SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2022

Noncitizens

Table 29. Recipients, by eligibility category, December 1982–2022
Year Total Aged Blind and disabled
Number Percentage of all SSI recipients Number Percentage of all SSI recipients Number Percentage of all SSI recipients
1982 127,900 3.3 91,900 5.9 36,000 1.6
1983 151,200 3.9 106,600 7.0 44,600 1.9
1984 181,100 4.5 127,600 8.3 53,500 2.1
1985 210,800 5.1 146,500 9.7 64,300 2.4
1986 244,300 5.7 165,300 11.2 79,000 2.8
1987 282,500 6.4 188,000 12.9 94,500 3.2
1988 320,300 7.2 213,900 14.9 106,400 3.5
1989 370,300 8.1 245,700 17.1 124,600 4.0
1990 435,600 9.0 282,400 19.4 153,200 4.6
1991 519,660 10.2 329,690 22.5 189,970 5.2
1992 601,430 10.8 372,930 25.4 228,500 5.6
1993 683,150 11.4 416,420 28.2 266,730 5.9
1994 738,140 11.7 440,000 30.0 298,140 6.2
1995 785,410 12.1 459,220 31.8 326,190 6.3
1996 724,990 11.0 417,360 29.5 307,630 5.9
1997 650,830 10.0 367,200 27.0 283,630 5.5
1998 669,630 10.2 364,980 27.4 304,650 5.8
1999 684,930 10.4 368,330 28.2 316,600 6.0
2000 692,590 10.5 364,470 28.3 328,120 6.2
2001 695,650 10.4 364,550 28.9 331,100 6.1
2002 703,515 10.4 364,827 29.1 338,688 6.1
2003 696,772 10.1 356,298 28.9 340,474 6.0
2004 676,979 9.7 342,220 28.3 334,759 5.8
2005 680,397 9.6 344,166 28.3 336,231 5.7
2006 674,250 9.3 339,073 28.0 335,177 5.6
2007 663,210 9.0 330,665 27.5 332,545 5.4
2008 655,988 8.7 324,271 26.9 331,717 5.3
2009 644,966 8.4 316,216 26.7 328,750 5.1
2010 627,271 7.9 303,457 25.6 323,814 4.8
2011 604,908 7.5 290,275 24.6 314,633 4.5
2012 582,345 7.0 273,500 23.7 308,845 4.3
2013 562,423 6.7 261,280 22.6 301,143 4.2
2014 540,121 6.5 253,104 22.0 287,017 4.0
2015 525,595 6.3 248,119 21.4 277,476 3.9
2016 507,229 6.1 241,383 20.7 265,846 3.8
2017 492,642 6.0 236,010 20.1 256,632 3.6
2018 463,411 5.7 220,798 18.9 242,613 3.5
2019 430,352 5.3 205,351 17.6 225,001 3.3
2020 397,447 5.0 189,539 16.7 207,908 3.0
2021 365,714 4.8 176,625 15.8 189,089 2.9
2022 342,890 4.5 169,443 14.9 173,447 2.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 30. Recipients, by selected characteristics and citizenship status, December 2022
Characteristic All recipients Citizens Noncitizens
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 7,542,222 100.0 7,199,332 100.0 342,890 100.0
Age  
Under 18 997,109 13.2 995,423 13.8 1,686 0.5
18–21 290,456 3.9 289,805 4.0 651 0.2
22–25 283,433 3.8 282,640 3.9 793 0.2
26–29 272,866 3.6 271,885 3.8 981 0.3
30–39 701,670 9.3 696,745 9.7 4,925 1.4
40–49 662,969 8.8 652,298 9.1 10,671 3.1
50–59 1,176,607 15.6 1,148,267 15.9 28,340 8.3
60–64 807,788 10.7 779,828 10.8 27,960 8.2
65–69 719,722 9.5 667,097 9.3 52,625 15.3
70–74 577,670 7.7 514,954 7.2 62,716 18.3
75 or older 1,051,932 13.9 900,390 12.5 151,542 44.2
Sex  
Male 3,628,462 48.1 3,492,008 48.5 136,454 39.8
