SSI Monthly Statistics, February 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, February 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 7,358,913 1,191,302 6,167,611 1,016,054 3,836,069 2,506,790
Federal payment only 6,047,309 793,078 5,254,231 903,899 3,314,659 1,828,751
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,186,794 351,618 835,176 111,223 478,866 596,705
State supplementation only 124,810 46,606 78,204 932 42,544 81,334
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,234,103 1,144,696 6,089,407 1,015,122 3,793,525 2,425,456
State supplementation 1,311,604 398,224 913,380 112,155 521,410 678,039
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,538,557 676,872 1,861,685 55,566 1,050,520 1,432,471
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,719,165 722,864 4,996,300 946,604 3,231,987 1,540,573
Federal payments 5,430,331 633,206 4,797,124 936,039 3,108,160 1,386,131
State supplementation 288,834 89,658 199,176 10,565 123,828 154,442
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 735.91 602.06 761.78 866.22 783.82 610.07
Federal payments 710.07 548.75 740.43 857.32 762.15 567.37
State supplementation 211.99 222.93 207.22 86.86 221.51 225.25
  Number of awards e
Total 46,157 7,124 39,033 11,871 26,913 7,373
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,104,359 disabled and 63,252 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,302,311 disabled and 13,177 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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