SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2025

Federally Administered Payments

Table 4. Recipients, by age, December 1974–2025
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
2023 7,425,331 983,169 13.2 4,039,319 54.4 2,402,843 32.4
2024 7,423,856 1,002,887 13.5 3,951,866 53.2 2,469,103 33.3
2025 7,392,201 1,016,027 13.7 3,863,775 52.3 2,512,399 34.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5. Recipients and their total and average monthly payments, by type of payment, sex, eligibility category, and age, December 2025
Type of payment and sex Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All payments 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399
Male 3,603,461 431,955 32,764 3,138,742 687,173 1,989,861 926,427
Female 3,788,740 766,124 30,756 2,991,860 328,854 1,873,914 1,585,972
Federal SSI 7,264,734 1,150,309 61,510 6,052,915 1,015,006 3,820,243 2,429,485
Male 3,544,922 411,948 31,724 3,101,250 686,469 1,966,812 891,641
Female 3,719,812 738,361 29,786 2,951,665 328,537 1,853,431 1,537,844
State supplementation 1,319,403 401,359 15,715 902,329 111,987 525,772 681,644
Male 610,530 144,462 7,874 458,194 77,160 285,547 247,823
Female 708,873 256,897 7,841 444,135 34,827 240,225 433,821
  Total payments (thousands of dollars)
All payments 5,649,867 709,106 49,808 4,890,952 935,933 3,208,240 1,505,694
Male 2,835,145 241,804 25,810 2,567,532 632,862 1,672,951 529,333
Female 2,814,721 467,302 23,999 2,323,420 303,071 1,535,289 976,361
Federal SSI 5,357,871 618,621 45,218 4,694,032 925,266 3,082,387 1,350,218
Male 2,698,578 207,695 23,531 2,467,351 625,520 1,602,918 470,139
Female 2,659,293 410,926 21,687 2,226,680 299,746 1,479,469 880,078
State supplementation 291,996 90,485 4,590 196,921 10,666 125,853 155,477
Male 136,568 34,108 2,279 100,181 7,341 70,033 59,194
Female 155,428 56,376 2,312 96,740 3,325 55,820 96,283
  Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All payments 714.53 586.00 741.52 739.40 833.22 761.94 593.85
Male 729.99 552.37 744.09 754.31 833.96 771.43 564.06
Female 699.86 604.93 738.80 723.80 831.68 751.90 611.23
Federal SSI 688.47 532.25 693.52 718.16 824.54 740.14 550.69
Male 705.35 496.99 699.05 733.15 825.14 747.56 520.35
Female 672.41 551.89 687.66 702.45 823.28 732.29 568.26
State supplementation 212.06 222.95 282.28 205.98 86.74 221.50 225.32
Male 212.48 233.20 279.60 204.79 86.72 226.49 235.47
Female 211.69 217.20 284.97 207.21 86.79 215.59 219.54
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Averages are not obtained simply by dividing the total payments 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 and their average monthly payment, by selected characteristics, eligibility category, and age, December 2025
Characteristic Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All recipients 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399
Sex  
Male 3,603,461 431,955 32,764 3,138,742 687,173 1,989,861 926,427
Female 3,788,740 766,124 30,756 2,991,860 328,854 1,873,914 1,585,972
Citizenship status  
Citizen 7,082,134 1,031,958 60,675 5,989,501 1,013,719 3,807,609 2,260,806
Noncitizen 310,067 166,121 2,845 141,101 2,308 56,166 251,593
Living arrangement  
Own household 6,137,592 1,108,213 55,751 4,973,628 127,749 3,632,501 2,377,342
Another's household 262,324 77,454 3,057 181,813 24,084 150,391 87,849
Parent's household 879,685 . . . 3,690 875,995 854,002 25,683 . . .
Medicaid institution 106,214 11,326 985 93,903 10,056 50,516 45,642
Unknown 6,386 1,086 37 5,263 136 4,684 1,566
  Average monthly payment (dollars)
All recipients 714.53 586.00 741.52 739.40 833.22 761.94 593.85
Sex  
Male 729.99 552.37 744.09 754.31 833.96 771.43 564.06
Female 699.86 604.93 738.80 723.80 831.68 751.90 611.23
Citizenship status  
Citizen 719.70 595.14 743.73 740.94 833.12 762.36 597.21
Noncitizen 596.77 529.36 694.43 674.27 879.57 733.75 563.75
Living arrangement  
Own household 712.01 591.05 751.40 738.56 892.45 776.31 604.34
Another's household 612.94 585.51 643.73 624.24 601.70 635.33 578.26
Parent's household 840.56 . . . 854.73 840.50 840.23 851.79 . . .
