Annual Statistical Supplement, 2022

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 2021
Monthly payment (dollars) All recipients Adults Blind and disabled, under age 18
Aged Blind Disabled
Total  
Number 7,137,943 840,256 55,956 5,204,436 1,037,295
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 50 4.8 6.6 5.4 5.2 1.6
50–99 3.5 6.6 3.8 3.6 0.6
100–149 3.8 7.0 3.9 3.8 0.9
150–199 3.5 6.7 3.5 3.5 1.0
200–249 3.1 5.4 3.2 3.1 1.1
250–299 2.8 4.5 3.1 2.8 1.2
300–349 2.8 4.3 3.2 2.9 1.4
350–399 2.5 4.0 2.6 2.5 1.6
400–449 2.4 3.7 2.4 2.3 1.9
450–499 2.2 3.3 2.3 2.0 2.1
500–549 8.1 12.5 9.6 7.5 7.4
550–599 1.8 2.5 1.8 1.5 2.9
600–649 1.7 2.0 1.5 1.3 4.0
650–699 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.0 4.5
700–749 1.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 4.9
750–793 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.9 3.7
794 a 52.6 28.5 50.5 55.2 59.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
SSI = Supplemental Security Income.
a. Individuals living in their own household with no countable income were eligible for a federal SSI payment of $794 in calendar year 2021.
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 2021
Monthly payment (dollars) All recipients Aged Blind Disabled
Total  
Number 213,075 110,351 1,401 101,323
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 50 2.5 2.7 1.9 2.3
50–99 2.9 3.2 1.4 2.7
100–149 3.3 3.5 2.6 3.0
150–199 3.4 3.7 3.0 3.1
200–249 3.4 3.7 3.2 3.1
250–299 3.3 3.5 2.7 3.1
300–349 3.2 3.3 2.7 3.0
350–399 3.0 3.0 2.7 3.0
400–449 3.2 2.9 2.2 3.4
450–499 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.1
500–549 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.0
550–599 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.7
600–649 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.5
650–699 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3
700–749 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4
750–799 7.5 11.3 4.2 3.5
800–849 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.2
850–899 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.9
900–949 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.7
950–999 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2
1,000–1,049 0.9 0.9 1.4 0.8
1,050–1,099 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5
1,100–1,149 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4
1,150–1,190 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
1,191 a 39.1 33.9 47.9 44.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
SSI = Supplemental Security Income.
a. Couples living in their own household with no countable income were eligible for a federal SSI payment of $1,191 in calendar year 2021.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.