SSI Monthly Statistics, March 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, March 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 7,351,825 1,187,686 6,164,139 1,017,026 3,832,666 2,502,133
Federal payment only 6,042,488 790,743 5,251,745 904,688 3,311,931 1,825,869
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,185,220 350,543 834,677 111,496 478,456 595,268
State supplementation only 124,117 46,400 77,717 842 42,279 80,996
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,227,708 1,141,286 6,086,422 1,016,184 3,790,387 2,421,137
State supplementation 1,309,337 396,943 912,394 112,338 520,735 676,264
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,539,111 675,338 1,863,773 55,655 1,052,984 1,430,472
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,826,890 725,129 5,101,761 973,424 3,308,779 1,544,687
Federal payments 5,535,532 635,361 4,900,170 962,562 3,182,848 1,390,122
State supplementation 291,359 89,768 201,591 10,862 125,931 154,566
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 736.28 602.70 762.04 863.47 784.74 610.54
Federal payments 710.46 549.40 740.70 854.57 763.08 567.86
State supplementation 211.88 222.85 207.10 86.71 221.50 225.20
  Number of awards e
Total 58,775 7,928 50,847 15,017 35,466 8,292
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,100,709 disabled and 63,430 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,301,279 disabled and 13,168 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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