SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2024

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and their average monthly payment, by state or other area, December 2024
State or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,002,887 812.54
Alabama 18,263 811.23
Alaska 776 762.22
Arizona 15,240 804.89
Arkansas 22,117 819.30
California 84,110 897.03
Colorado 7,017 768.34
Connecticut 8,879 801.77
Delaware 3,084 793.49
District of Columbia 3,333 818.11
Florida 80,869 790.13
Georgia 42,088 805.20
Hawaii 1,134 785.55
Idaho 3,657 773.50
Illinois 32,657 819.81
Indiana 19,470 803.91
Iowa 7,920 797.23
Kansas 7,466 789.58
Kentucky 22,280 817.51
Louisiana 27,421 825.39
Maine 3,034 787.49
Maryland 17,262 785.74
Massachusetts 17,985 801.87
Michigan 32,931 814.04
Minnesota 10,250 794.97
Mississippi 16,321 808.39
Missouri 18,780 803.34
Montana 1,633 791.22
Nebraska 4,102 761.72
Nevada 8,093 794.26
New Hampshire 1,649 752.58
New Jersey 23,601 800.74
New Mexico 6,886 814.51
New York 69,765 823.89
North Carolina 34,152 795.56
North Dakota 1,158 751.74
Ohio 42,490 815.55
Oklahoma 13,905 818.03
Oregon 8,045 799.36
Pennsylvania 53,148 810.95
Rhode Island 3,458 804.84
South Carolina 15,429 792.97
South Dakota 2,014 767.25
Tennessee 23,244 795.10
Texas 101,078 802.68
Utah 3,788 763.95
Vermont 1,154 858.34
Virginia 21,135 789.42
Washington 12,990 788.75
West Virginia 6,095 811.95
Wisconsin 18,546 806.20
Wyoming 742 797.76
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 243 860.52
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes federally administered state supplementation payments.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 18. Percentage distribution of recipients, by monthly payment amount, December 2024
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 1,002,887
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.6
50–99 0.6
100–199 1.6
200–299 1.9
300–399 2.3
400–499 3.0
500–599 3.6
600–699 10.2
700–799 6.4
800–899 8.1
900–942 3.1
943 57.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2024.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2024
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,002,887 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 8,059 0.8
1 14,584 1.5
2 20,652 2.1
3 35,047 3.5
4 51,190 5.1
5 59,274 5.9
6 60,045 6.0
7 62,898 6.3
8 64,369 6.4
9 65,290 6.5
10 66,462 6.6
11 66,787 6.7
12 69,046 6.9
13 69,363 6.9
14 71,240 7.1
15 73,451 7.3
16 73,180 7.3
17 71,950 7.2
Sex  
Male 679,231 67.7
Female 323,656 32.3
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,001,274 99.8
Noncitizen 1,613 0.2
Living arrangement  
Own household 122,727 12.2
Another's household 39,288 3.9
Parent's household 830,479 82.8
Medicaid institution 10,262 1.0
Unknown 131 (L)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 20. Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2024
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,002,887 43,295 145,511 454,897 359,184
Congenital anomalies 54,141 7,594 10,450 22,608 13,489
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 6,637 244 1,091 3,230 2,072
Infectious and parasitic diseases 180 (X) (X) 69 67
Injuries 4,148 208 573 1,809 1,558
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 266,990 981 46,082 140,774 79,153
Developmental disorders 229,851 4,740 52,162 118,073 54,876
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 19,713 (X) (X) 8,049 11,374
Intellectual disorders 74,225 32 1,435 26,690 46,068
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 18,142 (X) (X) 3,882 14,209
Neurocognitive disorders 11,767 20 776 5,741 5,230
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1,054 0 3 135 916
Other mental disorders 149,320 3 1,639 60,700 86,978
Neoplasms 7,611 394 1,508 3,536 2,173
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 5,422 144 540 2,257 2,481
Circulatory system 3,025 387 635 1,202 801
Digestive system 15,773 4,176 5,329 4,755 1,513
Genitourinary system 2,014 129 254 815 816
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 5,688 147 647 2,547 2,347
Nervous system and sense organs 61,063 2,227 7,486 27,918 23,432
