| 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. | |||||||