Female 3,913,760 51.9 3,707,324 51.5 206,436 60.2
Living arrangement  
Own household 6,208,766 82.3 5,894,796 81.9 313,970 91.6
Another's household 375,636 5.0 352,316 4.9 23,320 6.8
Parent's household 848,290 11.2 846,567 11.8 1,723 0.5
Medicaid institution 105,322 1.4 101,574 1.4 3,748 1.1
Unknown 4,208 0.1 4,079 0.1 129 (L)
Income  
Social Security 2,546,074 33.8 2,348,421 32.6 197,653 57.6
Worker beneficiary 1,851,695 24.6 1,703,444 23.7 148,251 43.2
Auxiliary beneficiary 694,379 9.2 644,977 9.0 49,402 14.4
Earnings 214,930 2.8 211,284 2.9 3,646 1.1
SSI payment  
Federal SSI only 6,195,447 82.1 5,972,585 83.0 222,862 65.0
State supplementation only 134,492 1.8 115,983 1.6 18,509 5.4
Both federal SSI and state supplementation 1,212,283 16.1 1,110,764 15.4 101,519 29.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 31. Recipients, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 342,890 169,443 173,447 1,686 74,321 266,883
Alabama 529 253 276 0 142 387
Alaska 389 176 213 3 120 266
Arizona 6,896 3,661 3,235 55 1,468 5,373
Arkansas 667 339 328 5 164 498
California 108,510 56,565 51,945 268 21,198 87,044
Colorado 2,925 1,535 1,390 30 566 2,329
Connecticut 2,209 919 1,290 17 642 1,550
Delaware 192 83 109 0 48 144
District of Columbia 452 225 227 (X) (X) 323
Florida 40,733 23,083 17,650 144 8,314 32,275
Georgia 4,434 2,538 1,896 29 920 3,485
Hawaii 1,292 788 504 0 239 1,053
Idaho 619 256 363 21 226 372
Illinois 8,371 4,287 4,084 30 1,728 6,613
Indiana 990 521 469 27 237 726
Iowa 726 292 434 15 227 484
Kansas 916 421 495 16 229 671
Kentucky 1,054 490 564 42 340 672
Louisiana 1,093 473 620 (X) (X) 828
Maine 348 71 277 (X) 186 (X)
Maryland 2,799 1,568 1,231 27 545 2,227
Massachusetts 6,969 1,863 5,106 36 2,291 4,642
Michigan 3,734 1,352 2,382 83 1,099 2,552
Minnesota 2,930 679 2,251 95 1,157 1,678
Mississippi 299 155 144 0 59 240
Missouri 1,121 476 645 39 340 742
Montana 75 26 49 (X) (X) 51
Nebraska 790 352 438 24 263 503
Nevada 3,071 2,336 735 6 599 2,466
New Hampshire 210 70 140 0 86 124
New Jersey 8,839 4,566 4,273 27 1,870 6,942
New Mexico 4,200 2,112 2,088 5 781 3,414
New York 43,326 17,064 26,262 105 10,599 32,622
North Carolina 2,862 1,400 1,462 29 717 2,116
North Dakota 100 36 64 0 43 57
Ohio 2,144 834 1,310 51 700 1,393
Oklahoma 1,176 636 540 5 259 912
Oregon 2,356 1,037 1,319 29 639 1,688
Pennsylvania 6,720 2,245 4,475 62 1,969 4,689
Rhode Island 2,054 611 1,443 7 693 1,354
South Carolina 740 367 373 5 161 574
South Dakota 123 54 69 (X) (X) 80
Tennessee 1,133 604 529 16 275 842
Texas 50,734 27,489 23,245 150 8,776 41,808
Utah 954 445 509 9 273 672
Vermont 126 29 97 6 53 67
Virginia 2,829 1,553 1,276 35 623 2,171
Washington 5,168 1,877 3,291 80 1,331 3,757
West Virginia 68 23 45 0 22 46
Wisconsin 1,836 579 1,257 32 630 1,174
Wyoming 50 (X) (X) 0 15 35