Medicaid institution 35.18 40.68 35.89 34.55 34.80 34.00 36.63
Unknown 662.64 682.03 -- 648.22 805.00 704.27 642.15
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 2025
Type of payee Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399
Without payee 4,657,676 1,147,154 44,130 3,466,392 532 2,378,512 2,278,632
With payee 2,734,525 50,925 19,390 2,664,210 1,015,495 1,485,263 233,767
Parent (natural, adoptive, or stepparent) 1,790,256 355 12,925 1,776,976 859,568 926,283 4,405
Spouse 25,314 1,746 161 23,407 0 15,885 9,429
Child (natural, adoptive, or stepchild) 104,027 31,279 575 72,173 38 27,559 76,430
Grandparent 105,261 72 731 104,458 60,096 45,013 152
Other relative 323,181 8,397 2,142 312,642 64,863 193,274 65,044
Nonmental institution 100,637 4,099 843 95,695 1,562 69,177 29,898
Mental institution 41,038 563 336 40,139 592 33,170 7,276
Financial organization 4,529 69 35 4,425 41 3,562 926
Social agency 96,353 1,405 765 94,183 11,388 68,551 16,414
Public official 14,626 647 73 13,906 25 11,351 3,250
Other 129,303 2,293 804 126,206 17,322 91,438 20,543
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 8. Recipients, by type of income, eligibility category, and age, December 2025
Type of income Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients a 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399
No other income 4,093,588 411,414 35,093 3,647,081 748,248 2,405,545 939,795
Earned income 236,514 18,038 2,308 216,168 5,976 202,335 28,203
Unearned income  
Social Security benefits 2,551,137 680,327 22,401 1,848,409 55,929 1,059,739 1,435,469
Veterans' benefits 37,601 3,784 315 33,502 8,945 18,645 10,011
Income based on need 18,933 447 115 18,371 15,337 3,084 512
Workers' compensation 1,654 285 3 1,366 6 711 937
Support from absent parents 139,075 0 589 138,486 134,971 4,104 0
Pensions 45,093 31,981 168 12,944 33 5,632 39,428
Support and maintenance 470,492 134,938 4,110 331,444 65,271 232,702 172,519
Asset income b 15,549 3,771 150 11,628 390 7,159 8,000
Other c 84,262 15,656 702 67,904 5,687 54,788 23,787
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 and their average monthly payment, by receipt of Social Security, type of income, eligibility category, and age, December 2025
Type of income Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All recipients 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399
With Social Security  
No other income 2,305,203 588,389 20,396 1,696,418 47,849 955,620 1,301,734
Earned income only 66,718 9,439 557 56,722 456 49,981 16,281
Unearned income only a 174,708 81,240 1,411 92,057 7,527 51,342 115,839
Both earned and unearned income a 4,508 1,259 37 3,212 97 2,796 1,615
Without Social Security  
No other income 4,093,588 411,414 35,093 3,647,081 748,248 2,405,545 939,795
Earned income only 148,650 5,854 1,555 141,241 4,176 135,866 8,608
Unearned income only a 582,188 98,998 4,312 478,878 206,427 248,933 126,828
Both earned and unearned income a 16,638 1,486 159 14,993 1,247 13,692 1,699
  Average monthly payment (dollars)
All recipients 714.53 586.00 741.52 739.40 833.22 761.94 593.85
With Social Security  
No other income 372.31 383.16 396.46 368.25 574.18 360.81 373.36
Earned income only 298.58 309.06 319.36 296.54 501.25 296.90 297.84
Unearned income only a 310.09 295.62 349.23 323.04 498.78 323.08 292.88
Both earned and unearned income a 263.73 248.15 198.59 271.87 402.84 272.70 243.00
Without Social Security  