Respiratory system 8,170 781 1,539 3,665 2,185
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,083 28 110 501 444
Other 47,594 20,313 11,217 11,860 4,204
Unknown 9,276 734 1,663 4,081 2,798
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.4 17.5 7.2 5.0 3.8
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases (L) (X) (X) (L) (L)
Injuries 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 26.6 2.3 31.7 30.9 22.0
Developmental disorders 22.9 10.9 35.8 26.0 15.3
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 2.0 (X) (X) 1.8 3.2
Intellectual disorders 7.4 0.1 1.0 5.9 12.8
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 1.8 (X) (X) 0.9 4.0
Neurocognitive disorders 1.2 (L) 0.5 1.3 1.5
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 0.1 0.0 (L) (L) 0.3
Other mental disorders 14.9 (L) 1.1 13.3 24.2
Neoplasms 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7
Circulatory system 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.2
Digestive system 1.6 9.6 3.7 1.0 0.4
Genitourinary system 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7
Nervous system and sense organs 6.1 5.1 5.1 6.1 6.5
Respiratory system 0.8 1.8 1.1 0.8 0.6
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other 4.7 46.9 7.7 2.6 1.2
Unknown 0.9 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 21. Recipients, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2024
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,002,887 100.0 679,231 100.0 323,656 100.0
Congenital anomalies 54,141 5.4 29,042 4.3 25,099 7.8
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 6,637 0.7 3,455 0.5 3,182 1.0
Infectious and parasitic diseases 180 (L) 97 (L) 83 (L)
Injuries 4,148 0.4 2,455 0.4 1,693 0.5
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 266,990 26.6 206,839 30.5 60,151 18.6
Developmental disorders 229,851 22.9 156,920 23.1 72,931 22.5
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 19,713 2.0 14,833 2.2 4,880 1.5
Intellectual disorders 74,225 7.4 45,163 6.6 29,062 9.0
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 18,142 1.8 9,888 1.5 8,254 2.6
Neurocognitive disorders 11,767 1.2 7,557 1.1 4,210 1.3
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1,054 0.1 557 0.1 497 0.2
Other mental disorders 149,320 14.9 109,536 16.1 39,784 12.3
Neoplasms 7,611 0.8 4,239 0.6 3,372 1.0
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 5,422 0.5 3,091 0.5 2,331 0.7
Circulatory system 3,025 0.3 1,676 0.2 1,349 0.4
Digestive system 15,773 1.6 8,386 1.2 7,387 2.3
Genitourinary system 2,014 0.2 1,265 0.2 749 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 5,688 0.6 2,809 0.4 2,879 0.9
Nervous system and sense organs 61,063 6.1 33,630 5.0 27,433 8.5
Respiratory system 8,170 0.8 4,897 0.7 3,273 1.0
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,083 0.1 557 0.1 526 0.2
Other 47,594 4.7 26,255 3.9 21,339 6.6
Unknown 9,276 0.9 6,084 0.9 3,192 1.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 22. Adult recipients who first became eligible for SSI before age 18, by year of first eligibility and age in December 2024
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2024
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,205,649 237,228 179,621 154,192 341,403 191,578 101,627
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 35.0
1977–1980 3.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 29.9
1981–1984 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 16.2
1985–1989 5.6 . . . . . . . . . 4.9 19.1 14.1
1990–1994 17.3 . . . . . . (L) 32.3 48.5 4.8
1995–1999 14.7 . . . 1.7 29.2 29.5 14.6 . . .
2000–2004 17.0 5.4 35.3 33.4 21.4 2.0 . . .
2005–2009 17.5 35.6 32.8 21.2 10.1 . . . . . .
2010–2014 11.8 33.0 19.9 14.7 1.8 . . . . . .
2015–2019 5.5 19.6 10.0 1.5 . . . . . . . . .
2020–2024 1.3 6.5 0.3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. Those under age 18 in 1974 would be no older than 68 in 2024.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2024
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,002,887 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 736,012 73.4 . . .
