SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2025

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and their average monthly payment, by state or other area, December 2025
State or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,016,027 833.22
Alabama 18,254 829.38
Alaska 719 775.64
Arizona 15,949 827.05
Arkansas 21,776 828.99
California 86,198 916.96
Colorado 6,828 784.09
Connecticut 9,269 827.15
Delaware 3,246 822.68
District of Columbia 3,403 843.86
Florida 80,493 801.07
Georgia 40,464 824.24
Hawaii 1,189 824.72
Idaho 3,658 785.48
Illinois 35,025 845.32
Indiana 19,662 817.81
Iowa 8,093 812.19
Kansas 7,345 804.51
Kentucky 22,414 842.47
Louisiana 27,787 844.08
Maine 2,916 817.03
Maryland 18,511 809.55
Massachusetts 18,566 834.30
Michigan 33,614 832.65
Minnesota 10,314 808.86
Mississippi 16,954 821.70
Missouri 18,582 825.14
Montana 1,541 812.20
Nebraska 4,250 784.03
Nevada 7,858 805.36
New Hampshire 1,543 774.74
New Jersey 24,506 827.12
New Mexico 6,863 839.54
New York 69,331 845.77
North Carolina 35,081 822.48
North Dakota 1,125 768.58
Ohio 43,650 835.90
Oklahoma 14,035 837.78
Oregon 8,218 830.01
Pennsylvania 53,148 841.05
Rhode Island 3,491 824.44
South Carolina 15,691 813.29
South Dakota 2,028 779.72
Tennessee 23,754 813.60
Texas 103,213 822.54
Utah 3,856 780.09
Vermont 1,133 874.66
Virginia 21,424 815.89
Washington 13,253 817.33
West Virginia 6,170 822.91
Wisconsin 18,648 830.95
Wyoming 712 823.79
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 276 854.56
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 2025
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 1,016,027
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.6
50–99 0.7
100–199 1.7
200–299 2.0
300–399 2.3
400–499 2.9
500–599 3.4
600–699 8.4
700–799 5.9
800–899 7.3
900–966 4.5
967 59.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2025.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2025
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,016,027 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 7,893 0.8
1 13,963 1.4
2 19,940 2.0
3 33,570 3.3
4 52,232 5.1
5 65,729 6.5
6 69,722 6.9
7 67,257 6.6
8 67,887 6.7
9 67,638 6.7
10 67,561 6.6
11 67,929 6.7
12 67,348 6.6
13 68,596 6.8
14 68,337 6.7
15 69,657 6.9
16 70,859 7.0
17 69,909 6.9
Sex  
Male 687,173 67.6
Female 328,854 32.4
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,013,719 99.8
Noncitizen 2,308 0.2
Living arrangement  
Own household 127,749 12.6
Another's household 24,084 2.4
Parent's household 854,002 84.1
Medicaid institution 10,056 1.0
Unknown 136 (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 2025
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,016,027 41,796 151,531 475,342 347,358
Congenital anomalies 52,456 7,317 10,193 21,803 13,143
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 6,364 228 1,039 3,138 1,959
Infectious and parasitic diseases 158 3 32 67 56
Injuries 3,925 190 544 1,713 1,478
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 295,951 1,103 51,954 161,727 81,167
Developmental disorders 239,527 4,818 53,582 125,882 55,245
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 18,954 (X) (X) 7,695 10,940
Intellectual disorders 70,441 23 1,328 25,385 43,705
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 16,353 (X) (X) 3,464 12,843
Neurocognitive disorders 10,992 37 759 5,259 4,937
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 902 0 0 135 767
Other mental disorders 139,543 7 1,474 57,519 80,543
Neoplasms 7,269 392 1,386 3,458 2,033
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 5,123 140 530 2,141 2,312
Circulatory system 2,911 348 562 1,222 779
Digestive system 16,123 4,265 5,365 4,922 1,571
Genitourinary system 1,934 131 225 810 768
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 5,260 125 523 2,399 2,213
Nervous system and sense organs 57,500 2,026 7,011 26,530 21,933
Respiratory system 7,580 655 1,537 3,456 1,932
