Monthly Statistical Snapshot, December 2021

(released January 2022)

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, December 2021 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	69,965	62,270	5,135	2,561
Aged 65 or older	51,696	49,402	996	1,298
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	12,555	7,153	4,139	1,263
Other ^b	5,714	5,714	. . .	. . .
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, December 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	65,228	100.0	99,805	1,530.09
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	56,010	85.9	88,536	1,580.72
Retirement benefits	50,146	76.9	80,770	1,610.69
Retired workers	47,293	72.5	78,413	1,658.03
Spouses of retired workers	2,166	3.3	1,819	839.80
Children of retired workers	687	1.1	538	782.25
Survivor benefits	5,864	9.0	7,766	1,324.42
Children of deceased workers	1,976	3.0	1,933	978.48
Widowed mothers and fathers	114	0.2	128	1,126.49
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,549	5.4	5,520	1,555.33
Disabled widow(er)s	224	0.3	183	817.88
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,392.55
Disability Insurance	9,218	14.1	11,269	1,222.45
Disabled workers	7,877	12.1	10,699	1,358.30
Spouses of disabled workers	96	0.1	36	377.63
Children of disabled workers	1,245	1.9	533	428.04
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, December 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	7,696	100.0	4,703	584.11
Under 18	1,038	13.5	749	687.17
18–64	4,364	56.7	2,859	617.16
65 or older	2,294	29.8	1,096	474.79
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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