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 9 (X) (X) 0 (X) (X)
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 32. Recipients, by region and 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 342,890 169,443 173,447 1,686 74,321 266,883
Latin America 231,931 119,922 112,009 270 47,814 183,847
Mexico 129,636 72,068 57,568 41 23,015 106,580
Cuba 30,464 16,837 13,627 113 5,886 24,465
Dominican Republic 26,061 8,408 17,653 26 7,376 18,659
El Salvador 8,807 4,953 3,854 14 1,658 7,135
Haiti 6,395 3,336 3,059 12 1,519 4,864
Other 30,568 14,320 16,248 64 8,360 22,144
Africa 6,984 2,658 4,326 325 2,776 3,883
Somalia 996 227 769 55 549 392
Ethiopia 887 300 587 37 342 508
Nigeria 533 212 321 (X) (X) 361
Cape Verde 302 96 206 0 144 158
Liberia 312 106 206 (X) (X) 182
Other 3,954 1,717 2,237 226 1,446 2,282
Asia 66,631 33,938 32,693 427 13,507 52,697
Vietnam 13,631 4,841 8,790 5 3,275 10,351
China 13,657 11,527 2,130 (X) (X) 13,121
South Korea 7,049 5,091 1,958 0 655 6,394
Laos 6,092 579 5,513 0 2,536 3,556
Philippines 5,714 3,632 2,082 4 1,274 4,436
Other 20,488 8,268 12,220 416 5,233 14,839
Middle East 12,475 4,366 8,109 571 3,889 8,015
Iraq 3,565 1,154 2,411 149 1,365 2,051
Iran 3,416 1,461 1,955 8 678 2,730
Syria 2,101 481 1,620 280 993 828
Egypt 820 387 433 38 164 618
Lebanon 635 223 412 (X) (X) 500
Other 1,938 660 1,278 95 555 1,288
Former Soviet Republics 10,835 3,712 7,123 67 1,870 8,898
Europe 11,048 3,925 7,123 10 3,316 7,722
Former Yugoslavia 1,618 473 1,145 0 462 1,156
United Kingdom 1,493 376 1,117 3 679 811
Poland 1,417 700 717 0 307 1,110
Portugal 1,243 376 867 0 472 771
Italy 920 286 634 0 281 639
Other 4,357 1,714 2,643 7 1,115 3,235
Oceania 1,104 470 634 (X) (X) 763
Other areas 1,882 452 1,430 15 809 1,058
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 33. Recipients, by number of months between date of U.S. residency and date of SSI application, eligibility category, and age, December 2022
Months Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients 342,890 169,443 173,447 1,686 74,321 266,883
0 a 902 425 477 28 239 635
1–11 22,192 9,280 12,912 1,004 6,722 14,466
12–23 8,751 3,955 4,796 209 2,158 6,384
24–35 6,296 2,425 3,871 147 1,693 4,456
36–47 7,970 2,472 5,498 84 2,319 5,567
48–59 6,351 1,857 4,494 47 1,739 4,565
60–71 13,611 6,759 6,852 67 3,082 10,462
72–83 9,535 4,220 5,315 25 2,016 7,494
84–119 28,366 13,188 15,178 28 5,459 22,879
120 and over 236,712 123,885 112,827 10 48,318 188,384
State conversions b 127 0 127 . . . (X) (X)
Unknown 2,077 977 1,100 37 (X) (X)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. Persons whose records indicate that they applied in the same month that their residence began.
b. Persons who were converted to the SSI program in 1973 from the state Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.