SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2024

Awards

Table 63. All awards, by age of awardee, 1974–2024
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 41,350,793 6,474,667 15.7 25,186,427 60.9 9,689,699 23.4
State conversions a 3,155,995 2,748 0.1 1,299,343 41.2 1,853,904 58.7
Federal applications  
1974 1,336,164 66,699 5.0 493,511 36.9 775,954 58.1
1975 929,369 63,060 6.8 509,271 54.8 357,038 38.4
1976 667,994 46,114 6.9 400,314 59.9 221,566 33.2
1977 642,712 50,883 7.9 377,454 58.7 214,375 33.4
1978 563,117 46,520 8.3 321,413 57.1 195,184 34.7
1979 517,446 44,911 8.7 293,910 56.8 178,625 34.5
1980 523,758 45,781 8.7 292,080 55.8 185,897 35.5
1981 409,992 39,106 9.5 248,105 60.5 122,781 29.9
1982 343,928 35,410 10.3 203,335 59.1 105,183 30.6
1983 453,789 42,154 9.3 259,042 57.1 152,593 33.6
1984 585,832 45,766 7.8 322,858 55.1 217,208 37.1
1985 526,418 46,362 8.8 324,933 61.7 155,123 29.5
1986 603,989 50,632 8.4 390,499 64.7 162,858 27.0
1987 589,053 48,292 8.2 372,914 63.3 167,847 28.5
1988 578,748 47,798 8.3 362,903 62.7 168,047 29.0
1989 630,486 50,985 8.1 390,703 62.0 188,798 29.9
1990 718,917 77,923 10.8 447,849 62.3 193,145 26.9
1991 821,396 125,874 15.3 506,177 61.6 189,345 23.1
1992 1,054,441 221,362 21.0 641,750 60.9 191,329 18.1
1993 1,052,415 236,564 22.5 629,246 59.8 186,605 17.7
1994 943,889 203,688 21.6 580,253 61.5 159,948 16.9
1995 888,633 175,784 19.8 568,072 63.9 144,777 16.3
1996 797,137 144,404 18.1 525,350 65.9 127,383 16.0
1997 676,444 117,090 17.3 463,444 68.5 95,910 14.2
1998 743,121 136,383 18.4 490,638 66.0 116,100 15.6
1999 758,076 140,520 18.5 494,609 65.2 122,947 16.2
2000 750,163 144,136 19.2 485,798 64.8 120,229 16.0
2001 772,775 156,844 20.3 504,366 65.3 111,565 14.4
2002 820,992 170,048 20.7 535,507 65.2 115,437 14.1
2003 827,029 179,566 21.7 539,127 65.2 108,336 13.1
2004 852,052 183,152 21.5 561,487 65.9 107,413 12.6
2005 852,222 177,688 20.8 560,960 65.8 113,574 13.3
2006 838,448 170,453 20.3 556,140 66.3 111,855 13.3
2007 836,642 169,375 20.2 563,094 67.3 104,173 12.5
2008 919,146 181,228 19.7 629,697 68.5 108,221 11.8
2009 999,540 196,745 19.7 694,242 69.5 108,553 10.9
2010 1,042,124 204,219 19.6 731,265 70.2 106,640 10.2
2011 1,031,023 201,066 19.5 719,080 69.7 110,877 10.8
2012 963,630 190,192 19.7 661,265 68.6 112,173 11.6
2013 912,243 175,000 19.2 623,389 68.3 113,854 12.5
2014 805,643 157,310 19.5 538,268 66.8 110,065 13.7
2015 792,725 167,955 21.2 514,676 64.9 110,094 13.9
2016 764,216 164,681 21.5 490,120 64.1 109,415 14.3
2017 766,044 163,613 21.4 491,703 64.2 110,728 14.5
2018 718,069 156,755 21.8 460,289 64.1 101,025 14.1
2019 721,593 160,328 22.2 461,553 64.0 99,712 13.8
2020 594,089 129,167 21.7 388,825 65.4 76,097 12.8
2021 526,327 110,328 21.0 320,468 60.9 95,531 18.2
2022 516,641 109,872 21.3 285,697 55.3 121,072 23.4
2023 562,658 138,667 24.6 300,075 53.3 123,916 22.0
2024 651,500 163,466 25.1 359,360 55.2 128,674 19.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. 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.
