SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2022

Federally Administered Payments

Table 4. Recipients, by age, December 1974–2022
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
2016 8,251,161 1,213,079 14.7 4,845,735 58.7 2,192,347 26.6
2017 8,227,676 1,182,593 14.4 4,805,112 58.4 2,239,971 27.2
2018 8,128,652 1,148,038 14.1 4,714,234 58.0 2,266,380 27.9
2019 8,076,867 1,132,080 14.0 4,646,559 57.5 2,298,228 28.5
2020 7,959,766 1,108,612 13.9 4,556,131 57.2 2,295,023 28.8
2021 7,695,900 1,038,149 13.5 4,363,898 56.7 2,293,853 29.8
2022 7,542,222 997,109 13.2 4,195,789 55.6 2,349,324 31.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5. By type of payment, sex, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
Type of payment and sex Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All payments 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324
Male 3,628,462 405,216 32,747 3,190,499 675,700 2,110,867 841,895
Female 3,913,760 732,884 31,646 3,149,230 321,409 2,084,922 1,507,429
Federal SSI 7,407,730 1,088,793 62,314 6,256,623 996,238 4,145,900 2,265,592
Male 3,566,703 384,539 31,666 3,150,498 675,104 2,084,724 806,875
Female 3,841,027 704,254 30,648 3,106,125 321,134 2,061,176 1,458,717
State supplementation 1,346,775 391,357 16,725 938,693 107,714 577,618 661,443
Male 618,002 140,995 8,309 468,698 74,178 305,058 238,766
Female 728,773 250,362 8,416 469,995 33,536 272,560 422,677
  Total payments (thousands of dollars)
All payments 4,910,154 569,774 43,223 4,297,157 771,248 2,936,359 1,202,547
Male 2,434,281 191,437 22,079 2,220,766 522,881 1,501,574 409,826
Female 2,475,873 378,338 21,144 2,076,391 248,367 1,434,785 792,721
Federal SSI 4,661,439 496,067 39,116 4,126,256 762,552 2,822,284 1,076,603
Male 2,318,724 163,623 20,057 2,135,044 516,940 1,439,646 362,138
Female 2,342,715 332,445 19,059 1,991,212 245,612 1,382,638 714,465
State supplementation 248,715 73,707 4,107 170,901 8,697 114,075 125,944
Male 115,558 27,814 2,022 85,722 5,942 61,928 47,688
Female 133,158 45,893 2,086 85,179 2,755 52,147 78,256
  Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All payments 622.00 495.52 644.53 644.50 731.99 659.81 508.01
Male 637.50 466.34 646.43 659.16 733.20 669.04 481.87
Female 607.67 511.63 642.57 629.67 729.45 650.49 522.59
Federal SSI 600.74 450.87 602.12 626.84 724.54 641.76 471.56
Male 617.32 419.76 606.60 641.58 725.66 649.45 444.09
Female 585.38 467.85 597.51 611.93 722.18 634.00 486.74
State supplementation 178.62 185.83 237.74 174.55 75.31 186.64 188.41
Male 179.72 194.35 235.29 174.34 75.05 191.34 197.38
Female 177.68 181.04 240.15 174.77 75.89 181.39 183.34
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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6. Recipients, by selected characteristics, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
Characteristic Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All recipients 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324
Sex  
Male 3,628,462 405,216 32,747 3,190,499 675,700 2,110,867 841,895
Female 3,913,760 732,884 31,646 3,149,230 321,409 2,084,922 1,507,429
Citizenship status  
Citizen 7,199,332 968,657 61,093 6,169,582 995,423 4,121,468 2,082,441
Noncitizen 342,890 169,443 3,300 170,147 1,686 74,321 266,883
Living arrangement  
Own household 6,208,766 1,026,196 54,976 5,127,594 127,311 3,889,993 2,191,462
Another's household 375,636 100,777 4,176 270,683 38,924 220,780 115,932
Parent's household 848,290 . . . 4,217 844,073 819,325 28,965 . . .
