Monthly Statistical Snapshot, December 2022

(released January 2023)

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 2022 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	70,609	63,067	5,012	2,531
Aged 65 or older	52,953	50,604	1,007	1,342
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	12,027	6,834	4,004	1,189
Other ^b	5,629	5,629	. . .	. . .
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 2022
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	65,994	100.0	111,422	1,688.35
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	57,154	86.6	99,567	1,742.10
Retirement benefits	51,293	77.7	91,087	1,775.81
Retired workers	48,588	73.6	88,679	1,825.14
Spouses of retired workers	2,023	3.1	1,823	900.97
Children of retired workers	682	1.0	585	856.83
Survivor benefits	5,861	8.9	8,481	1,447.08
Children of deceased workers	2,020	3.1	2,156	1,067.36
Widowed mothers and fathers	112	0.2	138	1,231.86
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,517	5.3	5,997	1,705.27
Disabled widow(er)s	211	0.3	189	892.87
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,537.98
Disability Insurance	8,841	13.4	11,854	1,340.86
Disabled workers	7,604	11.5	11,278	1,483.10
Spouses of disabled workers	91	0.1	37	408.42
Children of disabled workers	1,146	1.7	539	470.77
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 2022
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	7,542	100.0	4,910	622.00
Under 18	997	13.2	771	731.99
18–64	4,196	55.6	2,936	659.81
65 or older	2,349	31.1	1,203	508.01
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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