SSI Monthly Statistics, April 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, April 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 7,338,132 1,185,400 6,152,732 1,018,637 3,819,073 2,500,422
Federal payment only 6,031,546 789,510 5,242,036 906,267 3,300,044 1,825,235
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,182,924 349,680 833,244 111,581 476,893 594,450
State supplementation only 123,662 46,210 77,452 789 42,136 80,737
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,214,470 1,139,190 6,075,280 1,017,848 3,776,937 2,419,685
State supplementation 1,306,586 395,890 910,696 112,370 519,029 675,187
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,532,803 674,536 1,858,267 55,551 1,047,355 1,429,897
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,760,134 721,786 5,038,348 964,342 3,255,060 1,540,732
Federal payments 5,471,428 632,497 4,838,931 953,772 3,130,854 1,386,802
State supplementation 288,706 89,290 199,416 10,569 124,206 153,930
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 738.22 603.16 764.28 873.89 785.70 610.85
Federal payments 712.43 549.87 742.98 865.02 764.05 568.21
State supplementation 211.87 222.88 207.08 86.67 221.51 225.22
  Number of awards e
Total 49,989 7,394 42,595 13,069 29,253 7,667
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,089,546 disabled and 63,186 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,301,884 disabled and 13,138 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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