Medicaid institution 105,322 10,369 1,006 93,947 11,452 52,955 40,915
Unknown 4,208 758 18 3,432 97 3,096 1,015
  Average monthly payment (dollars)
All recipients 622.00 495.52 644.53 644.50 731.99 659.81 508.01
Sex  
Male 637.50 466.34 646.43 659.16 733.20 669.04 481.87
Female 607.67 511.63 642.57 629.67 729.45 650.49 522.59
Citizenship status  
Citizen 626.49 502.39 645.99 645.79 731.90 660.18 509.63
Noncitizen 527.97 456.28 617.54 597.64 781.18 639.45 495.43
Living arrangement  
Own household 620.81 499.74 653.49 644.69 785.92 673.81 517.25
Another's household 527.25 495.00 553.85 538.91 528.25 547.27 489.09
Parent's household 743.15 . . . 757.94 743.08 743.01 747.03 . . .
Medicaid institution 34.25 39.01 35.54 33.74 33.71 33.31 35.67
Unknown 618.67 601.51 -- 625.89 705.80 669.80 586.62
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable; -- = not available.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 7. Recipients, by type of representative payee, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
Type of payee Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324
Without payee 4,799,692 1,093,077 44,605 3,662,010 518 2,664,356 2,134,818
With payee 2,742,530 45,023 19,788 2,677,719 996,591 1,531,433 214,506
Parent (natural, adoptive, or stepparent) 1,743,117 228 13,059 1,729,830 830,588 908,859 3,670
Spouse 30,658 1,697 (X) 28,794 (X) 20,935 9,721
Child (natural, adoptive, or stepchild) 103,263 27,167 (X) 75,523 (X) 33,478 69,746
Grandparent 107,230 61 751 106,418 62,922 44,199 109
Other relative 339,761 7,687 2,183 329,891 71,080 210,307 58,374
Nonmental institution 106,562 3,705 900 101,957 1,791 76,862 27,909
Mental institution 47,856 540 388 46,928 701 39,921 7,234
Financial organization 5,042 68 36 4,938 59 4,132 851
Social agency 105,952 1,312 859 103,781 12,246 78,145 15,561
Public official 14,349 523 74 13,752 48 11,297 3,004
Other 138,740 2,035 798 135,907 17,115 103,298 18,327
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 8. Recipients, by type of income, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
Type of income Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients a 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324
No other income 4,289,141 387,011 36,395 3,865,735 729,099 2,682,111 877,931
Earned income 214,930 15,818 2,143 196,969 2,388 186,904 25,638
Unearned income  
Social Security benefits 2,546,074 661,499 22,355 1,862,220 60,304 1,135,924 1,349,846
Veterans' benefits 38,777 4,137 331 34,309 8,445 20,099 10,233
Income based on need 18,224 248 92 17,884 14,439 3,456 329
Workers' compensation 1,931 276 4 1,651 6 963 962
Support from absent parents 143,595 0 670 142,925 138,543 5,052 0
Pensions 46,952 31,936 160 14,856 30 7,191 39,731
Support and maintenance 441,282 125,775 3,678 311,829 63,637 213,013 164,632
Asset income b 20,132 4,919 220 14,993 491 9,495 10,146
Other c 77,903 12,588 632 64,683 5,422 53,099 19,382
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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 9. Recipients, by receipt of Social Security, type of income, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
Type of income Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All recipients 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324
With Social Security  
No other income 2,298,275 564,822 20,374 1,713,079 51,012 1,035,592 1,211,671
Earned income only 63,611 8,862 596 54,153 173 47,937 15,501
Unearned income only a 180,532 86,680 1,365 92,487 9,082 50,220 121,230
Both earned and unearned income a 3,656 1,135 20 2,501 37 2,175 1,444
Without Social Security  
No other income 4,289,141 387,011 36,395 3,865,735 729,099 2,682,111 877,931
Earned income only 135,237 4,708 1,421 129,108 1,643 126,237 7,357
Unearned income only a 559,344 83,769 4,116 471,459 205,528 240,962 112,854