No other income 931.09 912.08 965.73 932.89 885.49 947.53 925.27
Earned income only 663.42 644.66 644.06 664.41 722.15 661.15 670.62
Unearned income only a 731.18 711.41 760.88 735.00 720.10 743.75 724.52
Both earned and unearned income a 529.43 491.99 579.27 532.75 581.07 527.92 503.65
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 2025
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 7,392,201 1,198,079 63,520 6,130,602 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399
Alabama 138,822 7,690 1,026 130,106 18,254 87,372 33,196
Alaska 10,147 1,580 68 8,499 719 6,072 3,356
Arizona 112,700 18,750 1,054 92,896 15,949 59,728 37,023
Arkansas 94,342 4,368 682 89,292 21,776 55,863 16,703
California 1,107,180 346,363 13,647 747,170 86,198 429,432 591,550
Colorado 67,134 12,264 514 54,356 6,828 37,205 23,101
Connecticut 66,312 8,277 450 57,585 9,269 36,625 20,418
Delaware 16,716 1,573 124 15,019 3,246 9,571 3,899
District of Columbia 22,963 2,606 143 20,214 3,403 11,904 7,656
Florida 542,101 161,498 3,657 376,946 80,493 216,805 244,803
Georgia 241,367 28,980 2,124 210,263 40,464 131,662 69,241
Hawaii 20,852 5,265 181 15,406 1,189 10,115 9,548
Idaho 27,834 1,709 235 25,890 3,658 18,716 5,460
Illinois 244,043 32,266 2,242 209,535 35,025 131,845 77,173
Indiana 120,639 7,173 959 112,507 19,662 77,663 23,314
Iowa 49,301 3,161 550 45,590 8,093 31,682 9,526
Kansas 44,058 3,030 382 40,646 7,345 27,830 8,883
Kentucky 151,421 9,122 1,017 141,282 22,414 93,272 35,735
Louisiana 154,691 10,477 1,285 142,929 27,787 88,061 38,843
Maine 31,440 1,707 194 29,539 2,916 21,697 6,827
Maryland 115,474 16,517 832 98,125 18,511 63,217 33,746
Massachusetts 162,417 27,243 1,768 133,406 18,566 83,119 60,732
Michigan 247,675 21,978 1,680 224,017 33,614 147,684 66,377
Minnesota 90,351 12,803 752 76,796 10,314 51,219 28,818
Mississippi 104,496 6,829 900 96,767 16,954 61,777 25,765
Missouri 125,577 7,141 1,007 117,429 18,582 80,537 26,458
Montana 15,537 1,728 132 13,677 1,541 9,557 4,439
Nebraska 28,160 2,679 266 25,215 4,250 17,568 6,342
Nevada 52,917 16,668 684 35,565 7,858 26,940 18,119
New Hampshire 15,270 889 94 14,287 1,543 11,018 2,709
New Jersey 164,762 36,130 911 127,721 24,506 76,442 63,814
New Mexico 54,260 6,926 476 46,858 6,863 30,115 17,282
New York 552,911 113,528 2,998 436,385 69,331 247,965 235,615
North Carolina 217,628 18,180 1,845 197,603 35,081 130,274 52,273
North Dakota 8,089 614 70 7,405 1,125 5,199 1,765
Ohio 288,847 19,578 1,959 267,310 43,650 175,793 69,404
Oklahoma 92,903 6,212 756 85,935 14,035 59,594 19,274
Oregon 81,944 9,560 584 71,800 8,218 49,862 23,864
Pennsylvania 324,468 28,531 2,141 293,796 53,148 181,371 89,949
Rhode Island 30,019 3,381 145 26,493 3,491 17,443 9,085
South Carolina 104,056 8,271 1,200 94,585 15,691 61,576 26,789
South Dakota 13,919 1,699 142 12,078 2,028 8,128 3,763
Tennessee 158,235 10,600 1,522 146,113 23,754 97,574 36,907
Texas 574,936 100,497 6,498 467,941 103,213 281,969 189,754
Utah 30,389 2,962 292 27,135 3,856 19,927 6,606
Vermont 13,212 836 77 12,299 1,133 9,070 3,009
Virginia 148,661 18,424 1,100 129,137 21,424 87,181 40,056
Washington 134,297 19,926 877 113,494 13,253 76,377 44,667
West Virginia 61,511 2,365 407 58,739 6,170 41,149 14,192
Wisconsin 107,489 6,953 808 99,728 18,648 65,798 23,043
Wyoming 6,565 344 56 6,165 712 4,631 1,222
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 1,163 228 7 928 276 581 306
