SSI Monthly Statistics, February 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, February 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 7,692,426 1,117,006 6,575,420 1,043,695 4,349,445 2,299,286
Federal payment only 6,326,957 729,455 5,597,502 931,933 3,749,676 1,645,348
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,231,450 340,265 891,185 110,859 547,539 573,052
State supplementation only 134,019 47,286 86,733 903 52,230 80,886
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,558,407 1,069,720 6,488,687 1,042,792 4,297,215 2,218,400
State supplementation 1,365,469 387,551 977,918 111,762 599,769 653,938
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,573,221 640,301 1,932,920 64,080 1,200,212 1,308,929
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,025,506 565,474 4,460,032 797,364 3,043,960 1,184,182
Federal payments 4,773,525 492,270 4,281,255 788,426 2,925,750 1,059,349
State supplementation 251,981 73,204 178,777 8,938 118,209 124,833
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 623.06 501.55 643.68 724.89 657.64 511.31
Federal payments 601.79 455.87 625.83 717.25 639.64 474.11
State supplementation 178.42 186.41 175.26 75.89 186.32 188.69
  Number of awards e
Total 47,655 9,032 38,623 10,196 28,228 9,231
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,509,822 disabled and 65,598 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,169,139 disabled and 13,141 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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