Both earned and unearned income a 12,426 1,113 106 11,207 535 10,555 1,336
  Average monthly payment (dollars)
All recipients 622.00 495.52 644.53 644.50 731.99 659.81 508.01
With Social Security  
No other income 312.69 319.02 336.46 310.33 509.47 301.42 314.08
Earned income only 263.21 269.14 269.35 262.11 477.96 262.98 261.57
Unearned income only a 264.84 251.22 308.84 277.38 447.86 271.03 248.91
Both earned and unearned income a 226.91 210.02 322.74 234.65 418.39 233.75 212.77
Without Social Security  
No other income 807.47 785.73 834.21 809.39 778.63 817.80 799.76
Earned income only 566.56 552.28 574.65 567.00 600.50 565.31 580.62
Unearned income only a 645.32 629.75 679.69 647.78 636.19 654.83 641.56
Both earned and unearned income a 461.93 434.75 458.28 464.77 495.57 462.54 444.30
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes recipients with in-kind unearned income.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 10. Recipients, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324
Alabama 146,542 7,338 948 138,256 18,426 97,671 30,445
Alaska 11,365 1,624 69 9,672 957 7,042 3,366
Arizona 112,372 17,810 1,103 93,459 14,607 63,369 34,396
Arkansas 96,423 4,411 669 91,343 21,334 59,529 15,560
California 1,133,190 339,560 14,662 778,968 84,412 472,200 576,578
Colorado 68,021 11,017 551 56,453 7,113 40,205 20,703
Connecticut 65,416 7,577 429 57,410 8,259 38,840 18,317
Delaware 16,114 1,371 109 14,634 2,847 9,874 3,393
District of Columbia 23,525 2,370 144 21,011 3,138 13,727 6,660
Florida 547,570 147,156 3,562 396,852 85,239 238,032 224,299
Georgia 249,089 26,795 2,210 220,084 42,153 144,038 62,898
Hawaii 21,456 5,270 187 15,999 1,057 11,125 9,274
Idaho 28,457 1,681 243 26,533 3,899 19,566 4,992
Illinois 245,117 29,792 2,250 213,075 30,530 143,754 70,833
Indiana 121,768 6,252 924 114,592 19,563 82,478 19,727
Iowa 49,411 2,980 595 45,836 7,790 33,239 8,382
Kansas 45,594 2,855 371 42,368 7,844 29,641 8,109
Kentucky 156,464 8,402 1,020 147,042 21,693 101,528 33,243
Louisiana 160,538 10,141 1,308 149,089 28,417 96,382 35,739
Maine 34,095 1,743 202 32,150 3,274 24,452 6,369
Maryland 115,216 15,435 773 99,008 16,699 68,073 30,444
Massachusetts 168,057 24,841 1,906 141,310 18,225 93,100 56,732
Michigan 250,912 19,660 1,674 229,578 30,945 161,786 58,181
Minnesota 88,024 11,110 719 76,195 9,903 52,774 25,347
Mississippi 107,727 6,910 931 99,886 16,635 67,102 23,990
Missouri 128,841 6,903 993 120,945 18,194 87,152 23,495
Montana 16,372 1,501 136 14,735 1,777 10,627 3,968
Nebraska 28,326 2,434 247 25,645 3,823 18,795 5,708
Nevada 53,564 15,185 667 37,712 8,251 28,716 16,597
New Hampshire 16,527 853 121 15,553 1,680 12,365 2,482
New Jersey 165,162 34,351 851 129,960 21,953 83,071 60,138
New Mexico 56,273 7,339 461 48,473 6,564 32,536 17,173
New York 573,058 110,797 2,924 459,337 69,807 274,937 228,314
North Carolina 216,756 16,909 1,840 198,007 31,577 137,513 47,666
North Dakota 7,872 608 65 7,199 1,016 5,226 1,630
Ohio 291,632 17,591 2,029 272,012 39,794 191,336 60,502
Oklahoma 92,408 5,881 758 85,769 13,595 61,557 17,256
Oregon 83,636 9,421 565 73,650 8,788 52,806 22,042
Pennsylvania 328,665 25,615 2,105 300,945 51,213 197,379 80,073
Rhode Island 30,592 3,243 161 27,188 3,270 18,969 8,353
South Carolina 106,983 7,880 1,202 97,901 15,604 66,746 24,633
South Dakota 13,933 1,528 135 12,270 2,088 8,479 3,366
Tennessee 162,800 10,434 1,509 150,857 21,731 106,475 34,594
Texas 594,019 97,352 6,445 490,222 107,341 305,164 181,514
Utah 30,482 2,771 287 27,424 4,200 20,241 6,041
Vermont 14,133 874 76 13,183 1,147 10,087 2,899
Virginia 148,318 17,457 1,094 129,767 19,839 91,471 37,008
Washington 137,815 17,600 859 119,356 13,826 83,347 40,642
West Virginia 64,747 2,294 416 62,037 6,203 45,280 13,264
