SSI Monthly Statistics, December 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, December 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 7,392,201 1,198,079 6,194,122 1,016,027 3,863,775 2,512,399
Federal payment only 6,072,798 796,720 5,276,078 904,040 3,338,003 1,830,755
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,191,936 353,589 838,347 110,966 482,240 598,730
State supplementation only 127,467 47,770 79,697 1,021 43,532 82,914
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,264,734 1,150,309 6,114,425 1,015,006 3,820,243 2,429,485
State supplementation 1,319,403 401,359 918,044 111,987 525,772 681,644
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,551,137 680,327 1,870,810 55,929 1,059,739 1,435,469
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,649,867 709,106 4,940,761 935,933 3,208,240 1,505,694
Federal payments 5,357,871 618,621 4,739,250 925,266 3,082,387 1,350,218
State supplementation 291,996 90,485 201,511 10,666 125,853 155,477
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 714.53 586.00 739.43 833.22 761.94 593.85
Federal payments 688.47 532.25 717.91 824.54 740.14 550.69
State supplementation 212.06 222.95 207.29 86.74 221.50 225.32
  Number of awards e
Total 53,681 7,486 46,195 14,344 31,520 7,817
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,130,602 disabled and 63,520 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,301,129 disabled and 13,191 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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