SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2018

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2018
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 1,148,038 655.49
Boston 40,900 640.76
Connecticut 8,452 651.60
Maine 3,879 636.17
Massachusetts 21,190 635.87
New Hampshire 2,160 607.30
Rhode Island 3,837 652.53
Vermont 1,382 682.18
New York 106,580 657.46
New Jersey 24,256 653.74
New York 82,324 658.56
Philadelphia 116,204 648.21
Delaware 3,315 632.07
District of Columbia 3,756 658.00
Maryland 18,872 637.79
Pennsylvania 60,892 655.93
Virginia 21,947 637.70
West Virginia 7,422 644.74
Atlanta 281,617 650.01
Alabama 21,477 654.69
Florida 97,884 646.98
Georgia 42,529 653.75
Kentucky 24,579 661.43
Mississippi 19,133 657.89
North Carolina 36,201 644.86
South Carolina 17,819 644.05
Tennessee 21,995 645.43
Chicago 169,754 653.83
Illinois 35,560 662.30
Indiana 21,853 649.53
Michigan 35,556 655.58
Minnesota 12,546 634.59
Ohio 43,501 656.11
Wisconsin 20,738 647.77
Dallas 211,258 651.78
Arkansas 24,606 662.50
Louisiana 32,273 665.76
New Mexico 7,874 662.07
Oklahoma 15,440 648.93
Texas 131,065 646.07
Kansas City 39,840 640.05
Iowa 7,996 634.91
Kansas 8,490 640.02
Missouri 19,592 645.32
Nebraska 3,762 623.56
Denver 20,204 622.62
Colorado 8,642 629.75
Montana 2,201 651.33
North Dakota 1,123 588.79
South Dakota 2,341 617.69
Utah 4,987 606.53
Wyoming 910 627.48
San Francisco 128,769 703.17
Arizona 16,964 657.31
California 100,595 715.80
Hawaii 1,263 642.15
Nevada 9,690 660.46
Northern Mariana Islands 257 692.39
Seattle 32,912 624.83
Alaska 1,168 608.98
Idaho 5,012 617.48
Oregon 10,299 632.52
Washington 16,433 623.38
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes federally administered state supplementation payments.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 18. Percentage distribution of recipients, by monthly payment, December 2018
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 1,148,038
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.6
50–99 0.7
100–199 1.9
200–299 2.3
300–399 3.3
400–499 4.3
500–599 11.1
600–699 9.7
700–749 5.2
750 59.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2018.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2018
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 1,148,038 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 14,197 1.2
1 24,072 2.1
2 27,845 2.4
3 38,408 3.3
4 47,767 4.2
5 54,626 4.8
6 61,242 5.3
7 66,328 5.8
8 72,103 6.3
9 78,716 6.9
10 82,959 7.2
11 85,146 7.4
12 85,550 7.5
13 83,561 7.3
14 83,278 7.3
15 81,676 7.1
16 80,302 7.0
17 80,262 7.0
Sex  
Male 774,930 67.5
Female 373,108 32.5
Citizenship status  
Citizen 1,144,758 99.7
Noncitizen 3,280 0.3
Living arrangements  
Own household 151,459 13.2
Another's household 39,172 3.4
Parent's household 945,220 82.3
Medicaid institution 12,043 1.0
Unknown 144 (L)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 20. Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2018
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 1,148,038 66,114 140,801 532,044 409,079
Congenital anomalies 63,851 11,717 13,359 25,391 13,384
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 8,585 578 1,573 4,242 2,192
Infectious and parasitic diseases 451 27 41 176 207
Injuries 5,331 411 880 2,360 1,680
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 197,693 1,438 28,756 107,801 59,698
Developmental disorders 219,484 6,103 42,562 112,397 58,422
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 221,779 154 4,435 111,596 105,594
Intellectual disability 109,927 121 3,291 44,514 62,001
Mood disorders 33,489 3 132 9,911 23,443
Organic mental disorders 21,948 131 2,832 11,270 7,715
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 2,511 0 4 568 1,939
Other mental disorders 31,742 6 804 13,616 17,316
Neoplasms 9,258 605 2,083 4,180 2,390
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 9,286 309 1,063 4,647 3,267
Circulatory system 3,880 668 807 1,356 1,049
Digestive system 15,067 5,334 4,671 3,751 1,311
Genitourinary system 2,680 201 367 1,121 991
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 8,925 673 1,465 3,693 3,094
Nervous system and sense organs 86,843 4,776 13,248 40,892 27,927
Respiratory system 16,698 1,403 3,264 7,683 4,348
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,937 107 312 998 520
Other 64,345 30,399 13,002 14,150 6,794
Unknown 12,328 950 1,850 5,731 3,797
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.6 17.7 9.5 4.8 3.3
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.5
Infectious and parasitic diseases (L) (L) (L) (L) 0.1
Injuries 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 17.2 2.2 20.4 20.3 14.6
Developmental disorders 19.1 9.2 30.2 21.1 14.3
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 19.3 0.2 3.1 21.0 25.8
Intellectual disability 9.6 0.2 2.3 8.4 15.2
Mood disorders 2.9 (L) 0.1 1.9 5.7