Wisconsin 109,123 6,638 821 101,664 17,886 70,619 20,618
Wyoming 6,706 372 57 6,277 763 4,814 1,129
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 1,016 168 10 838 220 554 242
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 11. Average monthly payment, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2022 (in dollars)
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 622.00 495.52 644.53 644.50 731.99 659.81 508.01
Alabama 591.69 337.07 579.55 605.28 732.31 624.63 400.90
Alaska 575.77 350.89 540.01 613.89 696.51 635.19 416.93
Arizona 605.66 440.40 641.92 636.78 726.30 657.11 460.10
Arkansas 605.76 308.10 585.66 620.30 742.33 616.51 378.29
California 715.92 601.03 790.79 764.58 801.01 804.04 631.34
Colorado 594.10 456.66 601.78 620.88 692.26 647.57 456.50
Connecticut 608.91 453.30 621.50 629.40 722.55 644.45 482.73
Delaware 624.48 450.11 584.16 641.05 709.42 657.37 457.37
District of Columbia 649.40 463.36 618.77 670.59 733.24 695.82 513.89
Florida 598.21 513.00 603.67 629.82 719.81 642.69 505.01
Georgia 597.72 384.13 594.61 623.77 725.06 641.81 411.72
Hawaii 607.28 463.39 608.10 654.68 705.05 682.60 505.94
Idaho 598.36 380.94 605.14 612.09 690.07 626.77 416.71
Illinois 619.56 467.52 618.66 640.81 738.84 651.72 502.98
Indiana 615.56 410.41 590.49 626.95 724.41 633.57 433.22
Iowa 594.66 389.39 569.75 608.35 716.52 611.03 417.48
Kansas 602.02 408.00 602.85 615.15 712.42 622.54 421.37
Kentucky 603.50 365.60 602.48 617.08 735.97 633.01 427.47
Louisiana 611.54 354.74 581.15 629.25 743.36 642.21 423.99
Maine 585.11 337.78 583.41 598.57 713.43 616.53 399.14
Maryland 629.09 483.17 616.98 651.90 712.89 671.18 489.07
Massachusetts 604.27 509.03 577.06 621.38 716.73 634.97 517.91
Michigan 627.14 485.29 620.38 639.31 733.70 652.86 499.18
Minnesota 626.60 556.88 636.20 636.69 713.18 641.10 562.88
Mississippi 586.09 294.45 576.79 606.35 730.43 623.49 381.64
Missouri 593.27 395.90 590.14 604.56 717.89 613.92 420.36
Montana 571.08 364.03 600.82 591.94 713.68 611.55 399.10
Nebraska 586.18 412.72 580.17 602.69 691.06 615.34 420.47
Nevada 620.02 487.90 680.83 672.53 733.47 665.57 485.30
New Hampshire 577.42 414.33 552.67 586.51 685.99 594.41 418.89
New Jersey 598.72 471.81 593.13 632.24 728.15 648.39 482.90
New Mexico 580.33 363.21 610.55 612.88 730.17 636.86 416.00
New York 608.38 466.20 608.80 642.69 741.24 655.56 511.08
North Carolina 589.16 352.89 594.22 609.28 716.62 627.86 393.22
North Dakota 562.12 442.86 548.19 572.30 670.84 582.83 428.51
Ohio 625.24 456.27 614.82 636.23 732.26 647.18 485.84
Oklahoma 605.50 339.34 592.83 623.85 733.47 635.05 399.13
Oregon 610.14 450.07 607.96 630.60 714.49 656.46 457.92
Pennsylvania 635.29 473.80 608.27 649.23 733.77 657.79 517.19
Rhode Island 605.70 432.96 590.51 626.43 722.36 644.53 472.56
South Carolina 588.41 333.76 581.70 608.99 717.41 628.48 398.38
South Dakota 577.78 430.98 611.64 595.83 686.27 605.55 441.45
Tennessee 599.08 353.96 606.23 615.97 716.00 634.95 415.85
Texas 583.16 395.32 593.14 620.33 722.56 636.84 410.64
Utah 599.43 460.94 587.08 613.57 674.26 625.72 459.84
Vermont 606.98 413.27 599.58 619.87 771.12 636.09 440.48
Virginia 602.22 458.01 602.39 621.67 713.70 636.73 457.54
Washington 624.52 526.21 616.09 639.09 699.57 661.97 522.40
West Virginia 610.45 347.73 584.75 620.33 726.12 643.94 442.16
Wisconsin 613.05 400.95 595.36 627.06 727.57 630.43 454.83
Wyoming 582.23 305.71 579.12 598.68 712.38 610.78 372.37
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 692.97 496.90 683.80 732.34 785.91 730.30 522.61
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 12. Recipients and their average income, by type of income and marital status, December 2022
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 7,542,222 . . . 6,904,948 . . . 218,160 . . . 218,160 . . . 200,954 . . . 200,954 . . .
