SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2015

Federally Administered Payments

Table 4. Recipients, by age, December 1974–2015
Year Total Under age 18 Aged 18–64 Aged 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
1974 3,996,064 70,900 1.8 1,503,155 37.6 2,422,009 60.6
1975 4,314,275 107,026 2.5 1,699,394 39.4 2,507,855 58.1
1976 4,235,939 125,412 3.0 1,713,594 40.5 2,396,933 56.6
1977 4,237,692 147,355 3.5 1,736,879 41.0 2,353,458 55.5
1978 4,216,925 165,899 3.9 1,747,126 41.4 2,303,900 54.6
1979 4,149,575 177,306 4.3 1,726,553 41.6 2,245,716 54.1
1980 4,142,017 190,394 4.6 1,730,847 41.8 2,220,776 53.6
1981 4,018,875 194,890 4.8 1,702,895 42.4 2,121,090 52.8
1982 3,857,590 191,570 5.0 1,655,279 42.9 2,010,741 52.1
1983 3,901,497 198,323 5.1 1,699,774 43.6 2,003,400 51.3
1984 4,029,333 211,587 5.3 1,780,459 44.2 2,037,287 50.6
1985 4,138,021 227,384 5.5 1,879,168 45.4 2,031,469 49.1
1986 4,269,184 241,198 5.6 2,010,458 47.1 2,017,528 47.3
1987 4,384,999 250,902 5.7 2,118,710 48.3 2,015,387 46.0
1988 4,463,869 255,135 5.7 2,202,714 49.3 2,006,020 44.9
1989 4,593,059 264,890 5.8 2,301,926 50.1 2,026,243 44.1
1990 4,817,127 308,589 6.4 2,449,897 50.9 2,058,641 42.7
1991 5,118,470 397,162 7.8 2,641,524 51.6 2,079,784 40.6
1992 5,566,189 556,470 10.0 2,910,016 52.3 2,099,703 37.7
1993 5,984,330 722,678 12.1 3,148,413 52.6 2,113,239 35.3
1994 6,295,786 841,474 13.4 3,335,255 53.0 2,119,057 33.7
1995 6,514,134 917,048 14.1 3,482,256 53.5 2,114,830 32.5
1996 6,613,718 955,174 14.4 3,568,393 54.0 2,090,151 31.6
1997 6,494,985 879,828 13.5 3,561,625 54.8 2,053,532 31.6
1998 6,566,069 887,066 13.5 3,646,020 55.5 2,032,983 31.0
1999 6,556,634 847,063 12.9 3,690,970 56.3 2,018,601 30.8
2000 6,601,686 846,784 12.8 3,744,022 56.7 2,010,880 30.5
2001 6,688,489 881,836 13.2 3,811,494 57.0 1,995,159 29.8
2002 6,787,857 914,821 13.5 3,877,752 57.1 1,995,284 29.4
2003 6,902,364 959,379 13.9 3,953,248 57.3 1,989,737 28.8
2004 6,987,845 993,127 14.2 4,017,108 57.5 1,977,610 28.3
2005 7,113,879 1,036,498 14.6 4,082,870 57.4 1,994,511 28.0
2006 7,235,583 1,078,977 14.9 4,152,130 57.4 2,004,476 27.7
2007 7,359,525 1,121,017 15.2 4,221,920 57.4 2,016,588 27.4
2008 7,520,501 1,153,844 15.3 4,333,096 57.6 2,033,561 27.0
2009 7,676,686 1,199,788 15.6 4,451,288 58.0 2,025,610 26.4
2010 7,912,266 1,239,269 15.7 4,631,507 58.5 2,041,490 25.8
2011 8,112,773 1,277,122 15.7 4,777,010 58.9 2,058,641 25.4
2012 8,262,877 1,311,861 15.9 4,869,484 58.9 2,081,532 25.2
2013 8,363,477 1,321,681 15.8 4,934,272 59.0 2,107,524 25.2
2014 8,335,704 1,299,761 15.6 4,913,072 58.9 2,122,871 25.5
2015 8,309,564 1,267,160 15.2 4,888,555 58.8 2,153,849 25.9
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5. By type of payment, sex, eligibility category, and age, December 2015
Type of payment and sex Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All payments 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 1,267,160 4,888,555 2,153,849
Male 3,901,081 402,559 33,099 3,465,423 848,407 2,329,957 722,717
Female 4,408,483 754,933 34,752 3,618,798 418,753 2,558,598 1,431,132
Federal SSI 8,142,177 1,101,064 64,991 6,976,122 1,266,219 4,810,369 2,065,589
Male 3,823,299 378,683 31,633 3,412,983 847,767 2,289,232 686,300
Female 4,318,878 722,381 33,358 3,563,139 418,452 2,521,137 1,379,289