Table 64. Awards for children under age 18, by selected characteristics, 2016–2024
Characteristic 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total 164,681 163,613 156,755 160,328 129,167 110,328 109,872 138,667 163,466
Age  
Under 5 73,623 73,066 69,880 72,516 62,114 55,323 55,832 67,635 75,589
5–12 69,005 69,026 66,581 67,313 51,173 42,364 41,895 56,569 70,420
13–17 22,053 21,521 20,294 20,499 15,880 12,641 12,145 14,463 17,457
Sex  
Male 107,533 107,208 102,791 105,480 84,323 71,418 71,629 91,613 108,332
Female 57,148 56,405 53,964 54,848 44,844 38,910 38,243 47,054 55,134
Citizenship status  
Citizen 163,856 162,513 156,125 159,837 128,842 110,109 109,622 138,204 162,617
Noncitizen 825 1,100 630 491 325 219 250 463 849
Diagnostic group  
Congenital anomalies 8,589 8,441 7,739 7,569 6,777 5,602 5,509 6,150 6,383
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 1,343 1,351 1,277 1,319 1,008 878 830 946 939
Infectious and parasitic diseases 44 39 35 28 26 27 17 24 25
Injuries 847 864 758 750 634 532 559 517 588
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 25,050 25,786 26,065 28,904 24,656 23,930 27,074 39,687 52,192
Developmental disorders 27,244 28,274 28,929 30,899 25,380 24,318 25,048 33,538 39,473
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified a 29,371 29,486 28,517 28,129 3,012 2,034 2,058 2,586 2,955
Intellectual disorders 11,716 10,546 9,210 9,184 6,616 6,150 5,990 7,493 8,861
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 7,620 6,908 6,515 6,355 4,791 3,322 3,081 3,482 3,569
Neurocognitive disorders 3,659 2,174 1,422 1,285 938 946 908 1,017 1,119
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 710 708 598 561 378 272 266 311 322
Other mental disorders a 4,458 5,288 5,125 5,340 20,807 14,386 12,520 15,172 17,474
Neoplasms 2,901 2,803 2,604 2,540 2,234 1,763 1,759 1,910 1,940
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 717 666 730 697 595 362 389 514 588
Circulatory system 647 762 683 654 634 458 457 484 545
Digestive system 3,016 3,138 3,192 3,353 3,092 2,606 2,613 2,783 3,003
Genitourinary system 444 449 394 421 335 276 264 310 340
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 1,453 1,311 1,171 1,211 957 679 490 536 597
Nervous system and sense organs 9,395 8,913 7,956 7,537 6,086 5,219 4,883 5,570 6,333
Respiratory system 2,377 1,702 1,493 1,544 1,162 730 800 945 993
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 251 236 219 206 147 109 101 111 57
Other 21,502 21,774 20,077 19,804 17,424 14,722 13,212 13,304 13,688
Unknown 1,327 1,994 2,046 2,038 1,478 1,007 1,044 1,277 1,482
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Beginning in 2020, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses have been reallocated from the "childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified" group to the "other mental disorders" group to reflect the agency's adoption of an ADHD diagnostic code for both children and adults.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 65. Awards for adults aged 18–64, by selected characteristics, 2016–2024
Characteristic 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total 490,120 491,703 460,289 461,553 388,825 320,468 285,697 300,075 359,360
Age  
18–21 42,988 43,369 41,102 43,900 37,279 33,699 31,063 34,973 40,250
