SSI Monthly Statistics, May 2025
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 | 7,409,168 | 1,193,648 | 6,215,520 | 1,008,130 | 3,918,514 | 2,482,524 |
Federal payment only | 6,085,134 | 792,198 | 5,292,936 | 897,108 | 3,384,333 | 1,803,693 |
Federal payment and state supplementation | 1,196,250 | 353,064 | 843,186 | 110,083 | 490,282 | 595,885 |
State supplementation only | 127,784 | 48,386 | 79,398 | 939 | 43,899 | 82,946 |
Total with— | ||||||
Federal payment | 7,281,384 | 1,145,262 | 6,136,122 | 1,007,191 | 3,874,615 | 2,399,578 |
State supplementation | 1,324,034 | 401,450 | 922,584 | 111,022 | 534,181 | 678,831 |
Also receiving OASDI benefits | 2,553,913 | 679,137 | 1,874,776 | 56,811 | 1,079,246 | 1,417,856 |
Total payments c (thousands of dollars) | ||||||
Total | 5,779,439 | 717,935 | 5,061,504 | 962,504 | 3,304,823 | 1,512,112 |
Federal payments | 5,483,259 | 626,387 | 4,856,872 | 951,572 | 3,176,105 | 1,355,582 |
State supplementation | 296,180 | 91,547 | 204,633 | 10,932 | 128,718 | 156,529 |
Average monthly payment d (dollars) | ||||||
Total | 718.30 | 584.18 | 744.09 | 847.36 | 764.57 | 593.24 |
Federal payments | 692.26 | 530.30 | 722.55 | 838.62 | 742.77 | 549.77 |
State supplementation | 212.56 | 223.22 | 207.91 | 87.15 | 221.91 | 225.68 |
Number of awards e | ||||||
Total | 58,323 | 9,942 | 48,381 | 15,268 | 32,747 | 10,308 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||
a. Includes 6,151,822 disabled and 63,698 blind recipients. | ||||||
b. Includes 1,275,766 disabled and 13,110 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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