Monthly Statistical Snapshot, March 2024

(released April 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, March 2024 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	72,033	64,629	4,905	2,499
Aged 65 or older	54,883	52,470	1,041	1,372
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,493	6,502	3,864	1,127
Other ^b	5,656	5,656	. . .	. . .
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, March 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	67,521	100.0	119,837	1,774.83
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	59,103	87.5	108,093	1,828.91
Retirement benefits	53,272	78.9	99,326	1,864.52
Retired workers	50,690	75.1	96,985	1,913.31
Spouses of retired workers	1,882	2.8	1,716	911.68
Children of retired workers	700	1.0	625	892.95
Survivor benefits	5,831	8.6	8,767	1,503.52
Children of deceased workers	2,065	3.1	2,284	1,106.13
Widowed mothers and fathers	102	0.2	129	1,266.33
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,465	5.1	6,169	1,780.42
Disabled widow(er)s	199	0.3	184	926.73
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,603.30
Disability Insurance	8,418	12.5	11,744	1,395.15
Disabled workers	7,277	10.8	11,187	1,537.33
Spouses of disabled workers	86	0.1	36	418.89
Children of disabled workers	1,055	1.6	521	494.08
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, March 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	7,404	100.0	5,448	699.22
Under 18	983	13.3	866	821.38
18–64	4,008	54.1	3,185	744.21
65 or older	2,413	32.6	1,398	574.89
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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