No other income 4,289,143 . . . 3,972,672 . . . 97,767 . . . 97,975 . . . 120,729 . . . 97,700 . . .
With income 3,253,079 575 2,932,276 582 120,393 523 120,185 476 80,225 563 103,254 1,114
Earned income only 135,237 692 129,909 683 1,063 947 1,326 945 2,939 864 51,231 1,468
Unearned income only 3,038,149 560 2,727,083 566 118,079 513 117,021 461 75,966 541 48,202 705
Both earned and unearned income 79,693 975 75,284 967 1,251 1,102 1,838 1,121 1,320 1,116 3,821 1,529
With earned income b 214,930 596 205,193 587 2,314 761 3,164 785 4,259 791 55,052 1,435
Wages 185,227 636 178,976 624 1,482 946 2,137 969 2,632 1,003 39,634 1,637
Self-employment income 30,619 334 27,069 322 846 423 1,047 394 1,657 440 16,083 877
With unearned income b 3,117,842 559 2,802,367 565 119,330 513 118,859 460 77,286 540 52,023 693
Social Security benefits 2,546,074 616 2,271,105 627 105,253 535 105,680 476 64,036 585 42,597 748
Veterans' benefits 38,777 181 37,254 179 211 270 247 239 1,065 233 1,444 623
Income based on need 18,224 221 17,673 223 46 175 115 150 390 152 4,324 170
Workers' compensation 1,931 436 1,721 420 72 454 61 457 77 741 185 852
Support from absent parents 140,272 249 140,272 249 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pensions 46,952 202 36,453 205 4,860 199 4,237 175 1,402 224 1,701 345
Support and maintenance 441,280 223 385,851 229 20,830 168 20,015 168 14,584 215 870 209
Asset income c 20,132 30 18,297 29 729 33 547 35 559 69 467 124
Other d 81,217 228 76,438 230 1,534 171 1,317 153 1,928 246 2,832 548
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.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 13. Recipients as a percentage of resident population, by state, December 2022
State Resident population a Recipients
Number Percentage of resident population
United States 333,287,557 b 7,541,206 2.3
Alabama 5,074,296 146,542 2.9
Alaska 733,583 11,365 1.5
Arizona 7,359,197 112,372 1.5
Arkansas 3,045,637 96,423 3.2
California 39,029,342 1,133,190 2.9
Colorado 5,839,926 68,021 1.2
Connecticut 3,626,205 65,416 1.8
Delaware 1,018,396 16,114 1.6
District of Columbia 671,803 23,525 3.5
Florida 22,244,823 547,570 2.5
Georgia 10,912,876 249,089 2.3
Hawaii 1,440,196 21,456 1.5
Idaho 1,939,033 28,457 1.5
Illinois 12,582,032 245,117 1.9
Indiana 6,833,037 121,768 1.8
Iowa 3,200,517 49,411 1.5
Kansas 2,937,150 45,594 1.6
Kentucky 4,512,310 156,464 3.5
Louisiana 4,590,241 160,538 3.5
Maine 1,385,340 34,095 2.5
Maryland 6,164,660 115,216 1.9
Massachusetts 6,981,974 168,057 2.4
Michigan 10,034,113 250,912 2.5
Minnesota 5,717,184 88,024 1.5
Mississippi 2,940,057 107,727 3.7
Missouri 6,177,957 128,841 2.1
Montana 1,122,867 16,372 1.5
Nebraska 1,967,923 28,326 1.4
Nevada 3,177,772 53,564 1.7
New Hampshire 1,395,231 16,527 1.2
New Jersey 9,261,699 165,162 1.8
New Mexico 2,113,344 56,273 2.7
New York 19,677,151 573,058 2.9
North Carolina 10,698,973 216,756 2.0
North Dakota 779,261 7,872 1.0
Ohio 11,756,058 291,632 2.5
Oklahoma 4,019,800 92,408 2.3
Oregon 4,240,137 83,636 2.0
Pennsylvania 12,972,008 328,665 2.5
Rhode Island 1,093,734 30,592 2.8
South Carolina 5,282,634 106,983 2.0
South Dakota 909,824 13,933 1.5
Tennessee 7,051,339 162,800 2.3
Texas 30,029,572 594,019 2.0
Utah 3,380,800 30,482 0.9
Vermont 647,064 14,133 2.2
Virginia 8,683,619 148,318 1.7
Washington 7,785,786 137,815 1.8
West Virginia 1,775,156 64,747 3.6
Wisconsin 5,892,539 109,123 1.9
Wyoming 581,381 6,706 1.2
SOURCES: Census Bureau; and Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2022, as reported by the Census Bureau.
