SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2020

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2020
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,108,612 675.47
Boston 40,267 659.88
Connecticut 8,597 669.47
Maine 3,735 655.04
Massachusetts 20,928 655.19
New Hampshire 2,010 628.94
Rhode Island 3,657 668.13
Vermont 1,340 708.94
New York 100,126 678.92
New Jersey 23,325 670.26
New York 76,801 681.54
Philadelphia 112,002 667.34
Delaware 3,297 653.14
District of Columbia 3,572 673.05
Maryland 18,680 657.58
Pennsylvania 57,791 673.39
Virginia 21,839 659.99
West Virginia 6,823 670.42
Atlanta 276,885 669.43
Alabama 20,693 676.74
Florida 96,927 666.28
Georgia 42,705 673.94
Kentucky 23,580 681.79
Mississippi 18,370 678.25
North Carolina 34,804 661.53
South Carolina 17,507 661.84
Tennessee 22,299 665.70
Chicago 164,682 673.70
Illinois 33,925 683.47
Indiana 21,620 667.96
Michigan 34,147 674.41
Minnesota 11,744 656.40
Ohio 43,036 674.53
Wisconsin 20,210 670.47
Dallas 201,287 674.07
Arkansas 23,816 686.00
Louisiana 31,119 689.06
New Mexico 7,441 678.82
Oklahoma 15,014 676.77
Texas 123,897 667.39
Kansas City 39,644 658.05
Iowa 8,158 656.37
Kansas 8,359 654.48
Missouri 19,183 664.02
Nebraska 3,944 640.08
Denver 19,382 644.16
Colorado 8,296 652.91
Montana 2,047 675.87
North Dakota 1,146 615.58
South Dakota 2,242 637.22
Utah 4,806 625.60
Wyoming 845 644.14
San Francisco 122,528 721.41
Arizona 16,771 672.92
California 95,061 734.22
Hawaii 1,165 661.69
Nevada 9,295 685.47
Northern Mariana Islands 236 723.40
Seattle 31,809 647.38
Alaska 1,153 635.08
Idaho 4,779 628.33
Oregon 9,995 654.14
Washington 15,882 649.71
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes federally administered state supplementation payments.
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Table 18. Percentage distribution of recipients, by monthly payment, December 2020
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 1,108,612
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.8
50–99 0.8
100–199 2.0
200–299 2.5
300–399 3.3
400–499 4.2
500–599 10.4
600–699 8.8
700–782 8.1
783 58.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2020.
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Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2020
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,108,612 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 12,069 1.1
1 21,744 2.0
2 26,251 2.4
3 36,711 3.3
4 47,703 4.3
5 54,291 4.9
6 59,770 5.4
7 63,931 5.8
8 68,971 6.2
9 72,467 6.5
10 76,564 6.9
11 81,373 7.3
12 83,748 7.6
13 84,673 7.6
14 83,567 7.5
15 80,053 7.2
16 78,770 7.1
17 75,956 6.9
Sex  
Male 750,621 67.7
Female 357,991 32.3
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,105,933 99.8
Noncitizen 2,679 0.2
Living arrangements  
Own household 142,293 12.8
Another's household 39,578 3.6
Parent's household 914,031 82.4
Medicaid institution 12,627 1.1
Unknown 83 (L)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
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Table 20. Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2020
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,108,612 60,064 138,705 506,824 403,019
Congenital anomalies 62,417 10,388 12,953 25,038 14,038
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 8,356 414 1,485 4,165 2,292
Infectious and parasitic diseases 303 20 40 121 122
Injuries 5,008 313 834 2,193 1,668
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 215,174 898 29,839 116,093 68,344
Developmental disorders 217,634 4,684 45,406 110,871 56,673
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 24,928 (X) (X) 11,732 12,742
Intellectual disorders 95,643 22 1,695 36,979 56,947
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 28,839 (X) (X) 7,943 20,820
Neurocognitive disorders 16,505 66 1,125 8,832 6,482
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1,932 0 3 367 1,562
Other mental disorders 212,895 94 3,525 100,677 108,599
Neoplasms 9,039 555 1,932 4,158 2,394
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 7,955 266 791 3,737 3,161
Circulatory system 3,660 565 847 1,276 972
Digestive system 16,334 5,320 5,545 4,148 1,321
Genitourinary system 2,516 195 344 1,046 931
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 8,322 601 1,355 3,504 2,862
Nervous system and sense organs 78,905 3,484 11,225 36,568 27,628
Respiratory system 13,024 1,019 2,642 5,971 3,392
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,674 72 265 825 512
Other 64,681 30,273 14,490 14,686 5,232
Unknown 12,868 809 1,840 5,894 4,325
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.6 17.3 9.3 4.9 3.5
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.8 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases (L) (L) (L) (L) (L)
Injuries 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 19.4 1.5 21.5 22.9 17.0
