SSI Monthly Statistics, November 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, November 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 7,565,877 1,135,764 6,430,113 1,005,482 4,215,954 2,344,441
Federal payment only 6,216,292 744,633 5,471,659 897,152 3,635,605 1,683,535
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,215,068 342,031 873,037 107,430 530,163 577,475
State supplementation only 134,517 49,100 85,417 900 50,186 83,431
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,431,360 1,086,664 6,344,696 1,004,582 4,165,768 2,261,010
State supplementation 1,349,585 391,131 958,454 108,330 580,349 660,906
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,551,782 659,348 1,892,434 60,847 1,144,698 1,346,237
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,887,879 569,207 4,318,672 760,429 2,926,726 1,200,724
Federal payments 4,639,817 495,645 4,144,171 751,793 2,812,945 1,075,079
State supplementation 248,062 73,561 174,501 8,636 113,782 125,645
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 620.90 497.04 642.78 722.48 659.03 508.84
Federal payments 599.73 452.36 625.00 715.01 641.08 472.46
State supplementation 178.12 185.84 174.97 75.23 185.97 188.08
  Number of awards e
Total 44,072 11,639 32,433 9,536 22,665 11,871
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,365,524 disabled and 64,589 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,195,672 disabled and 13,005 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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