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 961 31 92 425 413
Other 46,485 19,192 11,262 11,970 4,061
Unknown 9,315 (X) (X) 4,222 2,560
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.2 17.5 6.7 4.6 3.8
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases (L) (L) (L) (L) (L)
Injuries 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 29.1 2.6 34.3 34.0 23.4
Developmental disorders 23.6 11.5 35.4 26.5 15.9
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 1.9 (X) (X) 1.6 3.1
Intellectual disorders 6.9 0.1 0.9 5.3 12.6
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 1.6 (X) (X) 0.7 3.7
Neurocognitive disorders 1.1 0.1 0.5 1.1 1.4
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 0.1 0.0 0.0 (L) 0.2
Other mental disorders 13.7 (L) 1.0 12.1 23.2
Neoplasms 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7
Circulatory system 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2
Digestive system 1.6 10.2 3.5 1.0 0.5
Genitourinary system 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6
Nervous system and sense organs 5.7 4.8 4.6 5.6 6.3
Respiratory system 0.7 1.6 1.0 0.7 0.6
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other 4.6 45.9 7.4 2.5 1.2
Unknown 0.9 (X) (X) 0.9 0.7
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 2025
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,016,027 100.0 687,173 100.0 328,854 100.0
Congenital anomalies 52,456 5.2 28,044 4.1 24,412 7.4
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 6,364 0.6 3,292 0.5 3,072 0.9
Infectious and parasitic diseases 158 (L) 89 (L) 69 (L)
Injuries 3,925 0.4 2,310 0.3 1,615 0.5
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 295,951 29.1 225,886 32.9 70,065 21.3
Developmental disorders 239,527 23.6 163,149 23.7 76,378 23.2
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 18,954 1.9 14,190 2.1 4,764 1.4
Intellectual disorders 70,441 6.9 42,887 6.2 27,554 8.4
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 16,353 1.6 8,854 1.3 7,499 2.3
Neurocognitive disorders 10,992 1.1 7,084 1.0 3,908 1.2
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 902 0.1 470 0.1 432 0.1
Other mental disorders 139,543 13.7 101,530 14.8 38,013 11.6
Neoplasms 7,269 0.7 4,000 0.6 3,269 1.0
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 5,123 0.5 2,932 0.4 2,191 0.7
Circulatory system 2,911 0.3 1,590 0.2 1,321 0.4
Digestive system 16,123 1.6 8,661 1.3 7,462 2.3
Genitourinary system 1,934 0.2 1,217 0.2 717 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 5,260 0.5 2,616 0.4 2,644 0.8
Nervous system and sense organs 57,500 5.7 31,682 4.6 25,818 7.9
Respiratory system 7,580 0.7 4,532 0.7 3,048 0.9
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 961 0.1 490 0.1 471 0.1
Other 46,485 4.6 25,662 3.7 20,823 6.3
Unknown 9,315 0.9 6,006 0.9 3,309 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 2025
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2025
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,213,232 234,852 178,831 154,094 337,873 198,579 109,003
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 2.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . (L) 31.3
1977–1980 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 28.4
1981–1984 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 16.1
1985–1989 5.3 . . . . . . . . . 3.1 19.1 14.9
1990–1994 16.6 . . . . . . . . . 28.0 48.5 9.2
1995–1999 14.1 . . . . . . 20.9 31.3 16.5 . . .
2000–2004 16.3 1.7 29.7 36.6 22.9 3.4 . . .
2005–2009 17.8 32.4 36.0 23.4 11.7 . . . . . .
2010–2014 13.0 35.6 21.8 15.9 3.0 . . . . . .
2015–2019 6.3 21.5 11.5 3.2 . . . . . . . . .
2020–2024 1.8 8.4 1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . .
2025 0.1 0.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 69 in 2025.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2025
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,016,027 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 748,248 73.6 . . .
