SSI Monthly Statistics, November 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, November 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 7,729,749 1,116,428 6,613,321 1,049,674 4,386,559 2,293,516
Federal payment only 6,361,275 730,070 5,631,205 937,426 3,782,067 1,641,782
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,236,143 340,035 896,108 111,431 552,373 572,339
State supplementation only 132,331 46,323 86,008 817 52,119 79,395
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,597,418 1,070,105 6,527,313 1,048,857 4,334,440 2,214,121
State supplementation 1,368,474 386,358 982,116 112,248 604,492 651,734
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,585,755 638,823 1,946,932 64,681 1,216,178 1,304,896
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,694,791 522,034 4,172,757 751,681 2,847,933 1,095,177
Federal payments 4,489,528 463,059 4,026,469 744,331 2,750,756 994,441
State supplementation 205,263 58,975 146,288 7,350 97,177 100,736
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 585.04 465.17 605.29 689.40 617.37 475.49
Federal payments 569.10 430.70 591.81 683.30 603.64 447.45
State supplementation 145.10 150.85 142.84 62.31 152.11 152.86
  Number of awards e
Total 42,212 9,764 32,448 8,504 23,789 9,919
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,547,412 disabled and 65,909 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,163,889 disabled and 13,199 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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