SSI Monthly Statistics, March 2024

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 2024
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 7,403,919 1,165,276 6,238,643 983,087 4,007,800 2,413,032
Federal payment only 6,079,930 769,334 5,310,596 876,481 3,459,702 1,743,747
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,190,930 345,402 845,528 105,727 501,372 583,831
State supplementation only 133,059 50,540 82,519 879 46,726 85,454
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,270,860 1,114,736 6,156,124 982,208 3,961,074 2,327,578
State supplementation 1,323,989 395,942 928,047 106,606 548,098 669,285
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,514,312 669,583 1,844,729 56,868 1,076,353 1,381,091
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,448,277 661,120 4,787,157 865,989 3,184,643 1,397,645
Federal payments 5,155,377 571,761 4,583,616 855,806 3,054,852 1,244,718
State supplementation 292,900 89,359 203,541 10,183 129,790 152,927
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 699.22 562.49 724.76 821.38 744.21 574.89
Federal payments 673.03 508.44 702.86 812.62 722.14 530.83
State supplementation 213.47 223.06 209.37 87.61 222.86 225.80
  Number of awards e
Total 52,677 10,311 42,366 12,705 29,348 10,624
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,174,811 disabled and 63,832 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,234,770 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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