U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2005
 
Federally Administered Payments
Table 4.
By type of payment, sex, eligibility category, and age, December 2005
Type of payment and sex Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number
All payments 7,113,879 1,214,296 75,039 5,824,544 1,036,498 4,082,870 1,994,511
Male 3,066,275 380,848 33,912 2,651,515 677,634 1,780,339 608,302
Female 4,047,604 833,448 41,127 3,173,029 358,864 2,302,531 1,386,209
Federal SSI 6,818,944 1,112,779 69,637 5,636,528 1,033,709 3,935,491 1,849,744
Male 2,934,371 343,376 31,295 2,559,700 675,776 1,703,522 555,073
Female 3,884,573 769,403 38,342 3,076,828 357,933 2,231,969 1,294,671
State supplementation 2,242,112 584,787 31,346 1,625,979 214,702 1,153,875 873,535
Male 961,619 204,529 14,157 742,933 141,080 525,767 294,772
Female 1,280,493 380,258 17,189 883,046 73,622 628,108 578,763
Total payments (thousands of dollars)
All payments 3,366,952 440,023 36,382 2,890,546 577,807 2,063,312 725,833
Male 1,506,951 143,301 16,322 1,347,328 378,346 903,520 225,085
Female 1,860,000 296,722 20,060 1,543,218 199,460 1,159,792 500,749
Federal SSI 3,001,392 339,507 28,993 2,632,891 559,938 1,866,225 575,228
Male 1,346,497 105,799 12,996 1,227,702 366,734 808,986 170,776
Female 1,654,895 233,708 15,997 1,405,189 193,204 1,057,239 404,452
State supplementation 365,560 100,516 7,389 257,655 17,868 197,087 150,605
Male 160,455 37,502 3,327 119,626 11,612 94,534 54,308
Female 205,105 63,014 4,063 138,029 6,256 102,553 96,296
Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All payments 439.09 360.25 474.62 455.13 522.80 455.64 361.99
Male 452.76 374.41 471.94 463.83 523.54 454.67 368.34
Female 428.81 353.80 476.81 447.91 521.41 456.38 359.22
Federal SSI 406.50 303.29 407.87 426.95 508.11 425.67 309.36
Male 420.56 306.35 407.90 436.14 508.94 422.84 306.12
Female 395.96 301.93 407.84 419.36 506.56 427.81 310.74
State supplementation 156.30 170.39 229.41 149.80 77.75 159.79 170.97
Male 159.39 182.02 227.68 151.82 77.05 168.40 182.85
Female 153.99 164.14 230.83 148.11 79.09 152.65 164.93
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Averages are not obtained simply by dividing the total dollars by the number of recipients. Averages exclude payments made in the current month for prior-month eligibility, such as back pay for new awards, so that large retroactive payments do not distort the averages.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
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