SSI Monthly Statistics, March 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, March 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 7,509,753 1,142,605 6,367,148 995,396 4,156,749 2,357,608
Federal payment only 6,168,606 750,978 5,417,628 887,549 3,585,212 1,695,845
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,207,805 342,488 865,317 107,168 522,435 578,202
State supplementation only 133,342 49,139 84,203 679 49,102 83,561
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,376,411 1,093,466 6,282,945 994,717 4,107,647 2,274,047
State supplementation 1,341,147 391,627 949,520 107,847 571,537 661,763
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,535,421 663,830 1,871,591 59,759 1,121,491 1,354,171
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,290,027 621,618 4,668,409 834,483 3,142,382 1,313,162
Federal payments 5,018,187 540,511 4,477,676 825,126 3,018,764 1,174,297
State supplementation 271,840 81,107 190,733 9,357 123,618 138,865
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 678.47 540.18 703.30 803.87 719.38 553.57
Federal payments 654.94 490.83 683.53 795.59 699.43 513.33
State supplementation 196.39 204.77 192.93 81.82 205.19 207.43
  Number of awards e
Total 44,896 9,794 35,102 10,492 24,348 10,056
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,302,982 disabled and 64,166 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,202,079 disabled and 12,924 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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