22–25 19,806 19,844 17,857 17,410 14,752 12,407 11,000 12,244 15,416
26–29 18,900 19,270 18,247 18,131 15,116 11,971 10,179 10,588 12,556
30–39 52,940 53,525 49,772 50,007 42,103 33,478 29,697 30,885 37,326
40–49 81,789 81,018 74,845 74,234 61,122 49,141 42,783 44,555 52,337
50–59 214,346 213,736 199,610 197,912 165,349 134,004 116,840 117,971 140,348
60–64 59,351 60,941 58,856 59,959 53,104 45,768 44,135 48,859 61,127
Sex  
Men 264,447 265,674 247,373 249,315 210,728 175,278 156,417 164,901 194,450
Women 225,673 226,029 212,916 212,238 178,097 145,190 129,280 135,174 164,910
Citizenship status  
Citizen 471,232 474,086 445,886 449,156 379,958 313,897 279,686 293,367 350,810
Noncitizen 18,888 17,617 14,403 12,397 8,867 6,571 6,011 6,708 8,550
Diagnostic group  
Congenital anomalies 2,835 2,822 2,994 3,182 2,975 2,872 3,002 3,710 4,075
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 13,826 12,990 12,220 12,009 10,356 8,049 6,710 6,626 8,047
Infectious and parasitic diseases 5,488 5,075 4,603 4,477 3,529 2,643 2,581 2,699 2,379
Injuries 15,352 16,122 15,221 15,448 13,568 11,652 10,877 11,585 13,634
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 11,254 12,367 12,452 14,399 12,821 12,319 11,885 13,999 17,034
Developmental disorders 1,225 1,590 1,509 1,418 1,208 994 904 891 1,176
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified a 972 2,091 2,218 2,377 535 450 303 287 309
Intellectual disorders 22,236 20,870 17,890 18,469 14,521 13,420 12,028 13,747 17,117
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 48,591 45,580 39,997 37,712 29,864 22,248 17,717 16,955 20,306
Neurocognitive disorders 12,596 10,786 9,083 8,998 7,173 6,730 6,179 6,743 7,583
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 28,257 29,896 27,803 29,247 26,152 20,676 18,342 19,096 23,226
Other mental disorders a 19,070 19,889 18,073 18,314 16,166 13,565 11,543 11,916 14,449
Neoplasms 31,577 30,705 28,513 29,376 24,832 20,184 20,049 21,367 22,161
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 1,359 1,386 1,357 1,390 1,277 846 757 804 1,021
Circulatory system 47,647 44,878 43,287 44,478 38,626 31,540 28,877 30,359 36,242
Digestive system 10,777 10,970 9,957 10,237 8,602 6,776 6,144 6,216 7,247
Genitourinary system 11,710 11,474 11,174 11,884 10,790 9,514 9,377 10,270 11,322
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 134,741 136,156 130,527 133,803 114,967 92,373 77,171 79,438 100,322
Nervous system and sense organs 36,252 37,147 34,823 36,170 29,934 26,027 24,413 26,666 31,538
Respiratory system 20,400 20,366 18,938 19,004 15,139 13,090 12,640 12,579 14,004
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,164 1,143 1,175 1,113 985 768 756 785 619
Other 758 693 682 699 581 497 538 496 547
Unknown 12,033 16,707 15,793 7,349 4,224 3,235 2,904 2,841 5,002
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Beginning in 2020, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses have been reallocated from the "childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified" group to the "other mental disorders" group to reflect the agency's adoption of an ADHD diagnostic code for both children and adults.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 66. Awards for adults aged 65 or older, by selected characteristics, 2016–2024
