Monthly Statistical Snapshot, April 2012

(released May 2012)

For more detailed monthly OASDI information, visit the Actuary's website for Beneficiary Data. For more detailed monthly SSI information, see SSI Monthly Statistics.

Table 1.
Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, April 2012
(in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security
and SSI
All beneficiaries 61,447 53,261 5,413 2,773
Aged 65 or older 39,698 37,636 902 1,160
Disabled, under age 65 a 13,889 7,765 4,511 1,613
Other b 7,860 7,860 . . . . . .
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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 2.
Social Security benefits, April 2012
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly
benefits
(millions of dollars)		 Average monthly
benefit (dollars)
Number
(thousands)		 Percent
All beneficiaries 56,033 100.0 63,075 1,125.67
Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers 36,038 64.3 44,420 1,232.60
Spouses 2,288 4.1 1,394 609.27
Children 616 1.1 373 605.32
Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents a 4,220 7.5 4,892 1,159.21
Widowed mothers and fathers b 151 0.3 132 874.94
Children 1,945 3.5 1,528 785.95
Disability Insurance
Disabled workers 8,684 15.5 9,649 1,111.06
Spouses 165 0.3 49 298.33
Children 1,926 3.4 637 330.89
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 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.
b. 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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 3.
Supplemental Security Income recipients, April 2012
Age Recipients Total payments a
(millions of dollars)		 Average monthly
payment b (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
All recipients 8,186 100.0 4,554 517.20
Under 18 1,302 15.9 854 621.80
18–64 4,822 58.9 2,841 532.90
65 or older 2,062 25.2 858 414.60
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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.