SSI Monthly Statistics, January 2026

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, January 2026
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 7,369,510 1,194,127 6,175,383 1,015,382 3,845,015 2,509,113
Federal payment only 6,055,272 794,722 5,260,550 903,320 3,322,145 1,829,807
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,188,812 352,515 836,297 111,188 480,062 597,562
State supplementation only 125,426 46,890 78,536 874 42,808 81,744
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,244,084 1,147,237 6,096,847 1,014,508 3,802,207 2,427,369
State supplementation 1,314,238 399,405 914,833 112,062 522,870 679,306
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,540,108 678,320 1,861,788 55,536 1,050,900 1,433,672
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,694,988 722,776 4,972,212 943,613 3,213,048 1,538,326
Federal payments 5,407,118 632,951 4,774,168 933,206 3,090,034 1,383,879
State supplementation 287,870 89,825 198,045 10,408 123,015 154,447
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 737.00 601.95 763.19 872.09 784.71 609.96
Federal payments 711.18 548.62 741.88 863.25 763.08 567.24
State supplementation 212.09 223.05 207.30 86.87 221.52 225.32
  Number of awards e
Total 44,808 6,985 37,823 11,871 25,686 7,251
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,112,067 disabled and 63,316 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,301,792 disabled and 13,194 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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