With income b 266,875 26.6 383
Earned income only 1,710 0.2 829
Unearned income only 264,386 26.4 302
Both earned and unearned income 779 0.1 939
With unearned income c 265,165 26.4 302
Social Security benefits 56,705 5.7 348
Veterans' benefits 8,538 0.9 102
Income based on need 14,202 1.4 249
Support from absent parents 136,139 13.6 273
Support and maintenance 67,473 6.7 244
Asset income 536 0.1 12
Other 5,658 0.6 390
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
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.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 24. Recipients, by number of parents in the household, December 2024
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,002,887 100.0
No parents a 124,036 12.4
One parent 707,374 70.5
Two parents 171,477 17.1
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 statistics in Table 19 represent only households in which a parent is the head of the household, whereas the statistics 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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 25. Recipients with one parent in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2024
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 707,374 100.0 665,012 100.0 42,362 100.0
No parental income 302,915 42.8 285,047 42.9 17,868 42.2
Parental income a 404,459 57.2 379,965 57.1 24,494 57.8
Earned income 324,146 45.8 306,149 46.0 17,997 42.5
Unearned income 99,779 14.1 92,331 13.9 7,448 17.6
Total income (dollars)  
None 302,915 42.8 285,047 42.9 17,868 42.2
Under 200 22,837 3.2 21,893 3.3 944 2.2
200–399 17,531 2.5 16,570 2.5 961 2.3
400–599 17,736 2.5 16,621 2.5 1,115 2.6
600–799 19,005 2.7 17,825 2.7 1,180 2.8
800–999 24,084 3.4 22,515 3.4 1,569 3.7
1,000–1,199 33,207 4.7 31,032 4.7 2,175 5.1
1,200–1,399 34,029 4.8 32,010 4.8 2,019 4.8
1,400–1,599 27,673 3.9 26,112 3.9 1,561 3.7
1,600–1,799 21,425 3.0 20,133 3.0 1,292 3.0
1,800–1,999 18,364 2.6 17,415 2.6 949 2.2
2,000 or more 168,568 23.8 157,839 23.7 10,729 25.3
Earned income (dollars)  
None 383,228 54.2 358,863 54.0 24,365 57.5
Under 200 5,104 0.7 4,843 0.7 261 0.6
200–399 6,855 1.0 6,529 1.0 326 0.8
400–599 10,833 1.5 10,312 1.6 521 1.2
600–799 11,842 1.7 11,366 1.7 476 1.1
800–999 16,505 2.3 15,750 2.4 755 1.8
1,000–1,199 21,928 3.1 20,840 3.1 1,088 2.6
1,200–1,399 27,100 3.8 25,814 3.9 1,286 3.0
1,400–1,599 24,369 3.4 23,237 3.5 1,132 2.7
1,600–1,799 19,115 2.7 18,103 2.7 1,012 2.4
1,800–1,999 16,777 2.4 15,983 2.4 794 1.9
2,000 or more 163,718 23.1 153,372 23.1 10,346 24.4
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 607,595 85.9 572,681 86.1 34,914 82.4
Under 200 25,546 3.6 24,552 3.7 994 2.3
200–399 15,076 2.1 14,263 2.1 813 1.9
400–599 9,698 1.4 8,963 1.3 735 1.7
600–799 9,167 1.3 8,343 1.3 824 1.9
800–999 9,720 1.4 8,755 1.3 965 2.3
1,000–1,199 13,757 1.9 12,520 1.9 1,237 2.9
1,200–1,399 8,676 1.2 7,859 1.2 817 1.9
1,400–1,599 3,602 0.5 3,154 0.5 448 1.1
1,600–1,799 1,848 0.3 1,580 0.2 268 0.6
1,800–1,999 1,022 0.1 893 0.1 129 0.3
2,000 or more 1,667 0.2 1,449 0.2 218 0.5
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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 26. Recipients with two parents in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2024
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 171,477 100.0 171,477 100.0 171,477 100.0
No parental income 29,426 17.2 106,355 62.0 58,426 34.1
