SSI Monthly Statistics, September 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, September 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 7,430,106 1,185,071 6,245,035 999,497 3,977,732 2,452,877
Federal payment only 6,102,299 784,109 5,318,190 891,060 3,435,038 1,776,201
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,193,996 349,372 844,624 107,486 496,730 589,780
State supplementation only 133,811 51,590 82,221 951 45,964 86,896
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,296,295 1,133,481 6,162,814 998,546 3,931,768 2,365,981
State supplementation 1,327,807 400,962 926,845 108,437 542,694 676,676
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,548,138 677,912 1,870,226 57,146 1,088,486 1,402,506
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,529,479 675,639 4,853,840 897,192 3,206,905 1,425,381
Federal payments 5,230,108 583,860 4,646,248 886,687 3,075,239 1,268,182
State supplementation 299,370 91,779 207,591 10,505 131,666 157,199
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 697.27 563.13 722.76 813.01 743.77 574.99
Federal payments 671.24 509.62 701.03 804.39 721.84 531.39
State supplementation 212.93 222.80 208.65 87.17 222.26 225.54
  Number of awards e
Total 66,492 11,366 55,126 16,503 38,207 11,782
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,181,172 disabled and 63,863 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,254,791 disabled and 13,015 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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