Characteristic 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total 109,415 110,728 101,025 99,712 76,097 95,531 121,072 123,916 128,674
Age  
65 35,161 34,840 31,840 30,436 24,422 25,106 29,155 30,312 31,808
66–69 31,641 33,192 29,359 29,023 22,878 30,014 39,691 38,652 39,532
70–74 19,540 20,175 18,340 19,007 14,076 20,226 26,375 26,864 27,918
75–79 11,618 11,889 10,841 10,365 7,364 10,538 13,666 14,737 15,772
80 or older 11,455 10,632 10,645 10,881 7,357 9,647 12,185 13,351 13,644
Sex  
Men 43,682 44,558 40,721 40,406 31,316 39,858 52,276 51,456 53,629
Women 65,733 66,170 60,304 59,306 44,781 55,673 68,796 72,460 75,045
Citizenship status  
Citizen 87,611 90,954 85,952 85,858 66,360 81,729 105,379 103,831 106,931
Noncitizen 21,804 19,774 15,073 13,854 9,737 13,802 15,693 20,085 21,743
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 67. All awards, by state or other area and age of awardee, 2024
State or area Total Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
All areas 651,500 163,466 25.1 359,360 55.2 128,674 19.8
Alabama 11,826 2,976 25.2 7,805 66.0 1,045 8.8
Alaska 776 83 10.7 474 61.1 219 28.2
Arizona 10,804 2,799 25.9 5,948 55.1 2,057 19.0
Arkansas 9,732 3,278 33.7 5,951 61.1 503 5.2
California 79,131 13,619 17.2 33,151 41.9 32,361 40.9
Colorado 7,304 1,389 19.0 3,901 53.4 2,014 27.6
Connecticut 6,429 1,650 25.7 3,822 59.4 957 14.9
Delaware 1,855 583 31.4 1,059 57.1 213 11.5
District of Columbia 2,017 565 28.0 1,119 55.5 333 16.5
Florida 49,762 11,476 23.1 20,685 41.6 17,601 35.4
Georgia 18,872 4,409 23.4 10,764 57.0 3,699 19.6
Hawaii 2,148 264 12.3 1,301 60.6 583 27.1
Idaho 2,793 730 26.1 1,846 66.1 217 7.8
Illinois 23,621 6,903 29.2 12,756 54.0 3,962 16.8
Indiana 13,214 3,149 23.8 9,010 68.2 1,055 8.0
Iowa 5,295 1,447 27.3 3,437 64.9 411 7.8
Kansas 4,387 1,166 26.6 2,849 64.9 372 8.5
Kentucky 13,804 3,823 27.7 8,680 62.9 1,301 9.4
Louisiana 11,063 3,056 27.6 6,750 61.0 1,257 11.4
Maine 2,179 404 18.5 1,558 71.5 217 10.0
Maryland 11,183 3,356 30.0 5,754 51.5 2,073 18.5
Massachusetts 11,589 2,879 24.8 5,642 48.7 3,068 26.5
Michigan 21,800 5,691 26.1 13,353 61.3 2,756 12.6
Minnesota 9,179 1,821 19.8 5,802 63.2 1,556 17.0
Mississippi 9,192 2,447 26.6 5,960 64.8 785 8.5
Missouri 13,113 3,268 24.9 8,848 67.5 997 7.6
Montana 1,582 301 19.0 1,058 66.9 223 14.1
Nebraska 3,328 1,008 30.3 1,968 59.1 352 10.6
Nevada 5,830 1,416 24.3 3,193 54.8 1,221 20.9
New Hampshire 2,078 389 18.7 1,574 75.7 115 5.5
New Jersey 16,087 4,577 28.5 7,581 47.1 3,929 24.4
New Mexico 4,773 1,210 25.4 2,930 61.4 633 13.3
New York 41,375 11,063 26.7 20,086 48.5 10,226 24.7
North Carolina 23,408 6,689 28.6 14,426 61.6 2,293 9.8
North Dakota 1,134 278 24.5 767 67.6 89 7.8
Ohio 27,350 7,554 27.6 17,206 62.9 2,590 9.5
Oklahoma 9,116 2,115 23.2 6,185 67.8 816 9.0
Oregon 6,774 1,239 18.3 4,516 66.7 1,019 15.0
Pennsylvania 28,303 9,072 32.1 15,758 55.7 3,473 12.3
Rhode Island 2,456 665 27.1 1,436 58.5 355 14.5
South Carolina 10,080 2,616 26.0 6,381 63.3 1,083 10.7
South Dakota 1,575 377 23.9 1,025 65.1 173 11.0
Tennessee 17,314 4,686 27.1 11,278 65.1 1,350 7.8
Texas 47,013 13,376 28.5 23,028 49.0 10,609 22.6
Utah 3,041 649 21.3 2,019 66.4 373 12.3
Vermont 1,134 206 18.2 842 74.3 86 7.6
Virginia 16,384 4,290 26.2 9,899 60.4 2,195 13.4
Washington 12,228 2,099 17.2 7,563 61.8 2,566 21.0
