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Monthly Statistical Snapshot, March 2023
(released April 2023)
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Type of beneficiary | Total | Social Security only | SSI only | Both Social Security and SSI |
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All beneficiaries | 70,992 | 63,482 | 4,989 | 2,520 |
Aged 65 or older | 53,366 | 51,008 | 1,011 | 1,346 |
Disabled, under age 65 a | 11,917 | 6,765 | 3,978 | 1,174 |
Other b | 5,709 | 5,709 | . . . | . . . |
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.
Type of beneficiary | Beneficiaries | Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars) | Average monthly benefit (dollars) | |
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Number (thousands) | Percent | |||
Total | 66,398 | 100.0 | 112,634 | 1,696.35 |
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance | 57,662 | 86.8 | 100,918 | 1,750.18 |
Retirement benefits | 51,797 | 78.0 | 92,421 | 1,784.29 |
Retired workers | 49,115 | 74.0 | 90,039 | 1,833.23 |
Spouses of retired workers | 1,989 | 3.0 | 1,787 | 898.13 |
Children of retired workers | 693 | 1.0 | 596 | 859.61 |
Survivor benefits | 5,864 | 8.8 | 8,496 | 1,448.88 |
Children of deceased workers | 2,051 | 3.1 | 2,195 | 1,070.35 |
Widowed mothers and fathers | 107 | 0.2 | 130 | 1,221.19 |
Nondisabled widow(er)s | 3,495 | 5.3 | 5,981 | 1,711.49 |
Disabled widow(er)s | 211 | 0.3 | 189 | 893.99 |
Parents of deceased workers | 1 | (L) | 1 | 1,541.27 |
Disability Insurance | 8,736 | 13.2 | 11,716 | 1,341.11 |
Disabled workers | 7,510 | 11.3 | 11,142 | 1,483.68 |
Spouses of disabled workers | 89 | 0.1 | 36 | 405.91 |
Children of disabled workers | 1,138 | 1.7 | 538 | 473.07 |
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.
Age | Recipients | Total payments a (millions of dollars) | Average monthly payment b (dollars) | |
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Number (thousands) | Percent | |||
All recipients | 7,510 | 100.0 | 5,290 | 678.47 |
Under 18 | 995 | 13.3 | 834 | 803.87 |
18–64 | 4,157 | 55.4 | 3,142 | 719.38 |
65 or older | 2,358 | 31.4 | 1,313 | 553.57 |
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.