SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2025

Awards

Table 63. All awards, by age of awardee, 1974–2025
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 42,013,313 6,644,097 15.8 25,567,919 60.9 9,801,297 23.3
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
2025 662,520 169,430 25.6 381,492 57.6 111,598 16.8
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, 2017–2025
Characteristic 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total 163,613 156,755 160,328 129,167 110,328 109,872 138,667 163,466 169,430
Age  
Under 5 73,066 69,880 72,516 62,114 55,323 55,832 67,635 75,589 74,160
5–12 69,026 66,581 67,313 51,173 42,364 41,895 56,569 70,420 77,329
13–17 21,521 20,294 20,499 15,880 12,641 12,145 14,463 17,457 17,941
Sex  
Male 107,208 102,791 105,480 84,323 71,418 71,629 91,613 108,332 111,797
Female 56,405 53,964 54,848 44,844 38,910 38,243 47,054 55,134 57,633
Citizenship status  
Citizen 162,513 156,125 159,837 128,842 110,109 109,622 138,204 162,617 168,297
Noncitizen 1,100 630 491 325 219 250 463 849 1,133
Diagnostic group  
Congenital anomalies 8,441 7,739 7,569 6,777 5,602 5,509 6,150 6,383 6,032
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 1,351 1,277 1,319 1,008 878 830 946 939 927
Infectious and parasitic diseases 39 35 28 26 27 17 24 25 9
Injuries 864 758 750 634 532 559 517 588 540
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 25,786 26,065 28,904 24,656 23,930 27,074 39,687 52,192 59,090
Developmental disorders 28,274 28,929 30,899 25,380 24,318 25,048 33,538 39,473 39,351
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified a 29,486 28,517 28,129 3,012 2,034 2,058 2,586 2,955 2,880
Intellectual disorders 10,546 9,210 9,184 6,616 6,150 5,990 7,493 8,861 8,830
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 6,908 6,515 6,355 4,791 3,322 3,081 3,482 3,569 3,310
Neurocognitive disorders 2,174 1,422 1,285 938 946 908 1,017 1,119 1,040
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 708 598 561 378 272 266 311 322 283
Other mental disorders a 5,288 5,125 5,340 20,807 14,386 12,520 15,172 17,474 17,757
Neoplasms 2,803 2,604 2,540 2,234 1,763 1,759 1,910 1,940 1,797
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 666 730 697 595 362 389 514 588 630
Circulatory system 762 683 654 634 458 457 484 545 475
Digestive system 3,138 3,192 3,353 3,092 2,606 2,613 2,783 3,003 3,019
Genitourinary system 449 394 421 335 276 264 310 340 326
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 1,311 1,171 1,211 957 679 490 536 597 603
Nervous system and sense organs 8,913 7,956 7,537 6,086 5,219 4,883 5,570 6,333 5,796
Respiratory system 1,702 1,493 1,544 1,162 730 800 945 993 887
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 236 219 206 147 109 101 111 57 75
Other 21,774 20,077 19,804 17,424 14,722 13,212 13,304 13,688 13,986
Unknown 1,994 2,046 2,038 1,478 1,007 1,044 1,277 1,482 1,787
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, 2017–2025
Characteristic 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total 491,703 460,289 461,553 388,825 320,468 285,697 300,075 359,360 381,492
Age  
18–21 43,369 41,102 43,900 37,279 33,699 31,063 34,973 40,250 41,728
22–25 19,844 17,857 17,410 14,752 12,407 11,000 12,244 15,416 16,490
