Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2013

Disabled Beneficiaries Receiving Social Security, SSI, or Both

Chart 12. Social Security and SSI beneficiaries aged 18–64 receiving benefits on the basis of disability, December 2013

In December 2013, about 13 million people aged 18–64 received benefits on the basis of disability. Sixty-two percent (8 million) received benefits from the Social Security program only, 27 percent (3.5 million) received benefits from the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program only, and 11 percent (1.4 million) received benefits from both programs.

Venn diagram described in previous paragraph.
SOURCE: Table 66.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of the rounded components.
Table 66. Number aged 18–64, by program, December 1996–2013
Year Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security and SSI
Total Workers Widow(er)s Adult children Total Workers Widow(er)s Adult children
  Number
1996 7,689,664 4,122,152 -- -- -- 2,559,750 1,007,762 -- -- --
1997 7,811,748 4,250,155 -- -- -- 2,550,105 1,011,488 -- -- --
1998 8,086,259 4,440,264 -- -- -- 2,618,615 1,027,380 -- -- --
1999 8,399,309 4,703,774 -- -- -- 2,650,586 1,044,949 -- -- --
2000 8,599,465 4,850,835 -- -- -- 2,690,446 1,058,184 -- -- --
2001 8,791,338 4,979,844 4,495,477 87,833 396,534 2,732,020 1,079,474 772,562 35,222 271,690
2002 9,106,014 5,228,262 4,738,246 87,900 402,116 2,768,782 1,108,970 801,351 34,671 272,948
2003 9,445,573 5,492,325 4,997,137 87,203 407,985 2,811,647 1,141,601 833,269 34,101 274,231
2004 9,773,201 5,756,093 5,257,314 89,874 408,905 2,850,815 1,166,293 858,850 33,072 274,371
2005 10,081,625 5,998,755 5,491,980 86,422 420,353 2,880,931 1,201,939 893,437 32,302 276,200
2006 10,362,419 6,210,289 5,698,494 85,259 426,536 2,928,034 1,224,096 915,832 31,443 276,821
2007 10,627,905 6,405,985 5,888,133 83,481 434,371 2,966,648 1,255,272 942,011 30,876 282,385
2008 10,974,914 6,641,818 6,115,214 82,100 444,504 3,040,764 1,292,332 971,455 30,608 290,269
2009 11,451,980 7,000,692 6,462,635 82,167 455,890 3,138,143 1,313,145 989,094 29,991 294,060
2010 11,988,072 7,356,565 6,810,060 82,369 464,136 3,262,055 1,369,452 1,035,969 30,216 303,267
2011 12,373,698 7,596,688 7,092,419 81,922 422,347 3,395,233 1,381,777 1,060,694 30,173 290,910
2012 12,734,301 7,864,664 7,292,752 82,181 489,731 3,459,188 1,410,449 1,060,201 30,280 319,968
2013 12,956,156 8,021,728 7,435,292 82,173 504,263 3,527,788 1,406,640 1,050,469 30,222 325,949
  Total monthly benefits a (millions of dollars)
1996 4,878 3,072 -- -- -- 1,222 584 -- -- --
1997 5,106 3,245 -- -- -- 1,257 604 -- -- --
1998 5,379 3,444 -- -- -- 1,313 622 -- -- --
1999 5,680 3,691 -- -- -- 1,346 643 -- -- --
2000 6,058 3,975 -- -- -- 1,408 675 -- -- --
2001 6,509 4,299 3,976 65 258 1,491 719 530 22 167
2002 6,920 4,629 4,294 67 268 1,544 747 554 22 171
2003 7,416 5,024 4,674 69 281 1,603 790 592 22 176
2004 7,980 5,464 5,096 72 296 1,686 829 626 22 180
2005 8,604 5,974 5,584 75 315 1,724 906 696 22 187
2006 9,172 6,439 6,029 77 334 1,778 955 739 23 193