State supplementation 1,530,785 412,951 20,562 1,097,272 141,969 736,449 652,367
Male 699,396 152,596 9,827 536,973 95,176 369,398 234,822
Female 831,389 260,355 10,735 560,299 46,793 367,051 417,545
  Total payments (thousands of dollars)
All payments 4,721,982 495,852 38,705 4,187,426 849,963 2,932,904 939,115
Male 2,290,848 166,457 18,935 2,105,457 569,288 1,418,615 302,945
Female 2,431,134 329,394 19,771 2,081,969 280,675 1,514,289 636,171
Federal SSI 4,496,482 434,464 34,728 4,027,289 840,735 2,814,929 840,818
Male 2,186,507 142,694 17,039 2,026,774 563,124 1,357,604 265,779
Female 2,309,975 291,770 17,689 2,000,516 277,611 1,457,325 575,039
State supplementation 225,501 61,388 3,977 160,136 9,228 117,975 98,297
Male 104,341 23,763 1,895 78,683 6,164 61,012 37,166
Female 121,159 37,624 2,081 81,453 3,064 56,964 61,131
  Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All payments 541.28 428.10 558.02 559.63 643.06 561.60 435.47
Male 557.42 413.23 557.83 574.18 643.73 569.12 418.45
Female 527.04 436.01 558.21 545.73 641.73 554.76 444.04
Federal SSI 525.72 394.48 522.59 546.49 636.61 547.74 406.71
Male 542.57 376.62 525.00 561.18 637.30 554.27 386.70
Female 510.84 403.83 520.30 532.46 635.22 541.82 416.65
State supplementation 141.80 147.55 189.36 138.74 61.81 150.35 149.51
Male 142.94 154.61 188.55 138.78 61.62 154.96 156.95
Female 140.84 143.41 190.10 138.70 62.20 145.72 145.33
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Averages are not obtained simply by dividing the total dollars by the number of recipients. Averages exclude payments made in the current month for prior-month eligibility, such as back pay for new awards, so that large retroactive payments do not distort the averages.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6. Recipients, by selected characteristics, eligibility category, and age, December 2015
Characteristic Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All recipients 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 1,267,160 4,888,555 2,153,849
Sex  
Male 3,901,081 402,559 33,099 3,465,423 848,407 2,329,957 722,717
Female 4,408,483 754,933 34,752 3,618,798 418,753 2,558,598 1,431,132
Citizenship status  
Citizen 7,783,969 909,373 62,452 6,812,144 1,264,124 4,733,779 1,786,066
Noncitizen 525,595 248,119 5,399 272,077 3,036 154,776 367,783
Living arrangement  
Own household 6,759,420 1,046,585 57,961 5,654,874 164,380 4,595,465 1,999,575
Another's household 358,814 94,219 3,800 260,795 41,124 209,753 107,937
Parent's household 1,062,765 . . . 4,885 1,057,880 1,048,311 14,454 . . .
Medicaid institution 122,195 16,007 1,169 105,019 13,140 63,558 45,497
Unknown 6,370 681 36 5,653 205 5,325 840
  Average monthly payment (dollars)
All recipients 541.28 428.10 558.02 559.63 643.06 561.60 435.47
Sex  
Male 557.42 413.23 557.83 574.18 643.73 569.12 418.45
Female 527.04 436.01 558.21 545.73 641.73 554.76 444.04
Citizenship status  
Citizen 543.69 419.38 556.00 560.19 642.97 561.71 425.84
Noncitizen 505.66 460.03 581.40 545.72 681.32 557.96 482.22
Living arrangement  
Own household 537.40 432.68 563.97 556.52 693.36 572.47 444.15
Another's household 461.15 438.99 492.06 468.77 466.41 473.77 434.89
Parent's household 649.63 . . . 660.85 649.58 649.70 644.35 . . .
