SSI Monthly Statistics, September 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, September 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 7,436,689 1,199,894 6,236,795 1,017,563 3,910,424 2,508,702
Federal payment only 6,113,912 797,855 5,316,057 905,744 3,380,589 1,827,579
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,195,086 354,053 841,033 110,867 486,033 598,186
State supplementation only 127,691 47,986 79,705 952 43,802 82,937
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,308,998 1,151,908 6,157,090 1,016,611 3,866,622 2,425,765
State supplementation 1,322,777 402,039 920,738 111,819 529,835 681,123
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,582,287 683,006 1,899,281 57,402 1,088,064 1,436,821
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,751,111 713,766 5,037,345 955,442 3,284,378 1,511,292
Federal payments 5,454,042 622,111 4,831,931 944,475 3,155,535 1,354,032
State supplementation 297,070 91,655 205,414 10,966 128,843 157,260
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 717.20 586.68 742.49 844.06 763.76 594.38
Federal payments 691.08 532.74 720.94 835.33 741.95 551.01
State supplementation 212.40 223.22 207.66 87.04 221.70 225.54
  Number of awards e
Total 63,336 9,070 54,266 15,811 38,065 9,460
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,172,816 disabled and 63,979 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,295,632 disabled and 13,176 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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