SSI Monthly Statistics, August 2025

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, August 2025
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 7,405,735 1,196,085 6,209,650 1,011,230 3,897,342 2,497,163
Federal payment only 6,085,265 794,763 5,290,502 899,855 3,367,788 1,817,622
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,192,653 353,306 839,347 110,412 485,586 596,655
State supplementation only 127,817 48,016 79,801 963 43,968 82,886
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,277,918 1,148,069 6,129,849 1,010,267 3,853,374 2,414,277
State supplementation 1,320,470 401,322 919,148 111,375 529,554 679,541
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,563,937 680,777 1,883,160 56,809 1,078,248 1,428,880
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,660,411 708,219 4,952,192 938,793 3,223,140 1,498,479
Federal payments 5,367,797 617,595 4,750,201 928,099 3,096,481 1,343,216
State supplementation 292,614 90,624 201,991 10,693 126,658 155,262
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 717.84 586.38 743.29 847.21 764.04 594.26
Federal payments 691.76 532.42 721.77 838.50 742.26 550.86
State supplementation 212.40 223.25 207.64 86.99 221.67 225.56
  Number of awards e
Total 53,468 8,856 44,612 13,392 30,890 9,186
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,146,059 disabled and 63,591 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,287,964 disabled and 13,114 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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