Organic mental disorders 1.9 0.2 2.0 2.1 1.9
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 0.2 0.0 (L) 0.1 0.5
Other mental disorders 2.8 (L) 0.6 2.6 4.2
Neoplasms 0.8 0.9 1.5 0.8 0.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.8
Circulatory system 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.3
Digestive system 1.3 8.1 3.3 0.7 0.3
Genitourinary system 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.8
Nervous system and sense organs 7.6 7.2 9.4 7.7 6.8
Respiratory system 1.5 2.1 2.3 1.4 1.1
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Other 5.6 46.0 9.2 2.7 1.7
Unknown 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 21. Recipients, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2018
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 1,148,038 100.0 774,930 100.0 373,108 100.0
Congenital anomalies 63,851 5.6 34,314 4.4 29,537 7.9
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 8,585 0.7 4,441 0.6 4,144 1.1
Infectious and parasitic diseases 451 (L) 235 (L) 216 0.1
Injuries 5,331 0.5 3,072 0.4 2,259 0.6
Mental disorders  
Autistic disorders 197,693 17.2 159,931 20.6 37,762 10.1
Developmental disorders 219,484 19.1 150,707 19.4 68,777 18.4
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 221,779 19.3 171,356 22.1 50,423 13.5
Intellectual disability 109,927 9.6 67,342 8.7 42,585 11.4
Mood disorders 33,489 2.9 19,362 2.5 14,127 3.8
Organic mental disorders 21,948 1.9 14,332 1.8 7,616 2.0
Schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders 2,511 0.2 1,397 0.2 1,114 0.3
Other mental disorders 31,742 2.8 19,522 2.5 12,220 3.3
Neoplasms 9,258 0.8 5,285 0.7 3,973 1.1
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 9,286 0.8 5,288 0.7 3,998 1.1
Circulatory system 3,880 0.3 2,120 0.3 1,760 0.5
Digestive system 15,067 1.3 8,146 1.1 6,921 1.9
Genitourinary system 2,680 0.2 1,608 0.2 1,072 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 8,925 0.8 4,307 0.6 4,618 1.2
Nervous system and sense organs 86,843 7.6 47,696 6.2 39,147 10.5
Respiratory system 16,698 1.5 10,233 1.3 6,465 1.7
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,937 0.2 975 0.1 962 0.3
Other 64,345 5.6 35,457 4.6 28,888 7.7
Unknown 12,328 1.1 7,804 1.0 4,524 1.2
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 22. Adult recipients who first became eligible for SSI before age 18, by year of first eligibility and age in December 2018
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2018
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,133,264 241,706 188,880 185,638 311,403 133,753 71,884
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 4.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 53.3
1977–1980 4.5 . . . . . . . . . 0.5 18.8 33.2
1981–1984 4.3 . . . . . . . . . 5.6 17.1 11.7
1985–1989 7.5 . . . . . . 0.3 17.1 21.9 1.8
1990–1994 22.5 . . . 6.0 33.6 44.3 32.6 . . .
1995–1999 19.2 10.5 35.5 29.1 21.9 2.0 . . .
2000–2004 18.4 34.1 28.7 22.6 9.8 . . . . . .
2005–2009 11.6 28.0 18.9 13.9 0.9 . . . . . .
2010–2014 6.3 20.5 10.9 0.6 . . . . . . . . .
2015–2018 1.5 6.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
a. Those under age 18 in 1974 would be no older than 62 in 2018.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2018
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 1,148,038 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 834,049 72.6 . . .
With income b 313,989 27.4 280
Earned income only 1,742 0.2 634
Unearned income only 311,421 27.1 244
Both earned and unearned income 826 0.1 767
With unearned income c 312,247 27.2 244
Social Security benefits 75,993 6.6 249
Veterans' benefits 8,629 0.8 72
Income based on need 15,732 1.4 224
Support from absent parents 166,827 14.5 233
Support and maintenance 68,347 6.0 181
Asset income 349 (L) 24
Other 6,144 0.5 313
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. The percentage of children receiving the full federal benefit rate, as shown in Table 18, is smaller than the percentage of those with no income, as shown here, because of the effect of parental deemed income in the payment computation.
b. Does not include income deemed from parents in the household.
c. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 24. Recipients, by number of parents in the household, December 2018
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 1,148,038 100.0
No parents a 143,350 12.5
One parent 779,268 67.9
Two parents 225,420 19.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: The total of children with one or two parents in the household differs slightly from the number of children living in a parent's household in Table 19. This is because the data in Table 19 represent only households in which a parent is the head of the household, whereas the data in this table include children living with parents who are not the head of the household.
