SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2024

Noncitizens

Table 29. Recipients, by eligibility category, December 1982–2024
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
2023 324,723 4.4 166,514 14.3 158,209 2.5
2024 319,391 4.3 169,351 14.2 150,040 2.4
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 30. Recipients, by selected characteristics and citizenship status, December 2024
Characteristic All recipients Citizens Noncitizens
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 7,423,856 100.0 7,104,465 100.0 319,391 100.0
Age  
Under 18 1,002,887 13.5 1,001,274 14.1 1,613 0.5
18–21 293,164 3.9 292,644 4.1 520 0.2
22–25 275,161 3.7 274,535 3.9 626 0.2
26–29 257,238 3.5 256,499 3.6 739 0.2
30–39 673,427 9.1 669,847 9.4 3,580 1.1
40–49 636,991 8.6 628,659 8.8 8,332 2.6
50–59 1,036,380 14.0 1,014,113 14.3 22,267 7.0
60–64 779,505 10.5 755,921 10.6 23,584 7.4
65–69 755,894 10.2 705,221 9.9 50,673 15.9
70–74 611,538 8.2 550,286 7.7 61,252 19.2
75 or older 1,101,671 14.8 955,466 13.4 146,205 45.8
Sex  
Male 3,599,794 48.5 3,472,703 48.9 127,091 39.8
Female 3,824,062 51.5 3,631,762 51.1 192,300 60.2
Living arrangement  
Own household 6,074,279 81.8 5,784,765 81.4 289,514 90.6
Another's household 383,015 5.2 358,096 5.0 24,919 7.8
Parent's household 859,777 11.6 858,183 12.1 1,594 0.5
Medicaid institution 102,538 1.4 99,313 1.4 3,225 1.0
Unknown 4,247 0.1 4,108 0.1 139 0.0
Income  
Social Security 2,548,159 34.3 2,357,509 33.2 190,650 59.7
Worker beneficiary 1,850,210 24.9 1,706,286 24.0 143,924 45.1
Auxiliary beneficiary 697,949 9.4 651,223 9.2 46,726 14.6
Earnings 199,763 2.7 196,544 2.8 3,219 1.0
SSI payment  
Federal SSI only 6,096,703 82.1 5,888,527 82.9 208,176 65.2
State supplementation only 134,013 1.8 116,062 1.6 17,951 5.6
Both federal SSI and state supplementation 1,193,140 16.1 1,099,876 15.5 93,264 29.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 31. Recipients, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2024
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 319,391 169,351 150,040 1,613 59,648 258,130
Alabama 514 263 251 0 125 389
Alaska 346 170 176 (X) (X) 249
Arizona 6,409 3,552 2,857 45 1,243 5,121
Arkansas 626 319 307 (X) (X) 476
California 100,351 54,909 45,442 238 17,273 82,840
Colorado 2,806 1,625 1,181 29 462 2,315
Connecticut 2,156 994 1,162 17 538 1,601
Delaware 182 92 90 (X) (X) 147
District of Columbia 443 219 224 (X) (X) 319
Florida 39,751 24,664 15,087 146 6,535 33,070
Georgia 4,243 2,612 1,631 30 738 3,475
Hawaii 1,141 691 450 0 220 921
Idaho 601 284 317 16 190 395
Illinois 8,036 4,597 3,439 38 1,366 6,632
Indiana 1,036 597 439 19 225 792
Iowa 686 323 363 14 181 491
Kansas 868 421 447 11 204 653
Kentucky 1,375 866 509 45 298 1,032
Louisiana 997 443 554 5 220 772
Maine 273 84 189 4 119 150
Maryland 2,568 1,502 1,066 27 453 2,088
Massachusetts 5,905 1,762 4,143 21 1,757 4,127
Michigan 3,073 1,309 1,764 46 734 2,293
Minnesota 2,397 701 1,696 52 828 1,517
Mississippi 281 161 120 0 48 233
Missouri 1,109 546 563 42 279 788
Montana 71 28 43 3 19 49
Nebraska 709 391 318 37 171 501
Nevada 2,864 2,255 609 3 500 2,361
New Hampshire 178 74 104 (X) (X) 123
New Jersey 8,353 4,577 3,776 30 1,591 6,732