Medicaid institution 33.55 37.48 34.62 32.96 33.90 32.55 34.88
Unknown 576.60 556.91 469.00 589.67 715.71 576.79 557.98
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 7. Recipients, by type of representative payee, eligibility category, and age, December 2015
Type of payee Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 1,267,160 4,888,555 2,153,849
Without payee 5,187,669 1,104,284 47,811 4,035,574 905 3,233,324 1,953,440
With payee 3,121,895 53,208 20,040 3,048,647 1,266,255 1,655,231 200,409
Parent (natural, adoptive, or stepparent) 1,902,323 733 12,361 1,889,229 1,047,076 851,868 3,379
Spouse 49,442 2,210 204 47,028 11 38,754 10,677
Child (natural, adoptive, or stepchild) 115,878 28,336 738 86,804 567 48,693 66,618
Grandparent 116,933 42 659 116,232 74,707 42,148 78
Other relative 414,042 10,969 2,461 400,612 101,043 260,690 52,309
Nonmental institution 136,224 5,803 1,169 129,252 5,966 100,690 29,568
Mental institution 66,383 704 515 65,164 1,442 57,901 7,040
Financial organization 6,280 86 35 6,159 136 5,519 625
Social agency 124,658 1,482 930 122,246 13,985 97,921 12,752
Public official 15,659 493 77 15,089 1,215 11,794 2,650
Other 174,073 2,350 891 170,832 20,107 139,253 14,713
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 8. Recipients, by type of income, eligibility category, and age, December 2015
Type of income Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients a 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 1,267,160 4,888,555 2,153,849
No other income 4,783,841 424,518 38,051 4,321,272 921,637 3,023,072 839,132
Earned income 266,384 17,586 2,971 245,827 2,728 235,878 27,778
Unearned income  
Social Security benefits 2,740,201 645,167 23,657 2,071,377 92,055 1,452,280 1,195,866
Veterans' benefits 45,744 8,376 322 37,046 7,391 22,529 15,824
Income based on need 26,549 958 138 25,453 19,621 5,916 1,012
Workers' compensation 3,125 320 8 2,797 9 2,157 959
Support from absent parents 182,915 0 799 182,116 179,613 3,302 0
Pensions 53,676 33,867 234 19,575 34 11,910 41,732
Support and maintenance 427,292 111,017 3,245 313,030 70,744 216,071 140,477
Asset income b 51,240 13,662 614 36,964 917 24,730 25,593
Other c 88,753 13,187 721 74,845 5,743 63,595 19,415
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
b. Includes income received as rent, interest, dividends, and royalties.
c. Does not include income deemed from a spouse or parent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 9. Recipients, by receipt of Social Security, type of income, eligibility category, and age, December 2015
Type of income Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All recipients 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 1,267,160 4,888,555 2,153,849
With Social Security  
No other income 2,437,517 544,562 21,166 1,871,789 77,137 1,305,778 1,054,602
Earned income only 90,959 9,762 990 80,207 216 74,365 16,378
Unearned income only a 206,520 89,689 1,449 115,382 14,648 68,502 123,370
Both earned and unearned income a 5,205 1,154 52 3,999 54 3,635 1,516
Without Social Security  
No other income 4,783,841 424,518 38,051 4,321,272 921,637 3,023,072 839,132
Earned income only 156,359 5,448 1,802 149,109 1,822 146,096 8,441
Unearned income only a 615,302 81,137 4,214 529,951 251,010 255,325 108,967
Both earned and unearned income a 13,861 1,222 127 12,512 636 11,782 1,443
  Average monthly payment (dollars)
All recipients 541.28 428.10 558.02 559.63 643.06 561.60 435.47
With Social Security  
No other income 262.07 258.67 284.66 262.81 482.04 253.38 256.82
Earned income only 248.70 252.37 251.34 248.21 391.40 249.16 244.79
Unearned income only a 225.20 197.73 251.34 247.13 423.35 235.52 196.70
