SSI Monthly Statistics, September 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, September 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 7,314,683 1,186,088 6,128,595 1,013,439 3,781,726 2,519,518
Federal payment only 6,012,640 791,287 5,221,353 901,512 3,267,819 1,843,309
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,178,907 348,576 830,331 111,042 472,607 595,258
State supplementation only 123,136 46,225 76,911 885 41,300 80,951
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,191,547 1,139,863 6,051,684 1,012,554 3,740,426 2,438,567
State supplementation 1,302,043 394,801 907,242 111,927 513,907 676,209
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,539,895 677,729 1,862,166 54,867 1,039,565 1,445,463
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 5,808,382 724,183 5,084,199 978,841 3,272,912 1,556,629
Federal payments 5,517,398 634,593 4,882,804 968,077 3,148,015 1,401,306
State supplementation 290,984 89,590 201,394 10,763 124,897 155,324
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 735.86 603.61 761.50 861.75 785.46 611.02
Federal payments 710.02 550.52 740.14 852.94 763.72 568.68
State supplementation 211.75 222.81 206.94 86.54 221.54 224.98
  Number of awards e
Total 57,576 8,401 49,175 14,721 34,083 8,772
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,065,589 disabled and 63,006 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,320,249 disabled and 13,181 blind recipients aged 65 or older.
c. Includes retroactive payments.
d. Excludes retroactive payments.
e. Preliminary statistics. In the first 2 months after their release, numbers may be adjusted downward to reflect returned checks.
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