SSI Monthly Statistics, July 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, July 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 7,300,297 1,183,913 6,116,384 1,010,081 3,782,931 2,507,285
Federal payment only 5,998,973 789,256 5,209,717 898,386 3,268,025 1,832,562
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,178,070 348,562 829,508 110,772 473,306 593,992
State supplementation only 123,254 46,095 77,159 923 41,600 80,731
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,177,043 1,137,818 6,039,225 1,009,158 3,741,331 2,426,554
State supplementation 1,301,324 394,657 906,667 111,695 514,906 674,723
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,525,771 675,004 1,850,767 55,002 1,034,751 1,436,018
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,680,419 719,707 4,960,711 950,804 3,187,128 1,542,487
Federal payments 5,394,292 630,778 4,763,515 940,291 3,065,171 1,388,830
State supplementation 286,127 88,930 197,197 10,513 121,957 153,657
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 736.54 603.72 762.28 865.82 785.35 611.15
Federal payments 710.68 550.51 740.93 856.99 763.63 568.66
State supplementation 211.79 222.89 206.95 86.56 221.44 225.09
  Number of awards e
Total 45,828 7,409 38,419 11,959 26,187 7,682
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,053,514 disabled and 62,870 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,310,190 disabled and 13,182 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.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.