a. Children with no parents in the household reside independently, with other relatives or nonrelatives, or in institutions or in foster care. Deeming does not apply in these situations.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 25. Recipients with one parent in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2018
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 779,268 100.0 727,964 100.0 51,304 100.0
No parental income 354,730 45.5 333,600 45.8 21,130 41.2
Parental income a 424,538 54.5 394,364 54.2 30,174 58.8
Earned income 319,836 41.0 297,974 40.9 21,862 42.6
Unearned income 123,150 15.8 113,792 15.6 9,358 18.2
Total income (dollars)  
None 354,730 45.5 333,600 45.8 21,130 41.2
Under 200 33,827 4.3 32,393 4.4 1,434 2.8
200–399 25,595 3.3 24,037 3.3 1,558 3.0
400–599 27,196 3.5 25,471 3.5 1,725 3.4
600–999 79,887 10.3 74,625 10.3 5,262 10.3
1,000 or more 258,033 33.1 237,838 32.7 20,195 39.4
Earned income (dollars)  
None 459,432 59.0 429,990 59.1 29,442 57.4
Under 200 5,616 0.7 5,270 0.7 346 0.7
200–399 9,680 1.2 9,190 1.3 490 1.0
400–599 15,917 2.0 15,156 2.1 761 1.5
600–999 47,617 6.1 45,410 6.2 2,207 4.3
1,000 or more 241,006 30.9 222,948 30.6 18,058 35.2
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 656,118 84.2 614,172 84.4 41,946 81.8
Under 200 37,089 4.8 35,649 4.9 1,440 2.8
200–399 20,450 2.6 19,140 2.6 1,310 2.6
400–599 14,255 1.8 13,087 1.8 1,168 2.3
600–999 37,328 4.8 33,885 4.7 3,443 6.7
1,000 or more 14,028 1.8 12,031 1.7 1,997 3.9
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 26. Recipients with two parents in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2018
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 225,420 100.0 225,420 100.0 225,420 100.0
No parental income 40,065 17.8 143,548 63.7 75,217 33.4
Parental income a 185,355 82.2 81,872 36.3 150,203 66.6
Earned income 161,517 71.7 63,867 28.3 127,411 56.5
Unearned income 38,710 17.2 20,761 9.2 27,077 12.0
Total income (dollars)  
None 40,065 17.8 143,548 63.7 75,217 33.4
Under 200 3,578 1.6 8,497 3.8 4,325 1.9
200–399 4,098 1.8 5,369 2.4 3,595 1.6
400–599 4,916 2.2 5,849 2.6 5,063 2.2
600–999 15,710 7.0 14,830 6.6 15,955 7.1
1,000 or more 157,053 69.7 47,327 21.0 121,265 53.8
Earned income (dollars)  
None 63,903 28.3 161,553 71.7 98,009 43.5
Under 200 1,302 0.6 2,058 0.9 1,271 0.6
200–399 1,811 0.8 2,844 1.3 1,839 0.8
400–599 3,166 1.4 4,041 1.8 3,026 1.3
600–999 9,619 4.3 10,037 4.5 8,248 3.7
1,000 or more 145,619 64.6 44,887 19.9 113,027 50.1
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 186,710 82.8 204,659 90.8 198,343 88.0
Under 200 4,974 2.2 8,033 3.6 4,564 2.0
200–399 4,845 2.1 3,026 1.3 2,537 1.1
400–599 4,380 1.9 2,157 1.0 2,719 1.2
600–999 12,832 5.7 5,450 2.4 9,111 4.0
1,000 or more 11,679 5.2 2,095 0.9 8,146 3.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 27. Recipients with one or more parents who have income and average monthly amount of parental income, by type of income, December 2018
Type of income All children with parental income Children with parental income from—
Mother Father
Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total a 609,893 1,618 476,236 1,318 180,377 1,990
Earned income 481,353 1,853 361,841 1,546 149,273 2,219
Unearned income b 161,860 611 134,553 507 36,435 763
Social Security benefits 80,585 793 62,739 720 21,956 847
Other pensions 8,203 549 5,955 339 3,423 717
Public income-maintenance 45,610 159 42,612 161 5,811 173
Asset income 2,080 244 1,491 215 669 337
Other 30,713 610 25,247 547 5,728 960
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of earned or unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
b. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 28. Recipients subject to deeming, by factors affecting parental deemed income, December 2018
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,004,688 100.0 779,268 77.6 225,420 22.4
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 817,408 100.0 655,406 100.0 162,002 100.0
No parental income 394,795 48.3 354,730 54.1 40,065 24.7
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 45,610 5.6 39,216 6.0 6,394 3.9
Income less than deeming allocations a 40,820 5.0 32,289 4.9 8,531 5.3
Income less than exclusions b 336,183 41.1 229,171 35.0 107,012 66.1
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 187,280 100.0 123,862 100.0 63,418 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 146,529 78.2 93,972 75.9 52,557 82.9
Unearned income only 25,747 13.7 21,993 17.8 3,754 5.9
Both earned and unearned income 12,246 6.5 5,470 4.4 6,776 10.7
Manually computed deemed income 2,758 1.5 2,427 2.0 331 0.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes allocations for ineligible children and SSI-eligible aliens sponsored by parents.
b. Includes the general income exclusion ($20), the earned income exclusion ($65 plus one-half of the remaining earned income), and the parental living allowance.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.