b. Excludes recipients in the Northern Mariana Islands.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 14. Foreign-born recipients, by region, country of origin, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
Region and country of origin Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 1,643,866 855,769 788,097 16,538 360,544 1,266,784
North America 178,339 21,776 156,563 10,166 88,712 79,461
U.S. territories 172,301 20,502 151,799 10,074 85,436 76,791
Puerto Rico 166,518 19,981 146,537 9,501 81,519 75,498
Other a 5,783 521 5,262 573 3,917 1,293
Other 6,038 1,274 4,764 92 3,276 2,670
Latin America 636,869 361,714 275,155 1,930 121,358 513,581
Mexico 250,610 138,983 111,627 572 46,838 203,200
Cuba 123,396 81,708 41,688 239 17,056 106,101
Dominican Republic 76,208 29,708 46,500 505 18,959 56,744
El Salvador 29,295 18,428 10,867 49 4,540 24,706
Haiti 21,090 13,074 8,016 112 4,317 16,661
Other 136,270 79,813 56,457 453 29,648 106,169
Africa 50,115 25,916 24,199 865 14,765 34,485
Somalia 10,897 3,707 7,190 115 4,158 6,624
Nigeria 7,644 5,953 1,691 46 1,004 6,594
Ethiopia 6,550 3,393 3,157 92 1,746 4,712
Liberia 2,480 1,365 1,115 8 658 1,814
Cape Verde 2,104 1,187 917 8 538 1,558
Other 20,440 10,311 10,129 596 6,661 13,183
Asia 481,952 317,450 164,502 1,340 66,897 413,715
Vietnam 117,458 67,287 50,171 119 13,778 103,561
China 95,817 83,130 12,687 170 4,505 91,142
Philippines 53,401 42,487 10,914 98 7,087 46,216
India 51,230 41,424 9,806 31 3,573 47,626
South Korea 41,706 32,153 9,553 37 4,364 37,305
Other 122,340 50,969 71,371 885 33,590 87,865
Middle East 123,141 56,745 66,396 1,520 28,539 93,082
Iran 45,466 25,009 20,457 28 5,572 39,866
Iraq 32,570 9,791 22,779 458 12,664 19,448
Syria 10,320 5,163 5,157 339 2,063 7,918
Egypt 9,788 5,716 4,072 168 1,705 7,915
Lebanon 8,567 4,182 4,385 30 1,480 7,057
Other 16,430 6,884 9,546 497 5,055 10,878
Former Soviet Republics 104,566 47,330 57,236 310 14,491 89,765
Europe 63,775 22,691 41,084 371 24,085 39,319
Germany 12,532 1,176 11,356 114 9,149 3,269
Former Yugoslavia 9,839 3,071 6,768 3 2,609 7,227
United Kingdom 6,162 1,400 4,762 72 3,125 2,965
Poland 5,450 3,017 2,433 4 1,103 4,343
Portugal 3,078 994 2,084 1 1,111 1,966
Other 26,714 13,033 13,681 177 6,988 19,549
Oceania 4,566 1,999 2,567 26 1,438 3,102
Other areas 543 148 395 10 259 274
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: statistics@ssa.gov.