SSI Monthly Statistics, September 2023
All Federally Administered Payments
Type of payment | All recipients | Eligibility category | Age | |||
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Aged | Blind and disabled a | Under 18 | 18–64 | 65 or older b | ||
Number of recipients c | ||||||
Total | 7,450,135 | 1,154,558 | 6,295,577 | 986,049 | 4,078,064 | 2,386,022 |
Federal payment only | 6,119,089 | 760,773 | 5,358,316 | 879,387 | 3,519,280 | 1,720,422 |
Federal payment and state supplementation | 1,197,947 | 343,924 | 854,023 | 105,847 | 511,078 | 581,022 |
State supplementation only | 133,099 | 49,861 | 83,238 | 815 | 47,706 | 84,578 |
Total with— | ||||||
Federal payment | 7,317,036 | 1,104,697 | 6,212,339 | 985,234 | 4,030,358 | 2,301,444 |
State supplementation | 1,331,046 | 393,785 | 937,261 | 106,662 | 558,784 | 665,600 |
Also receiving OASDI benefits | 2,524,055 | 667,320 | 1,856,735 | 57,975 | 1,097,231 | 1,368,849 |
Total payments c (thousands of dollars) | ||||||
Total | 5,236,643 | 628,365 | 4,608,278 | 827,199 | 3,081,124 | 1,328,321 |
Federal payments | 4,964,730 | 546,102 | 4,418,628 | 817,947 | 2,959,499 | 1,187,284 |
State supplementation | 271,913 | 82,263 | 189,651 | 9,252 | 121,625 | 141,037 |
Average monthly payment d (dollars) | ||||||
Total | 676.06 | 540.00 | 701.03 | 797.43 | 718.87 | 552.99 |
Federal payments | 652.59 | 491.22 | 681.32 | 789.34 | 698.95 | 513.21 |
State supplementation | 196.13 | 204.49 | 192.62 | 81.27 | 204.97 | 207.06 |
Number of awards e | ||||||
Total | 46,737 | 9,976 | 36,761 | 12,289 | 24,248 | 10,200 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||
a. Includes 6,231,589 disabled and 63,988 blind recipients. | ||||||
b. Includes 1,218,557 disabled and 12,907 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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