Monthly Statistical Snapshot, May 2024

(released June 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, May 2024 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	72,352	64,958	4,894	2,501
Aged 65 or older	55,203	52,780	1,044	1,379
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,442	6,470	3,850	1,122
Other ^b	5,707	5,707	. . .	. . .
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, May 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	67,851	100.0	120,655	1,778.24
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	59,487	87.7	108,985	1,832.07
Retirement benefits	53,635	79.0	100,182	1,867.83
Retired workers	51,045	75.2	97,834	1,916.63
Spouses of retired workers	1,882	2.8	1,714	910.97
Children of retired workers	709	1.0	634	893.89
Survivor benefits	5,852	8.6	8,803	1,504.28
Children of deceased workers	2,080	3.1	2,302	1,106.79
Widowed mothers and fathers	104	0.2	132	1,270.63
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,469	5.1	6,184	1,782.54
Disabled widow(er)s	199	0.3	184	927.26
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,616.20
Disability Insurance	8,364	12.3	11,670	1,395.35
Disabled workers	7,229	10.7	11,115	1,537.64
Spouses of disabled workers	85	0.1	36	418.66
Children of disabled workers	1,049	1.5	519	494.75
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, May 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	7,395	100.0	5,417	697.47
Under 18	983	13.3	860	813.29
18–64	3,989	53.9	3,156	743.58
65 or older	2,422	32.8	1,402	574.88
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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