26–29 19,270 18,247 18,131 15,116 11,971 10,179 10,588 12,556 13,062
30–39 53,525 49,772 50,007 42,103 33,478 29,697 30,885 37,326 38,290
40–49 81,018 74,845 74,234 61,122 49,141 42,783 44,555 52,337 54,991
50–59 213,736 199,610 197,912 165,349 134,004 116,840 117,971 140,348 149,864
60–64 60,941 58,856 59,959 53,104 45,768 44,135 48,859 61,127 67,067
Sex  
Men 265,674 247,373 249,315 210,728 175,278 156,417 164,901 194,450 207,825
Women 226,029 212,916 212,238 178,097 145,190 129,280 135,174 164,910 173,667
Citizenship status  
Citizen 474,086 445,886 449,156 379,958 313,897 279,686 293,367 350,810 371,745
Noncitizen 17,617 14,403 12,397 8,867 6,571 6,011 6,708 8,550 9,747
Diagnostic group  
Congenital anomalies 2,822 2,994 3,182 2,975 2,872 3,002 3,710 4,075 4,099
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 12,990 12,220 12,009 10,356 8,049 6,710 6,626 8,047 8,628
Infectious and parasitic diseases 5,075 4,603 4,477 3,529 2,643 2,581 2,699 2,379 2,409
Injuries 16,122 15,221 15,448 13,568 11,652 10,877 11,585 13,634 14,322
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 12,367 12,452 14,399 12,821 12,319 11,885 13,999 17,034 18,898
Developmental disorders 1,590 1,509 1,418 1,208 994 904 891 1,176 1,155
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified a 2,091 2,218 2,377 535 450 303 287 309 265
Intellectual disorders 20,870 17,890 18,469 14,521 13,420 12,028 13,747 17,117 17,878
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 45,580 39,997 37,712 29,864 22,248 17,717 16,955 20,306 20,281
Neurocognitive disorders 10,786 9,083 8,998 7,173 6,730 6,179 6,743 7,583 7,408
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 29,896 27,803 29,247 26,152 20,676 18,342 19,096 23,226 25,521
Other mental disorders a 19,889 18,073 18,314 16,166 13,565 11,543 11,916 14,449 13,629
Neoplasms 30,705 28,513 29,376 24,832 20,184 20,049 21,367 22,161 21,849
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 1,386 1,357 1,390 1,277 846 757 804 1,021 1,095
Circulatory system 44,878 43,287 44,478 38,626 31,540 28,877 30,359 36,242 39,759
Digestive system 10,970 9,957 10,237 8,602 6,776 6,144 6,216 7,247 7,522
Genitourinary system 11,474 11,174 11,884 10,790 9,514 9,377 10,270 11,322 11,239
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 136,156 130,527 133,803 114,967 92,373 77,171 79,438 100,322 109,390
Nervous system and sense organs 37,147 34,823 36,170 29,934 26,027 24,413 26,666 31,538 33,101
Respiratory system 20,366 18,938 19,004 15,139 13,090 12,640 12,579 14,004 14,628
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,143 1,175 1,113 985 768 756 785 619 663
Other 693 682 699 581 497 538 496 547 537
Unknown 16,707 15,793 7,349 4,224 3,235 2,904 2,841 5,002 7,216
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, 2017–2025
Characteristic 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total 110,728 101,025 99,712 76,097 95,531 121,072 123,916 128,674 111,598
Age  
65 34,840 31,840 30,436 24,422 25,106 29,155 30,312 31,808 30,704
66–69 33,192 29,359 29,023 22,878 30,014 39,691 38,652 39,532 32,718
70–74 20,175 18,340 19,007 14,076 20,226 26,375 26,864 27,918 22,994
75–79 11,889 10,841 10,365 7,364 10,538 13,666 14,737 15,772 13,303
80 or older 10,632 10,645 10,881 7,357 9,647 12,185 13,351 13,644 11,879
Sex  
