Monthly Statistical Snapshot, February 2026

(released March 2026)

Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both

Table 2. Social Security benefits

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients

Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or both, February 2026 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	75,195	67,837	4,841	2,518
Aged 65 or older	58,578	56,071	1,085	1,421
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,058	6,206	3,755	1,097
Other ^b	5,560	5,560	. . .	. . .
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table. SSI counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Includes children receiving SSI based on their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For detailed annual and time series program data, see our Annual Statistical Supplement.

Table 2. Social Security benefits, February 2026
Type of beneficiary	Beneficiaries		Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Type of beneficiary	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total	70,766	100.0	136,456	1,928.27
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	62,652	88.5	124,344	1,984.70
Retirement benefits	56,822	80.3	114,882	2,021.77
Retired workers	53,997	76.3	112,119	2,076.41
Spouses of retired workers	2,083	2.9	2,052	985.09
Children of retired workers	743	1.0	711	957.13
Survivor benefits	5,829	8.2	9,462	1,623.28
Children of deceased workers	2,045	2.9	2,407	1,177.08
Widowed mothers and fathers	92	0.1	125	1,358.06
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,503	4.9	6,743	1,925.15
Disabled widow(er)s	188	0.3	185	983.47
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,741.97
Disability Insurance	8,115	11.5	12,112	1,492.61
Disabled workers	7,081	10.0	11,569	1,633.76
Spouses of disabled workers	89	0.1	41	461.49
Children of disabled workers	945	1.3	502	531.63
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly OASDI information, visit the Actuary's website for Beneficiary Data.

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, February 2026
Age	Recipients		Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
Age	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
All recipients	7,359	100.0	5,719	735.91
Under 18	1,016	13.8	947	866.22
18–64	3,836	52.1	3,232	783.82
65 or older	2,507	34.1	1,541	610.07
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly SSI information, see SSI Monthly Statistics.

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