2007 9,734 6,817 6,389 77 351 1,886 1,031 805 23 203
2008 10,566 7,499 7,035 81 383 1,973 1,094 853 24 217
2009 11,155 7,924 7,447 82 396 2,122 1,108 863 24 221
2010 11,765 8,392 7,902 83 407 2,219 1,154 902 24 229
2011 12,526 9,037 8,562 86 390 2,299 1,189 941 24 224
2012 13,133 9,494 8,938 88 468 2,407 1,232 955 25 252
2013 13,420 9,747 9,176 89 482 2,474 1,200 918 25 257
  Average monthly benefit b (dollars)
1996 624.80 744.60 -- -- -- 456.00 546.90 -- -- --
1997 637.80 762.80 -- -- -- 458.10 557.10 -- -- --
1998 649.90 775.00 -- -- -- 467.90 564.30 -- -- --
1999 662.50 784.10 -- -- -- 477.60 576.70 -- -- --
2000 689.30 818.80 -- -- -- 489.00 594.90 -- -- --
2001 722.80 862.60 883.70 744.80 650.00 506.80 615.20 618.40 595.10 608.70
2002 744.40 884.60 905.40 764.40 666.00 522.50 625.20 626.90 608.30 622.20
2003 768.50 914.10 934.80 790.80 687.30 533.50 638.20 639.90 620.90 635.10
2004 796.80 947.80 967.80 804.80 722.50 545.90 655.20 657.10 639.10 651.40
2005 832.80 993.70 1,014.50 863.10 748.10 558.20 675.90 677.70 659.90 672.30
2006 867.90 1,036.50 1,057.60 900.00 781.70 578.30 697.40 699.20 680.70 693.20
2007 892.70 1,063.70 1,084.50 928.80 807.00 595.80 713.90 715.60 700.50 709.90
2008 940.40 1,128.50 1,149.80 991.10 860.60 607.70 746.80 749.70 733.70 738.60
2009 952.10 1,131.30 1,151.70 996.80 867.20 635.30 744.90 745.70 736.20 742.80
2010 959.00 1,140.80 1,160.40 1,005.20 877.00 636.90 744.20 745.00 737.00 742.20
2011 990.30 1,189.60 1,207.20 1,047.30 922.60 633.70 762.50 764.00 753.10 758.10
2012 c 1,010.85 1,207.16 1,225.63 1,069.08 955.26 657.17 776.17 776.83 771.12 774.48
2013 1,019.55 1,214.76 1,233.82 1,081.25 955.55 668.11 778.59 779.09 777.29 777.11
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table.
-- = not available.
a. Includes retroactive SSI payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments for both programs.
c. Data revised to round to the nearest cent.
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Table 67. Number aged 18–64 receiving Social Security benefits, and the number also receiving SSI and their average SSI benefit, by state or other area, December 2013
State or area Total Workers Widow(er)s Adult children
Total Number with SSI Average SSI benefit a (dollars) Total Number with SSI Average SSI benefit a (dollars) Total Number with SSI Average SSI benefit a (dollars) Total Number with SSI Average SSI benefit a (dollars)
All areas 9,428,368 1,406,640 240.20 8,485,761 1,050,469 222.00 112,395 30,222 239.20 830,212 325,949 298.70
Alabama 248,057 36,980 217.90 225,518 26,683 197.30 3,616 990 211.00 18,923 9,307 277.30
Alaska 13,411 2,099 212.60 12,158 1,640 193.80 156 35 199.30 1,097 424 285.70
Arizona 160,697 17,870 226.40 147,514 13,325 207.50 1,583 359 215.10 11,600 4,186 287.20
Arkansas 146,696 22,520 216.90 133,725 16,469 196.00 1,910 545 209.40 11,061 5,506 279.50
California 756,489 191,292 295.50 672,457 147,152 271.80 9,001 3,418 315.10 75,031 40,722 379.30
Colorado 108,499 13,597 219.00 100,547 10,862 205.90 874 179 218.10 7,078 2,556 273.70
Connecticut 87,154 10,843 233.00 77,611 8,142 213.10 646 201 265.40 8,897 2,500 294.40
