SSI Monthly Statistics, January 2022

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 1. Number of recipients, total payments, average monthly payment, and number of awards, by type of payment, eligibility category, and age, January 2022
Type 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 7,689,679 1,116,094 6,573,585 1,042,950 4,349,939 2,296,790
Federal payment only 6,324,482 729,046 5,595,436 931,312 3,749,546 1,643,624
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,231,386 340,167 891,219 110,778 547,850 572,758
State supplementation only 133,811 46,881 86,930 860 52,543 80,408
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,555,868 1,069,213 6,486,655 1,042,090 4,297,396 2,216,382
State supplementation 1,365,197 387,048 978,149 111,638 600,393 653,166
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,569,102 639,682 1,929,420 63,708 1,198,166 1,307,228
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,943,878 561,807 4,382,071 787,177 2,979,022 1,177,678
Federal payments 4,694,675 489,018 4,205,657 778,426 2,862,801 1,053,448
State supplementation 249,202 72,789 176,414 8,752 116,221 124,230
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 624.51 501.92 645.32 732.72 658.27 511.44
Federal payments 603.19 456.06 627.45 725.06 640.24 474.12
State supplementation 178.57 186.58 175.40 75.81 186.47 188.85
  Number of awards e
Total 36,320 7,654 28,666 7,801 20,711 7,808
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,508,045 disabled and 65,540 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,167,523 disabled and 13,173 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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