West Virginia 4,484 968 21.6 3,188 71.1 328 7.3
Wisconsin 10,578 3,232 30.6 6,541 61.8 805 7.6
Wyoming 741 98 13.2 593 80.0 50 6.7
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 141 48 34.0 45 31.9 48 34.0
Unknown 125 14 11.2 49 39.2 62 49.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 68. All persons awarded SSI, by year of first award and age, 1974–2024
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 36,890,182 6,099,484 16.5 22,211,057 60.2 8,579,641 23.3
State conversions a 3,155,607 2,738 0.1 1,299,165 41.2 1,853,704 58.7
Federal applications  
1974 1,324,931 66,062 5.0 488,386 36.9 770,483 58.2
1975 916,824 62,545 6.8 503,780 54.9 350,499 38.2
1976 638,206 45,118 7.1 385,832 60.5 207,256 32.5
1977 580,829 47,675 8.2 347,409 59.8 185,745 32.0
1978 494,509 43,348 8.8 287,797 58.2 163,364 33.0
1979 448,824 41,464 9.2 259,149 57.7 148,211 33.0
1980 449,437 42,142 9.4 253,629 56.4 153,666 34.2
1981 348,666 35,365 10.1 214,339 61.5 98,962 28.4
1982 285,142 31,495 11.0 172,443 60.5 81,204 28.5
1983 357,797 37,757 10.6 214,397 59.9 105,643 29.5
1984 481,215 41,506 8.6 272,933 56.7 166,776 34.7
1985 445,951 41,950 9.4 279,275 62.6 124,726 28.0
1986 520,771 45,864 8.8 342,655 65.8 132,252 25.4
1987 508,760 43,918 8.6 327,890 64.4 136,952 26.9
1988 501,869 43,596 8.7 319,120 63.6 139,153 27.7
1989 549,240 46,472 8.5 344,526 62.7 158,242 28.8
1990 634,462 72,072 11.4 398,648 62.8 163,742 25.8
1991 737,339 118,676 16.1 455,676 61.8 162,987 22.1
1992 966,873 214,273 22.2 586,317 60.6 166,283 17.2
1993 968,268 229,701 23.7 576,355 59.5 162,212 16.8
1994 862,977 197,343 22.9 528,799 61.3 136,835 15.9
1995 810,367 169,897 21.0 516,967 63.8 123,503 15.2
1996 723,977 138,753 19.2 476,698 65.8 108,526 15.0
1997 602,946 111,728 18.5 411,199 68.2 80,019 13.3
1998 660,324 129,876 19.7 431,784 65.4 98,664 14.9
1999 667,305 132,280 19.8 430,624 64.5 104,401 15.6
2000 653,066 133,967 20.5 417,225 63.9 101,874 15.6
2001 670,146 144,852 21.6 430,838 64.3 94,456 14.1
2002 711,763 157,313 22.1 456,779 64.2 97,671 13.7
2003 713,787 166,188 23.3 457,638 64.1 89,961 12.6
2004 734,909 169,985 23.1 476,287 64.8 88,637 12.1
2005 735,530 165,380 22.5 475,538 64.7 94,612 12.9
2006 723,604 158,982 22.0 471,305 65.1 93,317 12.9
2007 723,427 158,678 21.9 477,889 66.1 86,860 12.0
2008 798,049 170,336 21.3 537,061 67.3 90,652 11.4
2009 869,792 184,528 21.2 593,849 68.3 91,415 10.5
2010 909,898 192,878 21.2 628,093 69.0 88,927 9.8
2011 902,807 190,287 21.1 619,562 68.6 92,958 10.3
2012 844,500 180,317 21.4 570,427 67.5 93,756 11.1
2013 799,421 165,654 20.7 538,132 67.3 95,635 12.0
2014 704,093 149,026 21.2 462,801 65.7 92,266 13.1
2015 694,292 159,133 22.9 441,997 63.7 93,162 13.4
2016 667,253 155,342 23.3 419,623 62.9 92,288 13.8
2017 666,642 153,779 23.1 419,992 63.0 92,871 13.9
2018 623,840 146,800 23.5 393,128 63.0 83,912 13.5
2019 628,619 149,516 23.8 397,306 63.2 81,797 13.0
2020 513,691 120,241 23.4 331,616 64.6 61,834 12.0
2021 452,862 103,114 22.8 271,039 59.9 78,709 17.4
2022 448,467 103,418 23.1 241,914 53.9 103,135 23.0
2023 491,470 131,405 26.7 253,958 51.7 106,107 21.6
2024 564,838 154,751 27.4 301,268 53.3 108,819 19.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Statistics include only the first award for each person.
a. 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.