Annual Statistical Supplement, 2021

Supplemental Security Income

Benefit Distributions

Table 7.C1 Number of individuals receiving federally administered payments, and percentage distribution by monthly payment: By eligibility category, December 2020
Monthly payment (dollars) All recipients Adults Blind and disabled, under age 18
Aged Blind Disabled
Total  
Number 7,366,720 849,721 57,259 5,352,014 1,107,726
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 50 4.9 6.9 5.5 5.3 1.6
50–99 3.6 6.7 3.9 3.7 0.7
100–149 3.8 7.1 4.0 3.9 1.0
150–199 3.5 6.7 3.5 3.5 1.0
200–249 3.1 5.4 3.4 3.1 1.2
250–299 2.8 4.6 3.1 2.9 1.3
300–349 2.8 4.3 3.2 2.9 1.5
350–399 2.5 3.9 2.6 2.5 1.7
400–449 2.4 3.7 2.4 2.2 2.0
450–499 2.2 3.3 2.3 2.0 2.2
500–549 8.0 12.3 9.6 7.4 7.4
550–599 1.8 2.4 1.8 1.5 3.0
600–649 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.2 4.2
650–699 1.6 1.0 1.1 1.0 4.6
700–749 1.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 5.0
750–782 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.7 3.1
783 a 52.6 28.8 50.3 55.2 58.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Individuals living in their own household with no countable income were eligible for a federal SSI payment of $783 in calendar year 2020.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 7.C2 Number of couples receiving federal SSI payments, and percentage distribution by monthly payment: By eligibility category, December 2020
Monthly payment (dollars) All recipients Aged Blind Disabled
Total  
Number 225,694 114,533 1,557 109,604
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 50 2.6 2.8 2.1 2.4
50–99 3.0 3.3 1.8 2.7
100–149 3.3 3.4 2.6 3.1
150–199 3.4 3.7 2.7 3.1
200–249 3.5 3.8 3.0 3.2
250–299 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.2
300–349 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.1
350–399 3.1 3.0 2.5 3.2
400–449 3.1 2.9 2.7 3.4
450–499 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.2
500–549 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0
550–599 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7
600–649 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.4
650–699 2.4 2.5 1.8 2.3
700–749 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.4
750–799 7.2 10.9 4.6 3.4
800–849 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.1
850–899 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.8
900–949 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.5
950–999 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.2
1,000–1,049 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
1,050–1,099 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.6
1,100–1,149 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.4
1,150–1,174 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
1,175 a 39.7 34.9 47.5 44.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Couples living in their own household with no countable income were eligible for a federal SSI payment of $1,175 in calendar year 2020.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.