SSI Monthly Statistics, February 2021

All Federally Administered Payments

Table 1. Number of recipients, total payments, average monthly payment, and number of awards, by source of payment, eligibility category, and age, February 2021
Source of payment All recipients Eligibility category Age
Aged Blind and disabled a Under 18 18–64 65 or older b
  Number of recipients c
Total 7,928,189 1,127,328 6,800,861 1,103,698 4,535,193 2,289,298
Federal payment only 6,522,525 735,459 5,787,066 984,754 3,905,669 1,632,102
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,267,427 344,152 923,275 118,114 573,328 575,985
State supplementation only 138,237 47,717 90,520 830 56,196 81,211
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,789,952 1,079,611 6,710,341 1,102,868 4,478,997 2,208,087
State supplementation 1,405,664 391,869 1,013,795 118,944 629,524 657,196
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,641,032 641,049 1,999,983 69,425 1,274,570 1,297,037
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,854,525 527,374 4,327,151 792,758 2,968,615 1,093,152
Federal payments 4,642,551 467,615 4,174,936 784,818 2,866,203 991,530
State supplementation 211,974 59,759 152,215 7,940 102,411 101,622
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 584.56 465.78 604.21 686.40 614.79 475.46
Federal payments 568.74 431.44 590.79 680.16 601.11 447.32
State supplementation 145.21 150.99 142.98 62.57 152.57 153.12
  Number of awards e
Total 50,569 6,548 44,021 10,426 33,419 6,724
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,733,418 disabled and 67,443 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,148,534 disabled and 13,436 blind recipients aged 65 or older.
c. Includes retroactive payments.
d. Excludes retroactive payments.
e. Preliminary data. In the first 2 months after their release, numbers may be adjusted downward to reflect returned checks.
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