SSI Monthly Statistics, June 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, June 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 7,818,363 1,111,916 6,706,447 1,075,217 4,467,221 2,275,925
Federal payment only 6,438,309 727,465 5,710,844 959,903 3,851,015 1,627,391
Federal payment and state supplementation 1,245,416 338,133 907,283 114,480 561,913 569,023
State supplementation only 134,638 46,318 88,320 834 54,293 79,511
Total with—  
Federal payment 7,683,725 1,065,598 6,618,127 1,074,383 4,412,928 2,196,414
State supplementation 1,380,054 384,451 995,603 115,314 616,206 648,534
Also receiving OASDI benefits 2,608,521 632,894 1,975,627 67,011 1,250,707 1,290,803
  Total payments c (thousands of dollars)
Total 4,775,661 520,895 4,254,765 767,731 2,920,025 1,087,905
Federal payments 4,567,898 462,299 4,105,599 760,139 2,820,034 987,725
State supplementation 207,763 58,597 149,166 7,592 99,991 100,180
  Average monthly payment d (dollars)
Total 584.58 466.38 604.20 685.08 615.79 475.98
Federal payments 568.73 431.96 590.77 678.93 602.14 447.87
State supplementation 145.15 150.95 142.91 62.40 152.32 153.02
  Number of awards e
Total 45,576 6,498 39,078 9,998 28,912 6,666
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes 6,639,797 disabled and 66,650 blind recipients.
b. Includes 1,150,702 disabled and 13,307 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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