Both earned and unearned income a 219.70 206.55 258.22 223.23 334.86 224.65 204.84
Without Social Security  
No other income 700.49 676.31 726.94 702.62 683.68 710.17 684.06
Earned income only 550.47 484.56 564.41 552.70 561.49 552.02 521.33
Unearned income only a 563.16 553.84 590.36 564.37 557.47 569.11 562.31
Both earned and unearned income a 444.46 371.64 505.82 450.96 451.86 451.70 382.17
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes recipients with in-kind unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 10. Recipients, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2015
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 8,309,564 1,157,492 67,851 7,084,221 1,267,160 4,888,555 2,153,849
Alabama 170,863 9,007 850 161,006 25,961 116,928 27,974
Alaska 12,520 1,789 79 10,652 1,248 8,111 3,161
Arizona 119,587 16,164 1,049 102,374 19,952 69,919 29,716
Arkansas 110,094 5,365 669 104,060 27,839 67,528 14,727
California 1,293,304 360,518 18,445 914,341 114,003 608,779 570,522
Colorado 72,764 9,332 519 62,913 9,821 46,214 16,729
Connecticut 63,740 6,773 429 56,538 8,703 40,086 14,951
Delaware 16,869 1,238 90 15,541 3,574 10,559 2,736
District of Columbia 26,965 2,052 128 24,785 4,089 17,949 4,927
Florida 570,878 134,445 3,149 433,284 105,436 271,330 194,112
Georgia 258,325 24,488 1,998 231,839 46,247 159,473 52,605
Hawaii 24,775 5,692 170 18,913 1,539 14,405 8,831
Idaho 30,735 1,816 208 28,711 5,444 21,053 4,238
Illinois 274,742 30,513 2,447 241,782 39,635 170,804 64,303
Indiana 128,774 5,448 914 122,412 24,245 90,272 14,257
Iowa 51,020 3,162 672 47,186 8,015 35,804 7,201
Kansas 48,374 2,910 352 45,112 9,049 32,331 6,994
Kentucky 184,125 9,372 1,133 173,620 26,807 125,424 31,894
Louisiana 178,985 11,945 1,346 165,694 34,148 112,852 31,985
Maine 37,357 1,755 219 35,383 4,203 27,756 5,398
Maryland 120,234 15,140 704 104,390 19,199 74,505 26,530
Massachusetts 188,051 22,663 2,341 163,047 23,661 115,338 49,052
Michigan 275,873 18,449 1,626 255,798 39,840 190,751 45,282
Minnesota 94,147 10,703 718 82,726 13,588 59,300 21,259
Mississippi 123,201 8,306 936 113,959 22,239 77,964 22,998
Missouri 140,257 7,030 886 132,341 21,731 99,049 19,477
Montana 18,315 1,289 123 16,903 2,478 12,697 3,140
Nebraska 27,892 2,220 229 25,443 3,984 19,369 4,539
Nevada 53,280 12,841 728 39,711 10,204 29,314 13,762
New Hampshire 19,619 881 131 18,607 2,526 14,957 2,136
New Jersey 182,460 36,102 754 145,604 25,826 98,299 58,335
New Mexico 64,171 8,417 454 55,300 9,055 37,806 17,310
New York 649,277 118,488 2,900 527,889 88,106 334,271 226,900
North Carolina 235,608 18,167 1,830 215,611 42,945 149,219 43,444
North Dakota 8,206 692 58 7,456 1,005 5,613 1,588
Ohio 312,237 15,412 1,932 294,893 47,648 219,557 45,032
Oklahoma 96,875 6,010 628 90,237 17,013 65,164 14,698
Oregon 86,056 9,184 624 76,248 10,739 57,472 17,845
Pennsylvania 367,995 24,018 1,969 342,008 68,753 233,199 66,043
Rhode Island 33,137 3,177 162 29,798 4,405 21,564 7,168
South Carolina 118,047 8,067 1,218 108,762 19,934 76,410 21,703
South Dakota 14,820 1,442 121 13,257 2,567 9,197 3,056
Tennessee 181,909 11,457 1,448 169,004 23,663 126,278 31,968
Texas 666,012 104,851 6,769 554,392 145,346 344,389 176,277
Utah 31,325 2,741 221 28,363 5,250 20,834 5,241
Vermont 15,713 967 71 14,675 1,543 11,606 2,564
Virginia 156,446 18,195 1,111 137,140 23,719 98,382 34,345
Washington 150,981 17,099 879 133,003 18,034 98,127 34,820
West Virginia 76,404 2,444 473 73,487 8,086 56,427 11,891
Wisconsin 118,487 6,796 901 110,790 22,889 78,492 17,106
Wyoming 6,701 310 34 6,357 941 4,889 871
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 1,032 150 6 876 285 539 208
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 11. Average monthly payment, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2015 (in dollars)
