0
No parental income 52,263 19.7 168,800 63.7 92,129 34.8
Parental income a 212,582 80.3 96,045 36.3 172,716 65.2
Earned income 166,391 62.8 64,419 24.3 129,828 49.0
Unearned income 68,081 25.7 35,129 13.3 49,264 18.6
Total income (dollars)  
None 52,263 19.7 168,800 63.7 92,129 34.8
Under 200 6,700 2.5 14,652 5.5 7,768 2.9
200–399 7,404 2.8 8,128 3.1 6,103 2.3
400–599 8,630 3.3 8,879 3.4 8,385 3.2
600–999 27,103 10.2 20,733 7.8 26,569 10.0
1,000 or more 162,745 61.4 43,653 16.5 123,891 46.8
Earned income (dollars)  
None 98,454 37.2 200,426 75.7 135,017 51.0
Under 200 1,938 0.7 2,758 1.0 1,773 0.7
200–399 3,272 1.2 3,870 1.5 2,829 1.1
400–599 4,893 1.8 5,163 1.9 4,129 1.6
600–999 14,843 5.6 12,660 4.8 11,696 4.4
1,000 or more 141,445 53.4 39,968 15.1 109,401 41.3
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 196,764 74.3 229,716 86.7 215,581 81.4
Under 200 9,385 3.5 14,021 5.3 8,622 3.3
200–399 8,113 3.1 4,848 1.8 4,557 1.7
400–599 8,147 3.1 4,301 1.6 5,338 2.0
600–999 22,011 8.3 8,729 3.3 16,571 6.3
1,000 or more 20,425 7.7 3,230 1.2 14,176 5.4
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 27. Recipients with one or more parents who have income and average monthly amount of parental income, by type of income, December 2011
Type of income All children with parental income Children with parental income from—
Mother Father
Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total a 654,747 1,306 506,340 1,031 204,586 1,630
Earned income 440,681 1,609 318,456 1,326 150,081 1,912
Unearned income b 256,217 571 210,460 474 62,069 749
Social Security benefits 100,756 700 79,406 610 28,483 774
Other pensions 4,755 507 2,273 440 2,739 515
Public income-maintenance 77,193 155 72,581 142 10,209 164
Asset income 6,637 104 4,937 70 2,121 163
Other 77,616 782 57,712 687 20,879 1,007
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of earned or unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
b. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 28. Recipients subject to deeming, by factors affecting parental deemed income, December 2011
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,122,414 100.0 857,569 76.4 264,845 23.6
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 947,702 100.0 745,852 100.0 201,850 100.0
No parental income 467,667 49.3 415,404 55.7 52,263 25.9
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 77,193 8.1 65,539 8.8 11,654 5.8
Income less than deeming allocations a 48,887 5.2 36,524 4.9 12,363 6.1
Income less than exclusions b 353,955 37.3 228,385 30.6 125,570 62.2
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 174,712 100.0 111,717 100.0 62,995 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 116,154 66.5 71,223 63.8 44,931 71.3
Unearned income only 40,872 23.4 32,773 29.3 8,099 12.9
Both earned and unearned income 15,182 8.7 5,630 5.0 9,552 15.2
Manually computed deemed income 2,504 1.4 2,091 1.9 413 0.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes allocations for ineligible children and SSI-eligible aliens sponsored by parents.
b. Includes the general income exclusion ($20), the earned income exclusion ($65 plus one-half of the remaining earned income), and the parental living allowance.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.