New Mexico 3,773 1,912 1,861 4 636 3,133
New York 39,178 15,964 23,214 108 8,488 30,582
North Carolina 2,844 1,551 1,293 36 616 2,192
North Dakota 64 22 42 (X) (X) (X)
Ohio 1,926 952 974 68 453 1,405
Oklahoma 1,097 607 490 13 232 852
Oregon 2,122 1,007 1,115 30 503 1,589
Pennsylvania 6,345 2,533 3,812 91 1,575 4,679
Rhode Island 1,869 590 1,279 7 564 1,298
South Carolina 865 527 338 7 132 726
South Dakota 126 69 57 (X) (X) 88
Tennessee 1,073 617 456 15 226 832
Texas 46,996 26,724 20,272 108 6,918 39,970
Utah 843 436 407 15 197 631
Vermont 81 25 56 3 25 53
Virginia 2,896 1,724 1,172 56 572 2,268
Washington 5,130 2,374 2,756 99 1,141 3,890
West Virginia 67 27 40 (X) (X) 46
Wisconsin 1,692 631 1,061 17 505 1,170
Wyoming 49 (X) (X) 0 14 35
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 7 (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 2024
Region and country of origin Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 319,391 169,351 150,040 1,613 59,648 258,130
Latin America 218,036 117,890 100,146 300 39,420 178,316
Mexico 120,810 68,960 51,850 43 19,282 101,485
Cuba 30,846 19,194 11,652 116 4,486 26,244
Dominican Republic 23,994 8,067 15,927 25 6,010 17,959
El Salvador 8,205 4,727 3,478 19 1,417 6,769
Haiti 5,580 2,967 2,613 10 1,215 4,355
Other 28,601 13,975 14,626 87 7,010 21,504
Africa 6,091 2,811 3,280 211 1,997 3,883
Somalia 482 163 319 18 219 245
Ethiopia 719 254 465 18 259 442
Nigeria 468 198 270 3 111 354
Cape Verde 267 85 182 0 111 156
Liberia 282 98 184 0 113 169
Other 3,873 2,013 1,860 172 1,184 2,517
Asia 59,570 32,135 27,435 516 10,800 48,254
Vietnam 11,659 4,433 7,226 6 2,652 9,001
China 13,419 11,560 1,859 8 408 13,003
South Korea 6,352 4,682 1,670 0 535 5,817
Laos 5,170 480 4,690 0 2,069 3,101
Philippines 5,002 3,182 1,820 3 1,077 3,922
Other 17,968 7,798 10,170 499 4,059 13,410
Middle East 8,329 3,162 5,167 375 2,132 5,822
Iraq 1,796 659 1,137 30 556 1,210
Iran 2,243 934 1,309 8 376 1,859
Syria 1,363 461 902 191 493 679
Egypt 692 344 348 26 129 537
Lebanon 496 179 317 (X) (X) 384
Other 1,739 585 1,154 112 474 1,153
Former Soviet Republics 15,349 9,097 6,252 188 1,784 13,377
Europe 9,425 3,422 6,003 5 2,620 6,800
Former Yugoslavia 1,400 418 982 0 363 1,037
United Kingdom 1,258 326 932 (X) (X) 708
Poland 1,239 623 616 0 241 998
Portugal 1,015 288 727 (X) (X) 647
Italy 782 249 533 0 230 552
Other 3,731 1,518 2,213 (X) (X) 2,858
Oceania 975 441 534 4 270 701
Other areas 1,616 393 1,223 14 625 977
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 2024
Months Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients 319,391 169,351 150,040 1,613 59,648 258,130
0 a 1,143 750 393 34 188 921
1–11 21,689 12,266 9,423 1,028 4,778 15,883
12–23 11,770 7,974 3,796 231 1,641 9,898
24–35 5,829 2,935 2,894 83 1,185 4,561
36–47 5,965 1,728 4,237 33 1,700 4,232
48–59 5,002 1,406 3,596 19 1,321 3,662
60–71 11,064 5,356 5,708 54 2,512 8,498
72–83 7,882 3,454 4,428 20 1,597 6,265
84–119 23,968 11,199 12,769 46 4,367 19,555
120 and over 223,121 121,359 101,762 15 39,917 183,189
State conversions b 89 0 89 . . . (X) (X)
Unknown 1,869 924 945 50 (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 1974 from the state Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.