SSI Monthly Statistics, September 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, September 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 7,450,135 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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