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 541.28 428.10 558.02 559.63 643.06 561.60 435.47
Alabama 513.06 260.14 491.41 527.28 641.40 531.04 318.80
Alaska 505.73 342.50 470.48 533.30 587.19 544.09 374.37
Arizona 534.38 389.60 539.84 557.19 645.25 558.97 402.27
Arkansas 521.23 233.33 492.23 536.30 648.80 520.35 285.64
California 612.97 519.16 663.35 648.93 705.00 665.73 538.39
Colorado 521.29 414.83 537.12 536.95 620.48 542.18 405.39
Connecticut 531.29 408.40 525.00 546.09 635.16 548.78 424.32
Delaware 531.98 373.77 536.90 544.60 621.78 540.50 382.54
District of Columbia 582.27 386.58 527.89 598.75 652.91 608.72 427.25
Florida 525.62 441.64 517.55 551.81 635.85 546.49 436.84
Georgia 521.75 320.61 515.19 543.08 643.39 545.64 342.51
Hawaii 554.48 435.05 583.09 590.21 618.08 603.12 464.42
Idaho 519.16 314.83 517.56 532.17 615.07 530.51 340.72
Illinois 546.60 426.49 540.13 561.82 647.67 562.80 441.48
Indiana 537.00 336.35 510.14 546.13 636.92 538.84 355.92
Iowa 507.27 310.10 487.10 520.75 615.69 516.94 338.38
Kansas 521.38 347.86 514.33 532.63 629.48 525.66 362.11
Kentucky 522.72 279.77 511.30 535.93 646.57 543.05 339.31
Louisiana 526.83 275.86 506.34 545.09 651.99 544.17 331.84
Maine 499.02 273.70 511.99 510.10 616.21 516.22 319.76
Maryland 549.81 428.62 541.98 567.45 629.47 573.06 427.03
Massachusetts 526.47 434.50 503.43 539.60 618.72 542.37 444.75
Michigan 552.11 425.86 550.47 561.21 645.17 562.36 427.07
Minnesota 539.54 475.35 554.23 547.73 620.73 539.65 487.52
Mississippi 507.18 228.78 481.04 527.75 643.49 529.51 300.53
Missouri 516.07 327.26 498.54 526.23 634.23 523.38 348.22
Montana 500.17 296.42 527.05 515.50 634.18 516.74 327.09
Nebraska 503.40 352.58 505.55 516.63 608.87 516.30 356.78
Nevada 541.45 415.32 601.19 581.22 645.37 564.75 414.71
New Hampshire 505.19 388.28 476.33 510.94 590.74 510.23 368.82
New Jersey 527.81 425.22 496.13 553.36 639.76 557.08 428.89
New Mexico 502.48 309.16 503.17 531.98 640.21 540.23 348.50
New York 534.59 420.63 528.61 560.19 646.05 563.00 449.47
North Carolina 509.97 281.71 499.61 529.30 631.42 530.27 320.26
North Dakota 475.94 372.67 470.47 485.53 562.56 493.30 359.99
Ohio 546.83 384.68 525.18 555.45 645.31 554.69 404.56
Oklahoma 520.93 285.40 507.18 536.71 631.30 536.59 323.65
Oregon 531.30 389.48 517.15 548.52 626.48 555.61 396.05
Pennsylvania 555.50 396.10 521.03 566.88 642.08 565.01 431.94
Rhode Island 528.61 375.43 512.65 545.07 640.43 547.26 404.18
South Carolina 509.94 267.33 509.35 527.93 628.93 531.66 324.42
South Dakota 494.19 350.83 521.13 509.55 606.62 508.13 358.44
Tennessee 516.99 284.63 520.82 532.69 635.74 540.63 335.47
Texas 507.43 336.65 514.34 539.65 632.69 537.48 345.49
Utah 522.20 418.19 539.08 532.17 586.02 533.11 415.39
Vermont 518.64 340.64 482.15 530.45 659.22 535.94 355.53
Virginia 518.55 392.52 517.26 535.31 622.92 538.71 388.92
Washington 550.00 471.47 543.61 560.16 620.94 566.03 468.32
West Virginia 528.04 269.70 507.37 536.76 634.27 549.55 353.35
Wisconsin 531.36 339.23 517.33 543.26 631.44 535.18 380.28
Wyoming 498.22 253.86 507.94 509.99 602.21 513.33 301.60
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 591.80 438.70 431.67 618.96 670.71 602.59 454.06
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 12. Recipients and their average income, by type of income and marital status, December 2015
Type of income All recipients a Eligible individual with no spouse Eligible individual with eligible spouse Eligible individual with ineligible spouse
Individual Spouse Individual Spouse
Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars)
Total b 8,309,564 . . . 7,461,882 . . . 271,362 . . . 271,362 . . . 304,958 . . . 304,958 . . .
