SSI Monthly Statistics, September 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, September 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 7,567,439 1,126,435 6,441,004 1,004,317 4,237,841 2,325,281
Federal payment only 6,217,219 737,367 5,479,852 895,663 3,653,770 1,667,786
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,216,286 340,626 875,660 107,773 533,602 574,911
State supplementation only 133,934 48,442 85,492 881 50,469 82,584
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,433,505 1,077,993 6,355,512 1,003,436 4,187,372 2,242,697
State supplementation 1,350,220 389,068 961,152 108,654 584,071 657,495
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,547,029 651,346 1,895,683 61,282 1,154,217 1,331,530
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,885,702 565,568 4,320,134 762,029 2,932,185 1,191,488
Federal payments 4,637,788 492,371 4,145,417 753,381 2,817,960 1,066,447
State supplementation 247,914 73,198 174,716 8,648 114,225 125,041
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 622.76 498.85 644.44 730.30 659.36 509.80
Federal payments 601.54 453.90 626.62 722.78 641.37 473.23
State supplementation 178.23 185.90 175.12 75.40 186.12 188.15
  Number of awards e
Total 43,228 11,881 31,347 8,500 22,648 12,080
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,376,420 disabled and 64,584 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,185,836 disabled and 13,010 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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