Monthly Statistical Snapshot, November 2017

(released December 2017)

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, November 2017 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	66,932	58,711	5,483	2,738
Aged 65 or older	46,627	44,392	984	1,251
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	13,885	7,899	4,499	1,487
Other ^b	6,420	6,420	. . .	. . .
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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

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

Table 2. Social Security benefits, November 2017
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	61,859	100.0	78,044	1,261.64
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	51,433	83.1	67,214	1,306.83
Retirement benefits	45,440	73.5	60,448	1,330.28
Retired workers	42,390	68.5	58,299	1,375.29
Spouses of retired workers	2,377	3.8	1,704	716.90
Children of retired workers	672	1.1	444	660.84
Survivor benefits	5,993	9.7	6,766	1,128.99
Children of deceased workers	1,894	3.1	1,591	840.04
Widowed mothers and fathers	129	0.2	123	957.69
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,710	6.0	4,865	1,311.29
Disabled widow(er)s	259	0.4	185	715.22
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,163.98
Disability Insurance	10,427	16.9	10,830	1,038.73
Disabled workers	8,711	14.1	10,219	1,173.15
Spouses of disabled workers	127	0.2	42	328.67
Children of disabled workers	1,589	2.6	570	358.53
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

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

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, November 2017
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	8,222	100.0	4,632	540.88
Under 18	1,185	14.4	785	640.94
18–64	4,801	58.4	2,867	564.18
65 or older	2,235	27.2	980	437.97
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

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

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