SSI Monthly Statistics, January 2023

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 2023
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 7,553,829 1,141,354 6,412,475 1,008,264 4,190,861 2,354,704
Federal payment only 6,205,760 749,315 5,456,445 899,395 3,614,159 1,692,206
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,214,219 343,030 871,189 108,171 527,035 579,013
State supplementation only 133,850 49,009 84,841 698 49,667 83,485
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,419,979 1,092,345 6,327,634 1,007,566 4,141,194 2,271,219
State supplementation 1,348,069 392,039 956,030 108,869 576,702 662,498
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,542,710 663,556 1,879,154 60,455 1,129,869 1,352,386
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,303,257 621,476 4,681,782 834,781 3,155,248 1,313,228
Federal payments 5,027,181 539,721 4,487,460 825,320 3,029,525 1,172,335
State supplementation 276,077 81,755 194,322 9,461 125,723 140,893
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 677.16 540.58 701.46 793.99 718.28 553.94
Federal payments 653.56 490.94 681.65 785.66 698.30 513.46
State supplementation 196.46 204.96 192.97 81.93 205.18 207.67
  Number of awards e
Total 46,020 11,005 35,015 10,672 24,098 11,250
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,347,914 disabled and 64,561 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,200,364 disabled and 12,986 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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