SSI Monthly Statistics, February 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, February 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 7,538,212 1,141,596 6,396,616 1,006,617 4,176,984 2,354,611
Federal payment only 6,193,251 749,936 5,443,315 897,898 3,602,537 1,692,816
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,211,333 342,545 868,788 108,010 525,054 578,269
State supplementation only 133,628 49,115 84,513 709 49,393 83,526
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,404,584 1,092,481 6,312,103 1,005,908 4,127,591 2,271,085
State supplementation 1,344,961 391,660 953,301 108,719 574,447 661,795
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,539,189 663,709 1,875,480 60,305 1,126,166 1,352,718
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,293,459 621,253 4,672,206 826,649 3,154,874 1,311,936
Federal payments 5,021,158 540,087 4,481,071 817,195 3,030,879 1,173,085
State supplementation 272,301 81,166 191,135 9,454 123,995 138,851
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 675.37 540.08 699.53 785.13 717.63 553.59
Federal payments 651.79 490.60 679.72 776.82 697.67 513.23
State supplementation 196.38 204.82 192.91 81.85 205.17 207.54
  Number of awards e
Total 44,299 10,345 33,954 10,426 23,260 10,613
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,332,146 disabled and 64,470 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,200,074 disabled and 12,941 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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