No other income 4,783,836 . . . 4,329,184 . . . 133,475 . . . 134,129 . . . 187,048 . . . 148,384 . . .
With income 3,525,728 471 3,132,698 474 137,887 455 137,233 406 117,910 492 156,574 1,016
Earned income only 156,360 443 148,606 429 1,477 721 1,915 665 4,362 713 91,817 1,301
Unearned income only 3,259,343 464 2,880,703 467 134,701 447 132,595 393 111,344 475 58,816 546
Both earned and unearned income 110,025 741 103,389 731 1,709 880 2,723 875 2,204 913 5,941 1,270
With earned income b 266,384 377 251,994 364 3,186 574 4,638 562 6,566 637 97,756 1,276
Wages 235,357 392 225,906 378 2,093 712 3,134 684 4,224 790 73,155 1,427
Self-employment income 32,078 254 27,040 241 1,109 307 1,540 300 2,389 353 25,920 785
With unearned income b 3,369,368 463 2,984,092 467 136,410 447 135,318 393 113,548 474 64,757 530
Social Security benefits 2,740,206 511 2,404,466 518 120,614 470 120,655 409 94,471 517 43,474 613
Veterans' benefits 45,745 202 42,425 200 408 299 401 239 2,511 219 3,299 553
Income based on need 26,549 210 24,845 216 190 107 410 130 1,104 120 11,808 149
Workers' compensation 3,125 421 2,711 415 118 419 117 422 179 518 388 860
Support from absent parents 182,088 228 182,088 228 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pensions 53,676 190 41,534 196 5,589 173 4,560 153 1,993 199 2,277 320
Support and maintenance 427,289 175 367,886 181 20,950 131 20,075 130 18,378 164 906 163
Asset income c 51,240 15 46,905 14 1,997 21 1,434 17 904 82 722 157
Other d 89,575 199 82,530 201 1,922 148 1,740 138 3,383 207 5,646 492
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. Does not include ineligible spouses.
b. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of earned or unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
c. Includes income received as rent, interest, dividends, and royalties.
d. Does not include income deemed from a spouse or parent.
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Table 13. Recipients as a percentage of resident population, by state, December 2015
State Resident population a Recipients
Number Percentage of resident population
United States 321,418,820 b 8,308,532 2.6
Alabama 4,858,979 170,863 3.5
Alaska 738,432 12,520 1.7
Arizona 6,828,065 119,587 1.8
Arkansas 2,978,204 110,094 3.7
California 39,144,818 1,293,304 3.3
Colorado 5,456,574 72,764 1.3
Connecticut 3,590,886 63,740 1.8
Delaware 945,934 16,869 1.8
District of Columbia 672,228 26,965 4.0
Florida 20,271,272 570,878 2.8
Georgia 10,214,860 258,325 2.5
Hawaii 1,431,603 24,775 1.7
Idaho 1,654,930 30,735 1.9
Illinois 12,859,995 274,742 2.1
Indiana 6,619,680 128,774 1.9
Iowa 3,123,899 51,020 1.6
Kansas 2,911,641 48,374 1.7
Kentucky 4,425,092 184,125 4.2
Louisiana 4,670,724 178,985 3.8
Maine 1,329,328 37,357 2.8
Maryland 6,006,401 120,234 2.0
Massachusetts 6,794,422 188,051 2.8
Michigan 9,922,576 275,873 2.8
Minnesota 5,489,594 94,147 1.7
Mississippi 2,992,333 123,201 4.1
Missouri 6,083,672 140,257 2.3
Montana 1,032,949 18,315 1.8
Nebraska 1,896,190 27,892 1.5
Nevada 2,890,845 53,280 1.8
New Hampshire 1,330,608 19,619 1.5
New Jersey 8,958,013 182,460 2.0
New Mexico 2,085,109 64,171 3.1
New York 19,795,791 649,277 3.3
North Carolina 10,042,802 235,608 2.3
North Dakota 756,927 8,206 1.1
Ohio 11,613,423 312,237 2.7
Oklahoma 3,911,338 96,875 2.5
Oregon 4,028,977 86,056 2.1
Pennsylvania 12,802,503 367,995 2.9
Rhode Island 1,056,298 33,137 3.1
South Carolina 4,896,146 118,047 2.4
South Dakota 858,469 14,820 1.7
Tennessee 6,600,299 181,909 2.8
Texas 27,469,114 666,012 2.4
Utah 2,995,919 31,325 1.0
Vermont 626,042 15,713 2.5
Virginia 8,382,993 156,446 1.9
Washington 7,170,351 150,981 2.1
West Virginia 1,844,128 76,404 4.1
Wisconsin 5,771,337 118,487 2.1
Wyoming 586,107 6,701 1.1
SOURCES: Census Bureau; and Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2015, as reported by the Census Bureau.
