SSI Monthly Statistics, July 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, July 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 7,777,072 1,109,121 6,667,951 1,061,477 4,441,068 2,274,527
Federal payment only 6,403,419 725,614 5,677,805 947,641 3,828,736 1,627,042
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,239,704 337,300 902,404 113,014 558,515 568,175
State supplementation only 133,949 46,207 87,742 822 53,817 79,310
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,643,123 1,062,914 6,580,209 1,060,655 4,387,251 2,195,217
State supplementation 1,373,653 383,507 990,146 113,836 612,332 647,485
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,594,911 631,528 1,963,383 66,109 1,238,216 1,290,586
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,708,088 518,415 4,189,673 757,456 2,865,376 1,085,255
Federal payments 4,502,890 460,071 4,042,819 750,049 2,767,446 985,396
State supplementation 205,197 58,344 146,853 7,408 97,931 99,859
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 585.86 466.50 605.74 693.01 616.63 476.04
Federal payments 570.00 432.03 592.32 686.89 602.97 447.94
State supplementation 145.22 150.98 142.99 62.44 152.31 153.04
  Number of awards e
Total 40,009 6,739 33,270 8,755 24,374 6,880
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,601,643 disabled and 66,308 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,152,128 disabled and 13,278 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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