2026 SSI Annual Report

Single-Year Tables Consistent With the 2026 SSI Annual Report

Table V.C2.—Disabled Child Claims: Disposition of Applications for SSI Disability Benefits by Year of Filing^a and Level of Decision^b

		Initial decisions
			Allowances		Denials		Appeals of initial denials
Calendar year of filing	Total claims filed	Pending	Number	Percent^c	Number	Percent^c	Number^d	Percent^e
1991	250,962	—	148,220	59.1	102,742	40.9	24,702	24.0
1992	372,971	—	189,079	50.7	183,892	49.3	49,297	26.8
1993	496,131	—	212,268	42.8	283,863	57.2	75,967	26.8
1994	525,013	—	172,219	32.8	352,794	67.2	92,093	26.1
1995	487,730	—	144,231	29.6	343,499	70.4	86,841	25.3
1996	453,473	—	127,416	28.1	326,057	71.9	75,013	23.0
1997	332,032	—	106,528	32.1	225,504	67.9	51,493	22.8
1998	335,732	—	123,249	36.7	212,483	63.3	50,110	23.6
1999	342,162	—	129,375	37.8	212,787	62.2	49,996	23.5
2000	349,285	—	138,262	39.6	211,023	60.4	48,156	22.8
2001	367,726	—	152,651	41.5	215,075	58.5	49,013	22.8
2002	402,116	—	165,220	41.1	236,896	58.9	55,863	23.6
2003	425,336	—	172,655	40.6	252,681	59.4	59,700	23.6
2004	435,562	—	174,514	40.1	261,048	59.9	58,534	22.4
2005	424,876	—	163,705	38.5	261,171	61.5	55,364	21.2
2006	432,747	—	160,959	37.2	271,788	62.8	58,609	21.6
2007	433,941	—	160,261	36.9	273,680	63.1	60,031	21.9
2008	449,451	—	171,593	38.2	277,858	61.8	66,058	23.8
2009	516,130	—	193,872	37.6	322,258	62.4	79,924	24.8
2010	517,642	—	186,513	36.0	331,129	64.0	82,422	24.9
2011	505,692	—	179,592	35.5	326,100	64.5	82,879	25.4
2012	491,691	—	174,882	35.6	316,809	64.4	80,031	25.3
2013	444,226	—	158,730	35.7	285,496	64.3	69,496	24.3
2014	416,653	—	155,077	37.2	261,576	62.8	60,150	23.0
2015	417,877	—	159,188	38.1	258,689	61.9	54,285	21.0
2016	392,637	—	156,986	40.0	235,651	60.0	49,337	20.9
2017	375,229	—	153,817	41.0	221,412	59.0	46,875	21.2
2018	359,431	—	151,931	42.3	207,500	57.7	42,600	20.5
2019	350,195	—	152,870	43.7	197,325	56.3	37,142	18.8
2020	283,807	—	121,645	42.9	162,162	57.1	28,363	17.5
2021	265,930	—	115,086	43.3	150,844	56.7	27,300	18.1
2022	324,357	—	144,584	44.6	179,773	55.4	29,845	16.6
2023	358,748	—	157,527	43.9	201,221	56.1	30,038	14.9
2024	354,171	75,583	132,249	47.5	146,339	52.5	18,047	12.3
2025	318,165	119,867	124,134	62.6	74,164	37.4	8,475	11.4

^a Data for claims filed in 2011-2024 reflect results as of June 2025 at the DDS level and as of July 2025 at the hearing and Appeals Council levels. The numbers of total claims filed for 2022-2024 are subject to change. Data for claims filed in 2025 are preliminary estimates as of January 2026. The ultimate numbers of allowances and denials are subject to change until all initial decisions have been completed and all appeals are final.

^b For claims filed in 2000 or later, we count allowances at the earliest adjudicative level of allowance. We count allowances for claims filed prior to 2000 at the highest adjudicative level reached.

^c Percentage of decisions at this level.

^d Includes certain cases that can be appealed directly to the hearing level.

^e Percentage of denials at this level appealed to next level.