SSI Monthly Statistics, April 2021

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 1. Number of recipients, total payments, average monthly payment, and number of awards, by source of payment, eligibility category, and age, April 2021
Source of payment All recipients Eligibility category Age
Aged Blind and disabled a Under 18 18–64 65 or older b
  Number of recipients c
Total 7,850,349 1,116,372 6,733,977 1,081,507 4,492,366 2,276,476
Federal payment only 6,462,687 729,816 5,732,871 965,264 3,871,162 1,626,261
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,251,733 339,755 911,978 115,422 566,170 570,141
State supplementation only 135,929 46,801 89,128 821 55,034 80,074
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,714,420 1,069,571 6,644,849 1,080,686 4,437,332 2,196,402
State supplementation 1,387,662 386,556 1,001,106 116,243 621,204 650,215
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,621,264 635,883 1,985,381 67,993 1,261,450 1,291,821
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,784,732 521,786 4,262,945 773,291 2,925,033 1,086,407
Federal payments 4,576,220 462,924 4,113,296 765,712 2,824,518 985,991
State supplementation 208,511 58,862 149,649 7,580 100,516 100,416
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 586.49 466.22 606.45 694.80 616.61 475.85
Federal payments 570.68 431.86 593.06 688.62 602.96 447.77
State supplementation 145.22 150.95 143.01 62.51 152.48 153.05
  Number of awards e
Total 44,113 7,374 36,739 9,163 27,412 7,538
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,667,068 disabled and 66,909 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,146,773 disabled and 13,331 blind recipients aged 65 or older.
c. Includes retroactive payments.
d. Excludes retroactive payments.
e. Preliminary data. In the first 2 months after their release, numbers may be adjusted downward to reflect returned checks.
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