Monthly Statistical Snapshot, January 2024

(released February 2024)

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, January 2024 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	71,725	64,291	4,934	2,501
Aged 65 or older	54,566	52,157	1,039	1,370
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,563	6,538	3,895	1,131
Other ^b	5,596	5,596	. . .	. . .
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: statistics@ssa.gov.

For detailed annual and time series program data, see our Annual Statistical Supplement.

Table 2. Social Security benefits, January 2024
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	67,186	100.0	118,966	1,770.71
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	58,712	87.4	107,142	1,824.89
Retirement benefits	52,908	78.7	98,421	1,860.23
Retired workers	50,333	74.9	96,086	1,909.01
Spouses of retired workers	1,885	2.8	1,720	912.42
Children of retired workers	690	1.0	615	891.35
Survivor benefits	5,804	8.6	8,721	1,502.73
Children of deceased workers	2,044	3.0	2,259	1,104.73
Widowed mothers and fathers	100	0.1	126	1,262.24
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,460	5.1	6,151	1,778.04
Disabled widow(er)s	199	0.3	185	926.25
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,602.42
Disability Insurance	8,474	12.6	11,824	1,395.33
Disabled workers	7,330	10.9	11,267	1,537.03
Spouses of disabled workers	87	0.1	36	419.15
Children of disabled workers	1,057	1.6	521	492.78
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly OASDI information, visit the Actuary's website for Beneficiary Data.

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, January 2024
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	7,435	100.0	5,425	697.89
Under 18	992	13.3	861	814.45
18–64	4,034	54.3	3,172	742.97
65 or older	2,409	32.4	1,392	574.46
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly SSI information, see SSI Monthly Statistics.

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