b. Excludes recipients in the Northern Mariana Islands.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 14. Foreign-born recipients, by region, country of origin, eligibility category, and age, December 2015
Region and country of origin Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 1,771,546 858,595 912,951 22,135 500,959 1,248,452
North America 200,697 22,479 178,218 13,371 112,469 74,857
U.S. territories 193,134 20,888 172,246 13,187 107,899 72,048
Puerto Rico 187,111 20,364 166,747 12,452 103,784 70,875
Other a 6,023 524 5,499 735 4,115 1,173
Other 7,563 1,591 5,972 184 4,570 2,809
Latin America 696,567 367,367 329,200 2,783 183,668 510,116
Mexico 294,739 154,129 140,610 756 75,378 218,605
Cuba 125,206 76,058 49,148 577 26,250 98,379
Dominican Republic 80,144 27,718 52,426 542 28,991 50,611
El Salvador 30,896 18,206 12,690 55 7,134 23,707
Haiti 24,078 14,369 9,709 212 6,090 17,776
Other 141,504 76,887 64,617 641 39,825 101,038
Africa 41,695 17,937 23,758 1,198 16,393 24,104
Somalia 10,678 3,439 7,239 297 4,841 5,540
Ethiopia 5,478 2,260 3,218 103 2,161 3,214
Nigeria 5,265 3,533 1,732 42 1,233 3,990
Liberia 2,482 1,259 1,223 19 803 1,660
Cape Verde 1,915 1,045 870 15 585 1,315
Other 15,877 6,401 9,476 722 6,770 8,385
Asia 503,524 312,020 191,504 1,844 95,394 406,286
Vietnam 121,726 60,799 60,927 167 23,254 98,305
China 95,125 81,032 14,093 215 5,792 89,118
Philippines 63,634 50,672 12,962 147 8,593 54,894
India 48,172 36,404 11,768 86 4,824 43,262
South Korea 47,729 35,500 12,229 66 6,190 41,473
Other 127,138 47,613 79,525 1,163 46,741 79,234
Middle East 123,311 56,178 67,133 1,604 35,050 86,657
Iran 48,925 26,540 22,385 82 9,076 39,767
Iraq 30,455 9,797 20,658 743 14,524 15,188
Lebanon 9,802 4,497 5,305 30 2,057 7,715
Syria 8,302 4,045 4,257 78 1,353 6,871
Egypt 8,261 4,136 4,125 174 2,113 5,974
Other 17,566 7,163 10,403 497 5,927 11,142
Former Soviet Republics 121,711 53,904 67,807 554 21,499 99,658
Europe 77,744 26,376 51,368 712 33,937 43,095
Germany 14,148 1,156 12,992 322 11,192 2,634
Former Yugoslavia 12,072 3,801 8,271 20 4,722 7,330
United Kingdom 7,544 1,897 5,647 101 4,142 3,301
Poland 7,179 3,856 3,323 12 1,873 5,294
Portugal 4,777 1,723 3,054 8 1,725 3,044
Other 32,024 13,943 18,081 249 10,283 21,492
Oceania 5,374 2,092 3,282 39 2,037 3,298
Other areas 923 242 681 30 512 381
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Foreign-born means born in an area not served by the Supplemental Security Income program.
a. Includes American Samoa, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.