Men 44,558 40,721 40,406 31,316 39,858 52,276 51,456 53,629 47,966
Women 66,170 60,304 59,306 44,781 55,673 68,796 72,460 75,045 63,632
Citizenship status  
Citizen 90,954 85,952 85,858 66,360 81,729 105,379 103,831 106,931 96,270
Noncitizen 19,774 15,073 13,854 9,737 13,802 15,693 20,085 21,743 15,328
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, 2025
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 662,520 169,430 25.6 381,492 57.6 111,598 16.8
Alabama 11,699 2,954 25.3 7,817 66.8 928 7.9
Alaska 924 93 10.1 584 63.2 247 26.7
Arizona 11,436 3,302 28.9 6,393 55.9 1,741 15.2
Arkansas 9,337 2,969 31.8 5,876 62.9 492 5.3
California 77,447 15,070 19.5 35,532 45.9 26,845 34.7
Colorado 6,479 1,224 18.9 3,982 61.5 1,273 19.6
Connecticut 6,509 1,639 25.2 3,995 61.4 875 13.4
Delaware 1,962 637 32.5 1,117 56.9 208 10.6
District of Columbia 1,778 508 28.6 951 53.5 319 17.9
Florida 54,967 13,563 24.7 26,417 48.1 14,987 27.3
Georgia 22,029 3,869 17.6 14,813 67.2 3,347 15.2
Hawaii 2,262 262 11.6 1,285 56.8 715 31.6
Idaho 2,714 746 27.5 1,771 65.3 197 7.3
Illinois 25,250 7,655 30.3 14,172 56.1 3,423 13.6
Indiana 12,899 3,253 25.2 8,705 67.5 941 7.3
Iowa 5,645 1,656 29.3 3,535 62.6 454 8.0
Kansas 4,611 1,214 26.3 3,052 66.2 345 7.5
Kentucky 12,951 3,610 27.9 8,278 63.9 1,063 8.2
Louisiana 12,894 3,876 30.1 7,940 61.6 1,078 8.4
Maine 2,004 420 21.0 1,411 70.4 173 8.6
Maryland 13,150 4,196 31.9 7,184 54.6 1,770 13.5
Massachusetts 13,411 3,468 25.9 7,204 53.7 2,739 20.4
Michigan 21,273 5,447 25.6 13,394 63.0 2,432 11.4
Minnesota 8,788 1,874 21.3 5,443 61.9 1,471 16.7
Mississippi 10,789 3,151 29.2 6,860 63.6 778 7.2
Missouri 12,102 2,850 23.5 8,420 69.6 832 6.9
Montana 1,560 217 13.9 1,117 71.6 226 14.5
Nebraska 3,194 927 29.0 1,915 60.0 352 11.0
Nevada 5,869 1,430 24.4 3,320 56.6 1,119 19.1
New Hampshire 1,470 245 16.7 1,087 73.9 138 9.4
New Jersey 15,090 4,374 29.0 7,275 48.2 3,441 22.8
New Mexico 4,106 973 23.7 2,636 64.2 497 12.1
New York 40,106 9,849 24.6 20,842 52.0 9,415 23.5
North Carolina 22,363 6,014 26.9 14,215 63.6 2,134 9.5
North Dakota 1,027 197 19.2 744 72.4 86 8.4
Ohio 26,615 7,329 27.5 17,041 64.0 2,245 8.4
Oklahoma 9,703 2,441 25.2 6,495 66.9 767 7.9
Oregon 7,351 1,446 19.7 5,030 68.4 875 11.9
Pennsylvania 26,747 7,863 29.4 15,855 59.3 3,029 11.3
Rhode Island 2,347 665 28.3 1,383 58.9 299 12.7
South Carolina 11,677 2,833 24.3 7,912 67.8 932 8.0
South Dakota 1,610 379 23.5 1,064 66.1 167 10.4
Tennessee 15,289 4,091 26.8 9,849 64.4 1,349 8.8
Texas 54,809 17,754 32.4 27,892 50.9 9,163 16.7
Utah 3,363 789 23.5 2,231 66.3 343 10.2
Vermont 996 183 18.4 737 74.0 76 7.6
Virginia 14,854 3,550 23.9 9,459 63.7 1,845 12.4
Washington 12,339 2,489 20.2 7,501 60.8 2,349 19.0
West Virginia 4,647 1,049 22.6 3,348 72.0 250 5.4
Wisconsin 9,108 2,674 29.4 5,738 63.0 696 7.6
Wyoming 724 97 13.4 578 79.8 49 6.8
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 146 53 36.3 50 34.2 43 29.5
Unknown 100 13 13.0 47 47.0 40 40.0
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, 1974–2025
Year All ages Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
Total 37,462,197 6,259,615 16.7 22,529,646 60.1 8,672,936 23.2
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
2025 572,015 160,131 28.0 318,589 55.7 93,295 16.3
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.