Monthly Statistical Snapshot, March 2008

NOTE: Effective with the December 2007 OASDI data, persons wanting detailed monthly OASDI information should visit the Office of the Actuary's Web site for Beneficiary Data. The OASDI snapshot tables will still be provided by the Office of Policy.

Table 1.
Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, March 2008 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	55,034	47,634	4,800	2,600

Aged 65 or older	36,251	34,229	868	1,154
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,766	6,388	3,932	1,446
Other ^b	7,017	7,017	. . .	. . .

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Only Social Security beneficiaries in current-payment status are included. . . . = not applicable.
a. Includes children receiving SSI on the basis of their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.

Table 2.
Social Security benefits, March 2008
Type of beneficiary	Beneficiaries		Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Type of beneficiary	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All beneficiaries ^a	50,234	100.0	49,721	989.80

Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers	31,803	63.3	34,420	1,082.30
Spouses	2,421	4.8	1,289	532.40
Children	509	1.0	275	541.10

Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents ^b	4,418	8.8	4,519	1,023.00
Widowed mothers and fathers ^c	157	0.3	121	773.20
Children	1,920	3.8	1,358	707.00

Disability Insurance
Disabled workers	7,162	14.3	7,192	1,004.20
Spouses	153	0.3	41	265.30
Children	1,693	3.4	507	299.70
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Only beneficiaries in current-payment status are included. Some Social Security beneficiaries are entitled to more than one type of benefit. In most cases, they are dually entitled to a worker benefit and a higher spouse or widow(er) benefit. If both benefits are financed from the same trust fund, the beneficiary is usually counted only once in the statistics, as a retired-worker or a disabled-worker beneficiary, and the benefit amount recorded is the larger amount associated with the auxiliary benefit. If the benefits are paid from different trust funds the beneficiary is counted twice, and the respective benefit amounts are recorded for each type of benefit.
a. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s aged 60 or older, disabled widow(er)s aged 50 or older, and dependent parents of deceased workers aged 62 or older.
c. A widow(er) or surviving divorced parent caring for the entitled child of a deceased worker who is under age 16 or is disabled.
CONTACT: Kevin Kulzer (410) 965-5366 or oasdi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.

Table 3.
Supplemental Security Income recipients, March 2008
Age	Recipients		Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
Age	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
All recipients	7,400	100.0	3,770	476.90

Under 18	1,126	15.2	671	567.50
18–64	4,251	57.5	2,300	492.50
65 or older	2,022	27.3	799	393.50
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Data are for the end of the specified month.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.