Parental income a 142,051 82.8 65,122 38.0 113,051 65.9
Earned income 127,270 74.2 53,219 31.0 98,595 57.5
Unearned income 26,238 15.3 14,196 8.3 18,128 10.6
Total income (dollars)  
None 29,426 17.2 106,355 62.0 58,426 34.1
Under 200 1,925 1.1 5,117 3.0 2,660 1.6
200–399 2,334 1.4 3,725 2.2 2,318 1.4
400–599 2,674 1.6 3,182 1.9 2,612 1.5
600–799 2,696 1.6 3,246 1.9 2,904 1.7
800–999 3,825 2.2 3,988 2.3 4,021 2.3
1,000–1,199 5,532 3.2 4,919 2.9 5,616 3.3
1,200–1,399 6,089 3.6 4,557 2.7 6,026 3.5
1,400–1,599 5,827 3.4 3,915 2.3 5,270 3.1
1,600–1,799 5,508 3.2 3,183 1.9 4,898 2.9
1,800–1,999 5,167 3.0 2,828 1.6 4,182 2.4
2,000 or more 100,474 58.6 26,462 15.4 72,544 42.3
Earned income (dollars)  
None 44,207 25.8 118,258 69.0 72,882 42.5
Under 200 921 0.5 1,608 0.9 946 0.6
200–399 1,191 0.7 1,805 1.1 1,161 0.7
400–599 1,735 1.0 2,357 1.4 1,754 1.0
600–799 1,903 1.1 2,359 1.4 1,780 1.0
800–999 2,687 1.6 2,849 1.7 2,564 1.5
1,000–1,199 3,854 2.2 3,513 2.0 3,447 2.0
1,200–1,399 4,754 2.8 3,763 2.2 4,201 2.4
1,400–1,599 4,930 2.9 3,508 2.0 4,238 2.5
1,600–1,799 4,708 2.7 2,884 1.7 4,075 2.4
1,800–1,999 4,365 2.5 2,655 1.5 3,535 2.1
2,000 or more 96,222 56.1 25,918 15.1 70,894 41.3
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 145,239 84.7 157,281 91.7 153,349 89.4
Under 200 3,263 1.9 4,682 2.7 3,010 1.8
200–399 2,653 1.5 2,355 1.4 1,750 1.0
400–599 2,471 1.4 1,079 0.6 1,237 0.7
600–799 2,235 1.3 1,053 0.6 1,501 0.9
800–999 2,890 1.7 1,329 0.8 1,860 1.1
1,000–1,199 3,981 2.3 1,654 1.0 2,730 1.6
1,200–1,399 2,823 1.6 936 0.5 2,213 1.3
1,400–1,599 1,842 1.1 442 0.3 1,274 0.7
1,600–1,799 1,235 0.7 280 0.2 909 0.5
1,800–1,999 1,033 0.6 139 0.1 623 0.4
2,000 or more 1,812 1.1 247 0.1 1,021 0.6
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: 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 2024
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 546,510 2,212 445,087 1,899 137,545 2,645
Earned income 451,416 2,476 359,368 2,157 116,592 2,916
Unearned income b 126,017 772 106,527 658 25,576 933
Social Security benefits 58,651 1,014 45,927 953 14,788 1,058
Pensions 6,855 722 5,433 466 2,233 1,052
Public income-maintenance 34,016 192 32,051 209 4,318 220
Asset income 3,830 145 3,153 107 939 207
Other 26,566 781 22,764 734 3,993 1,185
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 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: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 28. Recipients subject to deeming, by factors affecting parental deemed income, December 2024
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 878,851 100.0 707,374 80.5 171,477 19.5
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 673,414 100.0 559,074 100.0 114,340 100.0
No parental income 332,341 49.4 302,915 54.2 29,426 25.7
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 34,016 5.1 29,593 5.3 4,423 3.9
Income less than deeming allocations a 35,370 5.3 29,320 5.2 6,050 5.3
Income less than exclusions b 271,687 40.3 197,246 35.3 74,441 65.1
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 205,437 100.0 148,300 100.0 57,137 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 169,849 82.7 120,753 81.4 49,096 85.9
Unearned income only 20,919 10.2 18,568 12.5 2,351 4.1
Both earned and unearned income 12,624 6.1 7,132 4.8 5,492 9.6
Manually computed deemed income 2,045 1.0 1,847 1.2 198 0.3
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: statistics@ssa.gov.