Delaware 28,335 2,900 225.20 25,980 2,204 209.70 254 51 232.40 2,101 645 276.90
District of Columbia 15,633 3,218 268.90 14,115 2,585 253.20 179 73 280.60 1,339 560 338.70
Florida 568,626 72,509 224.00 521,565 54,537 207.30 5,790 1,550 223.50 41,271 16,422 278.80
Georgia 295,630 41,770 213.50 268,375 29,998 196.00 3,964 1,103 213.70 23,291 10,669 262.30
Hawaii 24,758 3,377 307.30 22,027 2,324 268.90 316 76 238.10 2,415 977 401.70
Idaho 45,110 6,668 226.60 41,175 5,143 208.20 395 83 252.20 3,540 1,442 290.60
Illinois 314,262 41,069 237.50 276,968 30,268 221.60 3,525 883 246.30 33,769 9,918 285.00
Indiana 218,278 26,345 231.40 197,767 20,280 217.80 2,320 482 227.20 18,191 5,583 280.60
Iowa 82,739 12,668 234.20 73,760 9,827 221.50 648 173 222.70 8,331 2,668 281.60
Kansas 79,479 10,879 220.50 71,995 8,308 206.40 768 200 206.70 6,716 2,371 270.90
Kentucky 220,849 37,329 225.40 199,253 27,367 204.30 4,038 1,237 233.50 17,558 8,725 290.00
Louisiana 171,821 30,500 233.20 149,060 20,852 211.30 3,661 1,006 216.00 19,100 8,642 287.80
Maine 62,383 10,315 223.80 56,641 7,592 200.50 560 167 215.00 5,182 2,556 293.00
Maryland 135,908 17,113 227.40 123,212 13,235 216.80 1,245 298 226.50 11,451 3,580 266.10
Massachusetts 216,651 31,917 221.70 195,000 23,714 197.70 1,813 569 223.70 19,838 7,634 295.60
Michigan 377,735 55,707 236.80 336,834 41,620 219.20 4,105 926 235.20 36,796 13,161 292.10
Minnesota 133,425 18,252 224.90 120,731 14,180 211.00 724 192 248.00 11,970 3,880 274.50
Mississippi 141,611 23,872 223.00 125,977 16,046 196.60 2,411 810 207.80 13,223 7,016 284.80
Missouri 231,747 31,815 227.60 210,927 24,005 212.70 2,728 712 232.70 18,092 7,098 277.00
Montana 29,248 4,522 231.30 26,610 3,504 218.60 304 75 242.90 2,334 943 277.10
Nebraska 44,590 6,649 220.90 40,048 5,050 206.80 310 76 207.60 4,232 1,523 267.60
Nevada 63,537 6,504 215.90 59,318 5,233 203.20 670 126 240.90 3,549 1,145 270.80
New Hampshire 49,884 4,822 227.50 46,131 3,593 204.50 296 49 241.80 3,457 1,180 296.10
New Jersey 213,402 26,749 230.80 190,901 20,090 212.00 1,858 465 237.40 20,643 6,194 290.70
New Mexico 66,897 11,151 221.70 61,265 8,598 205.70 727 209 221.10 4,905 2,344 280.50
New York 557,065 106,109 278.80 493,371 77,927 258.90 5,735 2,004 271.80 57,959 26,178 338.50
North Carolina 344,645 44,209 216.70 314,508 31,885 199.10 3,615 1,028 221.20 26,522 11,296 265.50
North Dakota 15,124 2,084 224.80 13,393 1,551 211.70 93 21 250.90 1,638 512 262.70
Ohio 376,923 58,347 237.20 336,762 45,515 222.70 5,066 1,374 244.40 35,095 11,458 293.50
Oklahoma 133,653 18,617 229.20 121,360 14,201 216.50 1,982 483 228.90 10,311 3,933 274.60
Oregon 111,955 15,702 215.40 101,749 12,119 198.90 1,267 294 242.10 8,939 3,289 273.30
Pennsylvania 434,556 61,881 239.70 390,053 46,404 223.80 4,920 1,269 237.30 39,583 14,208 291.00
Rhode Island 39,215 6,336 219.40 35,543 4,842 198.10 329 102 212.20 3,343 1,392 293.70
South Carolina 186,985 21,697 222.90 170,023 15,050 206.60 2,377 674 218.10 14,585 5,973 263.90
South Dakota 20,298 3,249 229.30 18,189 2,323 210.90 144 52 265.60 1,965 874 275.30