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 2025 (in dollars)
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 714.53 586.00 741.52 739.40 833.22 761.94 593.85
Alabama 675.83 406.23 686.28 691.68 829.38 720.12 474.78
Alaska 652.45 408.59 644.80 698.03 775.64 733.13 480.90
Arizona 694.77 518.19 734.38 730.05 827.05 756.47 538.66
Arkansas 695.40 372.06 658.35 711.50 828.99 717.13 448.94
California 832.12 709.58 917.51 887.37 916.96 939.03 742.27
Colorado 673.38 523.26 696.85 707.11 784.09 746.65 523.33
Connecticut 699.34 534.45 704.24 723.05 827.15 745.26 559.22
Delaware 724.52 541.18 692.49 743.95 822.68 765.44 542.39
District of Columbia 745.43 551.38 748.30 770.42 843.86 808.06 604.46
Florida 681.62 606.91 695.51 713.57 801.07 738.54 592.14
Georgia 681.95 462.90 681.76 712.21 824.24 740.03 488.76
Hawaii 702.99 540.31 708.83 758.57 824.72 791.66 593.94
Idaho 689.30 482.74 729.88 702.65 785.48 727.55 495.43
Illinois 708.22 543.81 708.94 733.52 845.32 747.95 577.99
Indiana 701.66 495.42 686.31 714.94 817.81 729.65 510.59
Iowa 683.53 478.54 654.73 698.08 812.19 708.00 493.65
Kansas 687.31 478.78 700.88 702.77 804.51 718.59 492.69
Kentucky 698.54 482.33 695.22 712.55 842.47 733.63 517.02
Louisiana 700.31 431.16 665.33 720.29 844.08 741.83 502.77
Maine 674.39 430.39 658.41 688.58 817.03 715.21 483.95
Maryland 718.98 562.90 704.21 745.37 809.55 772.37 569.55
Massachusetts 698.97 604.70 676.74 718.52 834.30 737.61 604.90
Michigan 714.77 569.55 710.96 729.05 832.65 748.86 579.48
Minnesota 722.06 658.65 740.67 732.49 808.86 743.56 653.28
Mississippi 670.43 367.18 653.66 692.02 821.70 717.52 458.22
Missouri 682.89 475.65 665.44 695.67 825.14 712.08 494.65
Montana 646.78 435.87 646.17 673.46 812.20 701.81 471.54
Nebraska 675.18 523.61 701.95 691.05 784.03 707.74 512.71
Nevada 698.77 568.25 753.94 759.57 805.36 759.28 563.59
New Hampshire 658.68 496.75 612.66 669.05 774.74 683.52 491.59
New Jersey 686.09 549.64 676.19 724.68 827.12 745.95 560.29
New Mexico 672.06 434.90 714.09 706.70 839.54 739.72 487.37
New York 695.56 544.76 695.13 734.83 845.77 752.46 591.72
North Carolina 680.37 440.89 678.59 702.44 822.48 726.16 471.45
North Dakota 649.68 550.44 628.53 658.11 768.58 671.75 509.30
Ohio 714.71 541.58 718.25 727.37 835.90 743.67 565.51
Oklahoma 697.27 418.93 693.47 717.42 837.78 735.90 475.81
Oregon 701.00 535.73 709.15 723.01 830.01 758.52 537.15
Pennsylvania 727.74 566.92 717.00 743.46 841.05 757.02 602.18
Rhode Island 694.83 514.33 716.44 717.77 824.44 742.21 554.44
South Carolina 672.79 415.42 680.29 695.21 813.29 723.54 473.64
South Dakota 667.28 503.21 707.53 690.15 779.72 709.17 517.72
Tennessee 689.39 433.16 684.05 708.02 813.60 732.64 495.27
Texas 668.81 470.35 680.51 711.37 822.54 736.55 484.77
Utah 692.26 528.61 688.46 710.25 780.09 730.28 527.52
Vermont 696.42 477.92 634.03 711.63 874.66 733.17 519.05
Virginia 695.05 543.63 701.65 716.65 815.89 738.40 536.40
Washington 719.20 628.23 720.74 735.16 817.33 765.62 610.91
West Virginia 702.47 424.94 687.46 713.73 822.91 745.27 525.95
Wisconsin 701.35 480.77 694.42 716.80 830.95 723.63 533.30
Wyoming 669.08 369.29 659.04 685.80 823.79 703.89 447.06
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 766.62 578.32 847.14 812.12 854.56 809.38 606.02
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 2025
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 7,392,201 . . . 6,799,898 . . . 208,225 . . . 208,226 . . . 175,852 . . . 175,852 . . .