Developmental disorders 19.6 7.8 32.7 21.9 14.1
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 2.2 (X) (X) 2.3 3.2
Intellectual disorders 8.6 (L) 1.2 7.3 14.1
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 2.6 (X) (X) 1.6 5.2
Neurocognitive disorders 1.5 0.1 0.8 1.7 1.6
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 0.2 0.0 (L) 0.1 0.4
Other mental disorders 19.2 0.2 2.5 19.9 26.9
Neoplasms 0.8 0.9 1.4 0.8 0.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8
Circulatory system 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.2
Digestive system 1.5 8.9 4.0 0.8 0.3
Genitourinary system 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7
Nervous system and sense organs 7.1 5.8 8.1 7.2 6.9
Respiratory system 1.2 1.7 1.9 1.2 0.8
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
Other 5.8 50.4 10.4 2.9 1.3
Unknown 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: (L) = less than 0.05 percent; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
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Table 21. Recipients, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2020
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,108,612 100.0 750,621 100.0 357,991 100.0
Congenital anomalies 62,417 5.6 33,491 4.5 28,926 8.1
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 8,356 0.8 4,342 0.6 4,014 1.1
Infectious and parasitic diseases 303 (L) 163 (L) 140 (L)
Injuries 5,008 0.5 2,944 0.4 2,064 0.6
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 215,174 19.4 172,909 23.0 42,265 11.8
Developmental disorders 217,634 19.6 149,492 19.9 68,142 19.0
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 24,928 2.2 18,852 2.5 6,076 1.7
Intellectual disorders 95,643 8.6 58,606 7.8 37,037 10.3
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 28,839 2.6 16,500 2.2 12,339 3.4
Neurocognitive disorders 16,505 1.5 10,639 1.4 5,866 1.6
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1,932 0.2 1,053 0.1 879 0.2
Other mental disorders 212,895 19.2 159,193 21.2 53,702 15.0
Neoplasms 9,039 0.8 5,106 0.7 3,933 1.1
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 7,955 0.7 4,529 0.6 3,426 1.0
Circulatory system 3,660 0.3 1,992 0.3 1,668 0.5
Digestive system 16,334 1.5 8,778 1.2 7,556 2.1
Genitourinary system 2,516 0.2 1,521 0.2 995 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 8,322 0.8 4,113 0.5 4,209 1.2
Nervous system and sense organs 78,905 7.1 43,513 5.8 35,392 9.9
Respiratory system 13,024 1.2 7,952 1.1 5,072 1.4
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,674 0.2 872 0.1 802 0.2
Other 64,681 5.8 35,652 4.7 29,029 8.1
Unknown 12,868 1.2 8,409 1.1 4,459 1.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
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Table 22. Adult recipients who first became eligible for SSI before age 18, by year of first eligibility and age in December 2020
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2020
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,179,640 249,909 183,090 178,224 331,490 154,205 82,722
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 3.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 47.2
1977–1980 4.0 . . . . . . . . . (L) 12.8 32.7
1981–1984 3.8 . . . . . . . . . 2.6 16.1 14.0
1985–1989 6.7 . . . . . . . . . 12.8 20.7 6.1
1990–1994 20.4 . . . (L) 20.0 43.0 40.8 . . .
1995–1999 17.4 1.5 28.5 33.3 24.2 6.2 . . .
2000–2004 19.1 30.0 32.7 25.2 13.9 . . . . . .
2005–2009 13.7 31.8 21.7 17.2 3.4 . . . . . .
2010–2014 8.1 23.7 15.5 4.3 . . . . . . . . .
2015–2019 2.9 12.7 1.6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
2020 0.1 0.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. Those under age 18 in 1974 would be no older than 64 in 2020.
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Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2020
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,108,612 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 806,751 72.8 . . .
With income b 301,861 27.2 294
Earned income only 1,193 0.1 682
Unearned income only 300,105 27.1 253
Both earned and unearned income 563 0.1 890
With unearned income c 300,668 27.1 253
Social Security benefits 70,093 6.3 262
Veterans' benefits 8,892 0.8 78
Income based on need 16,519 1.5 235
Support from absent parents 157,738 14.2 238
Support and maintenance 69,606 6.3 193
Asset income 468 (L) 13
Other 6,109 0.6 335
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. The percentage of children receiving the full federal benefit rate, as shown in Table 18, is smaller than the percentage of those with no income, as shown here, because of the effect of parental deemed income in the payment computation.
b. Does not include income deemed from parents in the household.
c. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of unearned income.