Tennessee 263,884 36,893 220.80 239,819 26,680 203.50 3,787 1,208 227.90 20,278 9,005 270.40
Texas 604,492 90,476 225.30 544,882 67,025 206.90 9,182 2,369 215.50 50,428 21,082 284.60
Utah 50,246 5,916 232.30 45,362 4,536 216.20 432 79 222.00 4,452 1,301 289.10
Vermont 23,758 4,588 237.80 21,543 3,538 220.60 176 55 194.30 2,039 995 300.70
Virginia 221,414 28,129 224.70 200,256 20,426 207.20 2,487 610 221.60 18,671 7,093 274.90
Washington 185,070 25,344 220.60 168,298 19,903 205.30 1,965 392 218.50 14,807 5,049 280.10
West Virginia 100,876 15,589 230.80 89,342 11,031 211.10 2,185 554 219.80 9,349 4,004 286.30
Wisconsin 170,918 25,848 224.00 153,312 19,683 206.90 1,143 311 250.60 16,463 5,854 280.20
Wyoming 13,519 1,728 225.70 12,420 1,364 211.80 108 22 318.30 991 342 273.90
Outlying areas b 220,231 77 312.10 190,411 40 249.40 4,007 3 216.70 25,813 34 392.00
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table.
a. Excludes retroactive payments.
b. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.
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Table 68. Number aged 18–64 as a percentage of the resident population aged 18–64, by state, December 2013
State Resident population a Beneficiaries
Number Percentage of resident population
United States 197,838,893 12,735,462 6.4
Alabama 3,001,075 330,202 11.0
Alaska 480,911 19,546 4.1
Arizona 3,990,948 211,630 5.3
Arkansas 1,795,087 191,798 10.7
California 24,365,913 1,192,546 4.9
Colorado 3,383,044 141,226 4.2
Connecticut 2,264,843 115,550 5.1
Delaware 574,707 35,750 6.2
District of Columbia 461,553 30,660 6.6
Florida 11,878,569 760,008 6.4
Georgia 6,306,503 410,187 6.5
Hawaii 877,231 36,310 4.1
Idaho 961,213 59,074 6.1
Illinois 8,115,187 446,413 5.5
Indiana 4,069,842 280,142 6.9
Iowa 1,885,505 105,488 5.6
Kansas 1,764,802 101,223 5.7
Kentucky 2,747,039 313,669 11.4
Louisiana 2,899,027 254,335 8.8
Maine 831,959 79,942 9.6
Maryland 3,789,311 191,621 5.1
Massachusetts 4,309,566 301,665 7.0
Michigan 6,162,828 513,837 8.3
Minnesota 3,385,192 174,992 5.2
Mississippi 1,837,475 196,161 10.7
Missouri 3,738,709 299,092 8.0
Montana 626,416 37,779 6.0
Nebraska 1,140,160 56,937 5.0
Nevada 1,747,631 83,763 4.8
New Hampshire 849,132 59,967 7.1
New Jersey 5,593,754 284,618 5.1
New Mexico 1,271,086 93,440 7.4
New York 12,578,670 819,942 6.5
North Carolina 6,155,356 447,171 7.3
North Dakota 457,890 18,812 4.1
Ohio 7,168,681 535,975 7.5
Oklahoma 2,354,420 180,028 7.6
Oregon 2,465,064 151,926 6.2
Pennsylvania 7,966,826 611,208 7.7
Rhode Island 674,710 54,265 8.0
South Carolina 2,967,273 240,972 8.1
South Dakota 510,755 26,314 5.2
Tennessee 4,052,025 353,365 8.7
Texas 16,440,040 859,801 5.2
Utah 1,720,648 64,791 3.8
Vermont 401,456 30,684 7.6
Virginia 5,290,489 288,944 5.5
Washington 4,424,527 258,332 5.8
West Virginia 1,152,585 144,138 12.5
Wisconsin 3,584,970 222,467 6.2
Wyoming 366,290 16,756 4.6
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; Census Bureau, 2013 estimates of resident population.
NOTES: Data exclude United States territories and other areas.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2013, as reported by the Census Bureau.