No other income 4,093,586 . . . 3,802,130 . . . 94,566 . . . 95,161 . . . 101,729 . . . 78,060 . . .
With income 3,298,615 624 2,997,768 631 113,659 560 113,065 514 74,123 611 97,792 1,276
Earned income only 148,651 755 142,559 745 1,270 1,057 1,517 1,030 3,305 942 46,205 1,715
Unearned income only 3,062,100 604 2,771,963 611 111,093 547 109,719 495 69,325 581 47,288 797
Both earned and unearned income 87,864 1,106 83,246 1,098 1,296 1,191 1,829 1,246 1,493 1,278 4,299 1,822
With earned income b 236,515 668 225,805 658 2,566 862 3,346 872 4,798 864 50,504 1,668
Wages 208,624 698 201,187 686 1,747 1,035 2,383 1,038 3,307 1,013 37,646 1,863
Self-employment income 29,273 418 25,909 409 841 479 988 451 1,535 519 13,889 1,017
With unearned income b 3,149,964 603 2,855,209 610 112,389 546 111,548 495 70,818 581 51,587 785
Social Security benefits 2,551,139 663 2,289,424 675 101,184 566 101,451 508 59,080 620 44,311 829
Veterans' benefits 37,601 200 36,403 198 220 255 247 247 731 267 1,049 707
Income based on need 18,933 255 18,328 258 70 195 73 159 462 187 3,374 204
Workers' compensation 1,654 476 1,492 469 54 448 46 497 62 668 145 1,063
Support from absent parents 136,527 282 136,527 282 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pensions 45,093 217 35,083 220 4,656 214 4,071 187 1,283 242 1,611 384
Support and maintenance 470,491 268 431,990 272 13,407 200 12,591 200 12,503 261 813 239
Asset income c 15,549 43 14,177 42 549 58 409 46 414 82 384 181
Other d 86,799 242 81,610 244 1,727 191 1,428 168 2,034 276 2,043 633
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 2025
State Resident population a Recipients
Number Percentage of resident population
United States 341,784,857 b 7,391,038 2.2
Alabama 5,193,088 138,822 2.7
Alaska 737,270 10,147 1.4
Arizona 7,623,818 112,700 1.5
Arkansas 3,114,791 94,342 3.0
California 39,355,309 1,107,180 2.8
Colorado 6,012,561 67,134 1.1
Connecticut 3,688,496 66,312 1.8
Delaware 1,059,952 16,716 1.6
District of Columbia 693,645 22,963 3.3
Florida 23,462,518 542,101 2.3
Georgia 11,302,748 241,367 2.1
Hawaii 1,432,820 20,852 1.5
Idaho 2,029,733 27,834 1.4
Illinois 12,719,141 244,043 1.9
Indiana 6,973,333 120,639 1.7
Iowa 3,238,387 49,301 1.5
Kansas 2,977,220 44,058 1.5
Kentucky 4,606,864 151,421 3.3
Louisiana 4,618,189 154,691 3.3
Maine 1,414,874 31,440 2.2
Maryland 6,265,347 115,474 1.8
Massachusetts 7,154,084 162,417 2.3
Michigan 10,127,884 247,675 2.4
Minnesota 5,830,405 90,351 1.5
Mississippi 2,954,160 104,496 3.5
Missouri 6,270,541 125,577 2.0
Montana 1,144,694 15,537 1.4
Nebraska 2,018,006 28,160 1.4
Nevada 3,282,188 52,917 1.6
New Hampshire 1,415,342 15,270 1.1
New Jersey 9,548,215 164,762 1.7
New Mexico 2,125,498 54,260 2.6
New York 20,002,427 552,911 2.8
North Carolina 11,197,968 217,628 1.9
North Dakota 799,358 8,089 1.0
Ohio 11,900,510 288,847 2.4
Oklahoma 4,123,288 92,903 2.3
Oregon 4,273,586 81,944 1.9
Pennsylvania 13,059,432 324,468 2.5
Rhode Island 1,114,521 30,019 2.7
