U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2006
 
Federally Administered Payments
Table 4.
By type of payment, sex, eligibility category, and age, December 2006
Type of payment and sex Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
Number
All payments 7,235,583 1,211,656 73,418 5,950,509 1,078,977 4,152,130 2,004,476
Male 3,145,335 385,355 33,331 2,726,649 707,388 1,818,993 618,954
Female 4,090,248 826,301 40,087 3,223,860 371,589 2,333,137 1,385,522
Federal SSI 6,938,690 1,108,925 68,165 5,761,600 1,076,354 4,004,390 1,857,946
Male 3,011,817 346,643 30,747 2,634,427 705,676 1,742,068 564,073
Female 3,926,873 762,282 37,418 3,127,173 370,678 2,262,322 1,293,873
State supplementation 2,268,579 590,575 30,657 1,647,347 220,060 1,163,085 885,434
Male 977,761 208,166 13,934 755,661 144,907 531,823 301,031
Female 1,290,818 382,409 16,723 891,686 75,153 631,262 584,403
Total payments (thousands of dollars)
All payments 3,499,569 453,529 36,297 3,009,743 610,874 2,134,335 754,360
Male 1,577,757 148,446 16,380 1,412,931 401,187 941,405 235,166
Female 1,921,812 305,083 19,917 1,596,812 209,687 1,192,930 519,194
Federal SSI 3,130,803 351,915 29,133 2,749,754 592,877 1,936,436 601,490
Male 1,414,866 110,304 13,139 1,291,422 389,424 845,805 179,636
Female 1,715,937 241,611 15,994 1,458,332 203,453 1,090,630 421,854
State supplementation 368,767 101,614 7,164 259,989 17,997 197,900 152,870
Male 162,892 38,142 3,241 121,509 11,762 95,600 55,529
Female 205,875 63,472 3,923 138,480 6,235 102,300 97,341
Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All payments 454.75 373.05 488.42 471.00 541.85 470.64 375.10
Male 467.69 383.93 484.08 479.35 542.66 468.86 378.60
Female 444.84 367.99 492.03 463.95 540.29 472.03 373.54
Federal SSI 423.05 316.48 423.15 443.61 527.42 441.60 322.87
Male 436.68 317.24 422.03 452.62 528.29 438.22 317.48
Female 412.63 316.14 424.07 436.04 525.76 444.18 325.21
State supplementation 156.24 170.64 228.97 149.71 77.04 159.79 171.26
Male 159.12 181.83 227.22 151.59 76.39 168.19 182.99
Female 154.06 164.56 230.42 148.12 78.30 152.73 165.23
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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