Monthly Statistical Snapshot, November 2019

(released December 2019)

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 2019 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	68,982	60,910	5,382	2,690
Aged 65 or older	49,444	47,149	1,006	1,289
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	13,442	7,665	4,376	1,400
Other ^b	6,097	6,097	. . .	. . .
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 2019
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	64,008	100.0	86,976	1,358.82
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	54,052	84.4	75,978	1,405.65
Retirement benefits	48,137	75.2	68,887	1,431.06
Retired workers	45,006	70.3	66,518	1,477.97
Spouses of retired workers	2,431	3.8	1,878	772.78
Children of retired workers	700	1.1	491	701.08
Survivor benefits	5,915	9.2	7,092	1,198.85
Children of deceased workers	1,912	3.0	1,696	886.85
Widowed mothers and fathers	118	0.2	121	1,019.91
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,636	5.7	5,089	1,399.38
Disabled widow(er)s	247	0.4	185	748.21
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,249.91
Disability Insurance	9,956	15.6	10,998	1,104.60
Disabled workers	8,405	13.1	10,405	1,237.96
Spouses of disabled workers	114	0.2	41	356.21
Children of disabled workers	1,437	2.2	552	384.12
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 2019
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	8,071	100.0	4,787	567.39
Under 18	1,125	13.9	792	676.31
18–64	4,651	57.6	2,940	594.57
65 or older	2,295	28.4	1,056	459.28
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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