SSI Monthly Statistics, May 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, May 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 7,322,937 1,184,449 6,138,488 1,016,271 3,805,117 2,501,549
Federal payment only 6,018,514 789,069 5,229,445 904,043 3,287,682 1,826,789
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,181,054 349,272 831,782 111,378 475,549 594,127
State supplementation only 123,369 46,108 77,261 850 41,886 80,633
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,199,568 1,138,341 6,061,227 1,015,421 3,763,231 2,420,916
State supplementation 1,304,423 395,380 909,043 112,228 517,435 674,760
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,528,904 674,221 1,854,683 55,370 1,042,434 1,431,100
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,735,779 720,778 5,015,001 965,614 3,229,757 1,540,408
Federal payments 5,447,837 631,715 4,816,121 954,953 3,106,210 1,386,673
State supplementation 287,943 89,063 198,879 10,661 123,547 153,735
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 738.13 603.26 764.21 874.01 785.84 610.89
Federal payments 712.33 550.00 742.90 865.16 764.18 568.30
State supplementation 211.85 222.85 207.06 86.66 221.48 225.16
  Number of awards e
Total 46,746 7,442 39,304 12,229 26,796 7,721
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,075,464 disabled and 63,024 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,303,957 disabled and 13,143 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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