With income b 267,779 26.4 403
Earned income only 4,176 0.4 577
Unearned income only 261,803 25.8 315
Both earned and unearned income 1,800 0.2 805
With unearned income c 263,603 25.9 314
Social Security benefits 55,929 5.5 366
Veterans' benefits 8,945 0.9 108
Income based on need 15,337 1.5 262
Support from absent parents 134,971 13.3 282
Support and maintenance 65,271 6.4 263
Asset income 390 (L) 14
Other 5,724 0.6 399
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
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 2025
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,016,027 100.0
No parents a 121,861 12.0
One parent 724,243 71.3
Two parents 169,923 16.7
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 2025
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 724,243 100.0 681,452 100.0 42,791 100.0
No parental income 273,091 37.7 256,076 37.6 17,015 39.8
Parental income a 451,152 62.3 425,376 62.4 25,776 60.2
Earned income 375,452 51.8 355,852 52.2 19,600 45.8
Unearned income 102,781 14.2 95,337 14.0 7,444 17.4
Total income (dollars)  
None 273,091 37.7 256,076 37.6 17,015 39.8
Under 200 28,500 3.9 27,402 4.0 1,098 2.6
200–399 23,879 3.3 22,748 3.3 1,131 2.6
400–599 22,139 3.1 20,925 3.1 1,214 2.8
600–799 22,693 3.1 21,387 3.1 1,306 3.1
800–999 25,839 3.6 24,265 3.6 1,574 3.7
1,000–1,199 34,530 4.8 32,325 4.7 2,205 5.2
1,200–1,399 34,565 4.8 32,550 4.8 2,015 4.7
1,400–1,599 32,597 4.5 30,876 4.5 1,721 4.0
1,600–1,799 25,137 3.5 23,776 3.5 1,361 3.2
1,800–1,999 21,097 2.9 19,973 2.9 1,124 2.6
2,000 or more 180,176 24.9 169,149 24.8 11,027 25.8
Earned income (dollars)  
None 348,791 48.2 325,600 47.8 23,191 54.2
Under 200 13,881 1.9 13,365 2.0 516 1.2
200–399 13,837 1.9 13,274 1.9 563 1.3
400–599 15,907 2.2 15,249 2.2 658 1.5
600–799 16,401 2.3 15,728 2.3 673 1.6
800–999 19,495 2.7 18,615 2.7 880 2.1
1,000–1,199 24,533 3.4 23,299 3.4 1,234 2.9
1,200–1,399 26,910 3.7 25,648 3.8 1,262 2.9
1,400–1,599 29,221 4.0 27,953 4.1 1,268 3.0
1,600–1,799 22,631 3.1 21,554 3.2 1,077 2.5
1,800–1,999 19,277 2.7 18,342 2.7 935 2.2
2,000 or more 173,359 23.9 162,825 23.9 10,534 24.6
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 621,462 85.8 586,115 86.0 35,347 82.6
Under 200 25,857 3.6 24,875 3.7 982 2.3
200–399 16,223 2.2 15,385 2.3 838 2.0
400–599 9,741 1.3 8,999 1.3 742 1.7
600–799 8,923 1.2 8,147 1.2 776 1.8
800–999 8,617 1.2 7,763 1.1 854 2.0
1,000–1,199 13,103 1.8 11,943 1.8 1,160 2.7
1,200–1,399 9,940 1.4 9,053 1.3 887 2.1
1,400–1,599 4,378 0.6 3,869 0.6 509 1.2
1,600–1,799 2,199 0.3 1,938 0.3 261 0.6
1,800–1,999 1,335 0.2 1,176 0.2 159 0.4
2,000 or more 2,465 0.3 2,189 0.3 276 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 26. Recipients with two parents in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2025
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 169,923 100.0 169,923 100.0 169,923 100.0
No parental income 25,067 14.8 99,011 58.3 53,809 31.7
Parental income a 144,856 85.2 70,912 41.7 116,114 68.3
Earned income 131,615 77.5 59,472 35.0 102,292 60.2