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Table 24. Recipients, by number of parents in the household, December 2020
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,108,612 100.0
No parents a 138,941 12.5
One parent 756,936 68.3
Two parents 212,735 19.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: The total of children with one or two parents in the household differs slightly from the number of children living in a parent's household in Table 19. This is because the data in Table 19 represent only households in which a parent is the head of the household, whereas the data in this table include children living with parents who are not the head of the household.
a. Children with no parents in the household reside independently, with other relatives or nonrelatives, or in institutions or in foster care. Deeming does not apply in these situations.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 25. Recipients with one parent in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2020
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 756,936 100.0 708,210 100.0 48,726 100.0
No parental income 343,874 45.4 323,529 45.7 20,345 41.8
Parental income a 413,062 54.6 384,681 54.3 28,381 58.2
Earned income 299,975 39.6 280,272 39.6 19,703 40.4
Unearned income 133,547 17.6 123,771 17.5 9,776 20.1
Total income (dollars)  
None 343,874 45.4 323,529 45.7 20,345 41.8
Under 200 30,855 4.1 29,559 4.2 1,296 2.7
200–399 23,333 3.1 21,908 3.1 1,425 2.9
400–599 26,216 3.5 24,601 3.5 1,615 3.3
600–999 76,363 10.1 71,392 10.1 4,971 10.2
1,000 or more 256,295 33.9 237,221 33.5 19,074 39.1
Earned income (dollars)  
None 456,961 60.4 427,938 60.4 29,023 59.6
Under 200 5,524 0.7 5,238 0.7 286 0.6
200–399 8,976 1.2 8,478 1.2 498 1.0
400–599 14,208 1.9 13,487 1.9 721 1.5
600–999 40,774 5.4 38,897 5.5 1,877 3.9
1,000 or more 230,493 30.5 214,172 30.2 16,321 33.5
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 623,389 82.4 584,439 82.5 38,950 79.9
Under 200 33,889 4.5 32,550 4.6 1,339 2.7
200–399 18,940 2.5 17,785 2.5 1,155 2.4
400–599 15,836 2.1 14,681 2.1 1,155 2.4
600–999 41,942 5.5 38,433 5.4 3,509 7.2
1,000 or more 22,940 3.0 20,322 2.9 2,618 5.4
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 26. Recipients with two parents in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2020
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 212,735 100.0 212,735 100.0 212,735 100.0
No parental income 38,743 18.2 136,860 64.3 71,899 33.8
Parental income a 173,992 81.8 75,875 35.7 140,836 66.2
Earned income 148,224 69.7 56,857 26.7 116,436 54.7
Unearned income 42,268 19.9 21,946 10.3 29,559 13.9
Total income (dollars)  
None 38,743 18.2 136,860 64.3 71,899 33.8
Under 200 3,116 1.5 7,555 3.6 3,872 1.8
200–399 3,613 1.7 4,631 2.2 3,137 1.5
400–599 4,495 2.1 5,273 2.5 4,661 2.2
600–999 14,106 6.6 13,394 6.3 14,494 6.8
1,000 or more 148,662 69.9 45,022 21.2 114,672 53.9
Earned income (dollars)  
None 64,511 30.3 155,878 73.3 96,299 45.3
Under 200 1,318 0.6 1,878 0.9 1,240 0.6
200–399 1,780 0.8 2,453 1.2 1,628 0.8
400–599 2,898 1.4 3,357 1.6 2,637 1.2
600–999 7,926 3.7 7,845 3.7 6,880 3.2
1,000 or more 134,302 63.1 41,324 19.4 104,051 48.9
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 170,467 80.1 190,789 89.7 183,176 86.1
Under 200 4,522 2.1 7,072 3.3 4,176 2.0
200–399 4,291 2.0 2,745 1.3 2,270 1.1
400–599 4,392 2.1 2,339 1.1 2,885 1.4
600–999 13,338 6.3 6,364 3.0 9,477 4.5
1,000 or more 15,725 7.4 3,426 1.6 10,751 5.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 27. Recipients with one or more parents who have income and average monthly amount of parental income, by type of income, December 2020
Type of income All children with parental income Children with parental income from—
Mother Father
Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total a 587,054 1,694 460,556 1,393 169,217 2,081
Earned income 448,199 1,955 337,129 1,647 136,139 2,341
Unearned income b 175,815 692 145,717 592 39,335 849
Social Security benefits 74,369 821 57,872 754 19,843 872
Other pensions 8,040 573 6,041 366 3,148 762
Public income-maintenance 40,806 167 38,202 166 5,023 188
Asset income 3,045 160 2,367 131 915 214
Other 55,935 806 45,493 744 11,611 1,083
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of earned or unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
b. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 28. Recipients subject to deeming, by factors affecting parental deemed income, December 2020
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 969,671 100.0 756,936 78.1 212,735 21.9
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 783,430 100.0 632,114 100.0 151,316 100.0
No parental income 382,617 48.8 343,874 54.4 38,743 25.6
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 40,806 5.2 35,325 5.6 5,481 3.6
Income less than deeming allocations a 40,387 5.2 32,447 5.1 7,940 5.2
Income less than exclusions b 319,620 40.8 220,468 34.9 99,152 65.5
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 186,241 100.0 124,822 100.0 61,419 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 138,981 74.6 90,542 72.5 48,439 78.9
Unearned income only 29,775 16.0 25,124 20.1 4,651 7.6
Both earned and unearned income 14,942 8.0 6,911 5.5 8,031 13.1
Manually computed deemed income 2,543 1.4 2,245 1.8 298 0.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes allocations for ineligible children and SSI-eligible aliens sponsored by parents.
b. Includes the general income exclusion ($20), the earned income exclusion ($65 plus one-half of the remaining earned income), and the parental living allowance.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.