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Table 69. Distribution of beneficiaries aged 18–64, by diagnostic group, December 2013
Diagnostic group Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security and SSI
Workers Widow(er)s Adult children Workers Widow(er)s Adult children
  Number
Total 12,956,156 7,435,292 82,173 504,263 3,527,788 1,050,469 30,222 325,949
Congenital anomalies 63,885 12,406 102 10,241 31,748 3,182 31 6,175
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 380,124 244,444 4,654 2,006 90,885 34,281 2,152 1,702
Infectious and parasitic diseases 168,522 101,937 684 1,278 46,980 16,291 368 984
Injuries 450,401 311,616 2,080 8,406 91,450 31,985 669 4,195
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 115,699 10,109 12 16,642 73,868 4,324 2 10,742
Developmental disorders 43,445 5,141 38 2,445 30,943 2,468 20 2,390
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 57,756 4,468 20 2,322 45,815 2,221 8 2,902
Intellectual disability 1,405,339 231,927 3,253 240,780 641,032 127,510 3,347 157,490
Mood disorders 1,923,809 1,078,422 13,751 24,710 569,538 210,517 5,216 21,655
Organic mental disorders 460,603 248,039 1,972 16,335 142,962 39,128 843 11,324
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 785,481 309,528 2,627 36,925 301,925 109,186 1,281 24,009
Other mental disorders 569,613 270,357 2,993 16,299 204,616 59,578 1,370 14,400
Neoplasms 314,829 244,651 1,798 1,525 49,156 16,329 416 954
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 40,688 19,327 161 1,332 14,597 3,866 56 1,349
Circulatory system 856,741 636,045 6,716 2,897 156,613 50,751 2,163 1,556
Digestive system 184,895 131,674 1,160 647 37,698 12,865 346 505
Genitourinary system 187,592 134,589 782 1,399 36,403 12,981 233 1,205
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 3,051,194 2,366,822 27,404 5,011 447,799 193,263 7,215 3,680
Nervous system and sense organs 1,164,757 719,019 5,511 60,793 268,029 75,893 1,667 33,845
Respiratory system 319,537 212,379 4,238 766 75,631 24,565 1,307 651
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 28,122 19,026 161 264 6,054 2,373 42 202
Other 33,061 18,193 117 1,298 10,665 1,703 29 1,056
Unknown 350,063 105,173 1,939 49,942 153,381 15,209 1,441 22,978
  Percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 0.5 0.2 0.1 2.0 0.9 0.3 0.1 1.9
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 2.9 3.3 5.7 0.4 2.6 3.3 7.1 0.5
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1.3 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.3 1.6 1.2 0.3
Injuries 3.5 4.2 2.5 1.7 2.6 3.0 2.2 1.3
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 0.9 0.1 (L) 3.3 2.1 0.4 (L) 3.3
Developmental disorders 0.3 0.1 (L) 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.7
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 0.4 0.1 (L) 0.5 1.3 0.2 (L) 0.9
Intellectual disability 10.8 3.1 4.0 47.7 18.2 12.1 11.1 48.3
Mood disorders 14.8 14.5 16.7 4.9 16.1 20.0 17.3 6.6
Organic mental disorders 3.6 3.3 2.4 3.2 4.1 3.7 2.8 3.5
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 6.1 4.2 3.2 7.3 8.6 10.4 4.2 7.4
Other mental disorders 4.4 3.6 3.6 3.2 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.4
Neoplasms 2.4 3.3 2.2 0.3 1.4 1.6 1.4 0.3
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4
Circulatory system 6.6 8.6 8.2 0.6 4.4 4.8 7.2 0.5
Digestive system 1.4 1.8 1.4 0.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.2
Genitourinary system 1.4 1.8 1.0 0.3 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.4
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 23.6 31.8 33.3 1.0 12.7 18.4 23.9 1.1
Nervous system and sense organs 9.0 9.7 6.7 12.1 7.6 7.2 5.5 10.4
Respiratory system 2.5 2.9 5.2 0.2 2.1 2.3 4.3 0.2
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Other 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3
Unknown 2.7 1.4 2.4 9.9 4.3 1.4 4.8 7.0
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both. Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table.
(L) = less than 0.05 percent.
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