South Carolina 5,570,274 104,056 1.9
South Dakota 935,094 13,919 1.5
Tennessee 7,315,076 158,235 2.2
Texas 31,709,821 574,936 1.8
Utah 3,538,904 30,389 0.9
Vermont 644,663 13,212 2.0
Virginia 8,880,107 148,661 1.7
Washington 8,001,020 134,297 1.7
West Virginia 1,766,147 61,511 3.5
Wisconsin 5,972,787 107,489 1.8
Wyoming 588,753 6,565 1.1
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and Census Bureau, Population Division, 2025 estimates of resident population.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2025, 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 2025
Region and country of origin Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 1,641,395 902,005 739,390 14,970 317,868 1,308,557
North America 164,086 20,668 143,418 7,726 76,705 79,655
U.S. territories 158,620 19,514 139,106 7,615 73,926 77,079
Puerto Rico 152,729 18,923 133,806 6,989 70,104 75,636
Other a 5,891 591 5,300 626 3,822 1,443
Other 5,466 1,154 4,312 111 2,779 2,576
Latin America 632,526 375,187 257,339 2,286 104,796 525,444
Mexico 235,495 133,552 101,943 662 39,708 195,125
Cuba 132,723 93,338 39,385 337 14,775 117,611
Dominican Republic 76,698 32,106 44,592 609 16,044 60,045
El Salvador 28,773 18,538 10,235 57 3,937 24,779
Haiti 20,679 13,338 7,341 91 3,746 16,842
Other 138,158 84,315 53,843 530 26,586 111,042
Africa 58,509 33,522 24,987 855 14,547 43,107
Somalia 11,675 4,298 7,377 80 4,013 7,582
Nigeria 9,148 7,495 1,653 39 938 8,171
Ethiopia 7,797 4,552 3,245 96 1,683 6,018
Liberia 2,649 1,544 1,105 8 619 2,022
Cape Verde 2,401 1,429 972 10 550 1,841
Other 24,839 14,204 10,635 622 6,744 17,473
Asia 489,328 333,686 155,642 1,633 60,976 426,719
Vietnam 118,102 72,976 45,126 124 11,817 106,161
China 96,742 84,618 12,124 118 4,451 92,173
Philippines 51,167 40,896 10,271 118 6,538 44,511
India 54,832 45,751 9,081 34 3,348 51,450
South Korea 38,933 30,564 8,369 31 3,810 35,092
Other 129,552 58,881 70,671 1,208 31,012 97,332
Middle East 126,326 60,364 65,962 1,696 26,712 97,918
Iran 44,674 25,342 19,332 26 4,479 40,169
Iraq 33,719 10,605 23,114 318 11,650 21,751
Syria 12,302 6,210 6,092 518 2,793 8,991
Egypt 10,776 6,746 4,030 155 1,649 8,972
Lebanon 8,175 4,194 3,981 54 1,262 6,859
Other 16,680 7,267 9,413 625 4,879 11,176
Former Soviet Republics 107,148 54,295 52,853 356 12,647 94,145
Europe 58,020 21,697 36,323 353 19,875 37,792
Germany 11,491 1,216 10,275 85 7,731 3,675
Former Yugoslavia 8,743 2,733 6,010 (X) (X) 6,738
United Kingdom 5,505 1,267 4,238 91 2,614 2,800
Poland 4,683 2,606 2,077 (X) (X) 3,782
Portugal 2,544 806 1,738 (X) (X) 1,702
Other 25,054 13,069 11,985 169 5,790 19,095
Oceania 4,936 2,415 2,521 55 1,411 3,470
Other areas 516 171 345 10 199 307
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Foreign-born means born in an area not served by the SSI program.
(X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. Includes American Samoa, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.