Annual Statistical Supplement, 2025
Agency Workloads
NOTE: We are discontinuing publication of Tables 2.F1, 2.F2, 2.F3, and 2.F7, which reported agency resource and service metrics. This information is released in the Agency Financial Report. The Social Security performance and Improper Payments web pages may also aid users seeking more frequently updated or historical information.
| Workload | Total | Worker | Family members and survivors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Received | 6,663.2 | 4,908.2 | 1,754.9 |
| Processed a | 6,817.6 | 5,005.4 | 1,812.3 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Integrated Work Measurement System. | |||
| NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components. | |||
| a. See Table 6.A1 for statistics on number of awards. | |||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | |||
| Workload | Total | Worker | Family members and survivors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Received | 2,260.6 | 2,145.9 | 114.7 |
| Processed a | 2,264.4 | 2,147.4 | 116.9 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Integrated Work Measurement System. | |||
| NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components. | |||
| a. See Table 6.A1 for statistics on number of awards. | |||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | |||
| Workload | Total | Aged | Blind or disabled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Received | 1,683.2 | 214.1 | 1,469.1 |
| Processed a | 1,621.8 | 218.6 | 1,403.2 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Integrated Work Measurement System. | |||
| a. See Table 7.A8 for statistics on number of awards. | |||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | |||
| Item | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of ALJs | 1,235 | 1,132 | 1,088 | 1,081 |
| Average monthly hearing dispositions per ALJ a | 30 | 26 | 29 | 33 |
| Average hearings pending per ALJ | 273 | 295 | 266 | 230 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Case Processing Management System (CPMS) Management Information. | ||||
| NOTE: Number of ALJs and average monthly hearing dispositions per ALJ based on fiscal year average ALJ availability; average hearings pending per ALJ based on ALJs on duty. Data exclude Regional Chief ALJs. | ||||
| a. Calculation excludes Attorney Adjudicator decisions. | ||||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | ||||
| Program | Hearing level receipts | Hearing level dispositions | End-of-year pending cases | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 a | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 a | 2023 | 2024 | 2022 a | 2023 | 2024 | |
| Total | 349,329 | 355,565 | 362,552 | 352,899 | 377,685 | 422,797 | 346,567 | 321,819 | 261,574 |
| OASI | 1,676 | 1,591 | 1,709 | 942 | 1,829 | 1,898 | 1,615 | 1,384 | 1,196 |
| Disability | |||||||||
| DI | 147,767 | 150,083 | 151,257 | 144,882 | 148,983 | 175,244 | 128,909 | 129,090 | 104,896 |
| SSI | 90,755 | 91,897 | 93,514 | 94,238 | 107,415 | 111,882 | 107,783 | 91,137 | 72,708 |
| DI and SSI | 109,131 | 111,994 | 116,072 | 112,837 | 119,458 | 133,773 | 108,260 | 100,208 | 82,774 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Case Processing Management System (CPMS) Management Information. | |||||||||
| NOTES: Some claims are resclassifed from one program to another during their processing cycle. End-of-year adjustments account for those reclassifications. | |||||||||
| OASI = Old-Age and Survivors Insurance; DI = Disability Insurance; SSI = Supplemental Security Income. | |||||||||
| a. Because of calendar variations and agency budgeting and accounting rules, one week occasionally falls between the end of one fiscal year and the beginning of the next. Although September 2022 included such a week, data for that week are not available. Values shown are as of the end of the 52nd week of fiscal year 2022. | |||||||||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | |||||||||
| Cases | 2021 | 2022 a | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning-of-year pending | 57,327 | 50,634 | 46,934 | 35,362 |
| Receipts | 111,722 | 84,935 | 68,192 | 85,855 |
| Dispositions | 118,415 | 88,635 | 79,764 | 73,834 |
| End-of-year pending | 50,634 | 46,934 | 35,362 | 47,383 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Appeals Review Processing System (ARPS) Management Information. | ||||
| a. Because of calendar variations and agency budgeting and accounting rules, one week occasionally falls between the end of one fiscal year and the beginning of the next. September 2022 included such a week, and the values shown for fiscal year 2022 include the 1,299 receipts and 2,240 dispositions (and the resulting reduction in pending cases by 941) that occurred in that week. | ||||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | ||||
| Year | Number (thousands) | Percentage distribution by age group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15–19 | 20–49 | 50–64 | 65 or older | ||
| 1937 | a 37,139 | 0.2 | 9.5 | 76.2 | 13.0 | 1.1 |
| 1940 | 5,227 | 0.9 | 40.0 | 49.2 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| 1945 | 3,321 | 10.7 | 45.1 | 34.9 | 7.4 | 1.9 |
| 1950 | 2,891 | 4.9 | 60.4 | 27.2 | 6.2 | 1.3 |
| 1955 | 4,323 | 6.9 | 50.3 | 23.4 | 12.1 | 7.3 |
| 1960 | 3,415 | 6.5 | 72.7 | 15.2 | 4.2 | 1.4 |
| 1965 | 6,131 | 17.7 | 57.2 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 12.3 |
| 1970 | 6,132 | 31.4 | 51.9 | 12.9 | 2.4 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 8,164 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1980 | 5,984 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1985 | 5,720 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1990 | 9,054 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1995 | 5,465 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2000 | 5,476 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2005 | 5,280 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2010 | 5,442 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | 5,844 | 73.4 | 3.1 | 19.9 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 4,461 | 83.9 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 4,934 | 79.0 | 1.9 | 16.1 | 2.2 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | 5,975 | 67.3 | 2.7 | 25.0 | 3.7 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 6,909 | 59.8 | 3.2 | 30.5 | 4.7 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 7,470 | 56.1 | 3.6 | 33.8 | 4.9 | 1.6 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Enumeration Performance Reports. | ||||||
| NOTES: Through the 2023 edition of the Supplement, counts of Social Security numbers issued were included in Table 4.B1. | ||||||
| Some individuals have been issued more than one Social Security number. | ||||||
| Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components. | ||||||
| -- = not available. | ||||||
| a. Includes about 17.2 million issued in November and December 1936. | ||||||
| CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov. | ||||||