Monthly Statistical Snapshot, November 2021

(released December 2021)

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 2021 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	69,993	62,263	5,160	2,570
Aged 65 or older	51,650	49,356	997	1,297
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	12,613	7,177	4,163	1,273
Other ^b	5,730	5,730	. . .	. . .
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 2021
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	65,232	100.0	94,135	1,443.08
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	55,978	85.8	83,456	1,490.85
Retirement benefits	50,117	76.8	76,126	1,518.97
Retired workers	47,248	72.4	73,887	1,563.82
Spouses of retired workers	2,183	3.3	1,732	793.59
Children of retired workers	686	1.1	506	737.91
Survivor benefits	5,862	9.0	7,330	1,250.46
Children of deceased workers	1,962	3.0	1,811	923.05
Widowed mothers and fathers	114	0.2	122	1,066.31
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,559	5.5	5,222	1,467.14
Disabled widow(er)s	225	0.3	174	772.05
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,311.45
Disability Insurance	9,254	14.2	10,679	1,154.07
Disabled workers	7,908	12.1	10,141	1,282.39
Spouses of disabled workers	97	0.1	35	357.24
Children of disabled workers	1,249	1.9	504	403.37
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 2021
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	7,730	100.0	4,695	585.04
Under 18	1,050	13.6	752	689.40
18–64	4,387	56.7	2,848	617.37
65 or older	2,294	29.7	1,095	475.49
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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