Unearned income 26,125 15.4 14,293 8.4 18,156 10.7
Total income (dollars)  
None 25,067 14.8 99,011 58.3 53,809 31.7
Under 200 2,432 1.4 5,963 3.5 3,286 1.9
200–399 2,748 1.6 4,791 2.8 3,023 1.8
400–599 3,159 1.9 3,890 2.3 3,077 1.8
600–799 3,107 1.8 3,817 2.2 3,338 2.0
800–999 4,063 2.4 4,266 2.5 4,368 2.6
1,000–1,199 5,594 3.3 5,127 3.0 5,860 3.4
1,200–1,399 5,823 3.4 4,729 2.8 5,953 3.5
1,400–1,599 6,252 3.7 4,418 2.6 5,860 3.4
1,600–1,799 5,827 3.4 3,587 2.1 5,335 3.1
1,800–1,999 5,406 3.2 3,058 1.8 4,406 2.6
2,000 or more 100,445 59.1 27,266 16.0 71,608 42.1
Earned income (dollars)  
None 38,308 22.5 110,451 65.0 67,631 39.8
Under 200 1,883 1.1 2,958 1.7 1,865 1.1
200–399 1,902 1.1 2,768 1.6 1,871 1.1
400–599 2,452 1.4 3,158 1.9 2,307 1.4
600–799 2,505 1.5 3,039 1.8 2,462 1.4
800–999 3,220 1.9 3,307 1.9 3,057 1.8
1,000–1,199 4,241 2.5 3,761 2.2 3,954 2.3
1,200–1,399 4,695 2.8 3,868 2.3 4,245 2.5
1,400–1,599 5,323 3.1 3,972 2.3 4,636 2.7
1,600–1,799 5,091 3.0 3,294 1.9 4,524 2.7
1,800–1,999 4,647 2.7 2,811 1.7 3,805 2.2
2,000 or more 95,656 56.3 26,536 15.6 69,566 40.9
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 143,798 84.6 155,630 91.6 151,767 89.3
Under 200 2,992 1.8 4,409 2.6 2,884 1.7
200–399 2,700 1.6 2,637 1.6 2,023 1.2
400–599 2,444 1.4 1,038 0.6 1,186 0.7
600–799 2,205 1.3 994 0.6 1,286 0.8
800–999 2,558 1.5 1,153 0.7 1,743 1.0
1,000–1,199 3,630 2.1 1,626 1.0 2,520 1.5
1,200–1,399 2,930 1.7 1,057 0.6 2,090 1.2
1,400–1,599 2,002 1.2 527 0.3 1,525 0.9
1,600–1,799 1,256 0.7 272 0.2 844 0.5
1,800–1,999 1,051 0.6 190 0.1 653 0.4
2,000 or more 2,357 1.4 390 0.2 1,402 0.8
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 2025
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 596,008 2,165 496,288 1,867 141,890 2,569
Earned income 507,067 2,354 415,324 2,049 121,892 2,786
Unearned income b 128,906 808 109,630 688 25,600 975
Social Security benefits 58,682 1,058 46,125 999 14,571 1,098
Pensions 7,029 803 5,640 527 2,214 1,180
Public income-maintenance 36,827 196 34,665 218 4,869 226
Asset income 3,152 174 2,609 137 724 246
Other 27,371 829 23,597 780 3,964 1,279
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 2025
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 894,166 100.0 724,243 81.0 169,923 19.0
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 685,529 100.0 571,508 100.0 114,021 100.0
No parental income 298,158 43.5 273,091 47.8 25,067 22.0
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 36,827 5.4 31,896 5.6 4,931 4.3
Income less than deeming allocations a 45,633 6.7 38,553 6.7 7,080 6.2
Income less than exclusions b 304,911 44.5 227,968 39.9 76,943 67.5
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 208,637 100.0 152,735 100.0 55,902 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 169,792 81.4 122,528 80.2 47,264 84.5
Unearned income only 21,208 10.2 18,752 12.3 2,456 4.4
Both earned and unearned income 15,583 7.5 9,587 6.3 5,996 10.7
Manually computed deemed income 2,054 1.0 1,868 1.2 186 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.