SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2019

Federally Administered Payments

Table 4. Recipients, by age, December 1974–2019
Year Total Under age 18 Aged 18–64 Aged 65 or older
Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total
1974 3,996,064 70,900 1.8 1,503,155 37.6 2,422,009 60.6
1975 4,314,275 107,026 2.5 1,699,394 39.4 2,507,855 58.1
1976 4,235,939 125,412 3.0 1,713,594 40.5 2,396,933 56.6
1977 4,237,692 147,355 3.5 1,736,879 41.0 2,353,458 55.5
1978 4,216,925 165,899 3.9 1,747,126 41.4 2,303,900 54.6
1979 4,149,575 177,306 4.3 1,726,553 41.6 2,245,716 54.1
1980 4,142,017 190,394 4.6 1,730,847 41.8 2,220,776 53.6
1981 4,018,875 194,890 4.8 1,702,895 42.4 2,121,090 52.8
1982 3,857,590 191,570 5.0 1,655,279 42.9 2,010,741 52.1
1983 3,901,497 198,323 5.1 1,699,774 43.6 2,003,400 51.3
1984 4,029,333 211,587 5.3 1,780,459 44.2 2,037,287 50.6
1985 4,138,021 227,384 5.5 1,879,168 45.4 2,031,469 49.1
1986 4,269,184 241,198 5.6 2,010,458 47.1 2,017,528 47.3
1987 4,384,999 250,902 5.7 2,118,710 48.3 2,015,387 46.0
1988 4,463,869 255,135 5.7 2,202,714 49.3 2,006,020 44.9
1989 4,593,059 264,890 5.8 2,301,926 50.1 2,026,243 44.1
1990 4,817,127 308,589 6.4 2,449,897 50.9 2,058,641 42.7
1991 5,118,470 397,162 7.8 2,641,524 51.6 2,079,784 40.6
1992 5,566,189 556,470 10.0 2,910,016 52.3 2,099,703 37.7
1993 5,984,330 722,678 12.1 3,148,413 52.6 2,113,239 35.3
1994 6,295,786 841,474 13.4 3,335,255 53.0 2,119,057 33.7
1995 6,514,134 917,048 14.1 3,482,256 53.5 2,114,830 32.5
1996 6,613,718 955,174 14.4 3,568,393 54.0 2,090,151 31.6
1997 6,494,985 879,828 13.5 3,561,625 54.8 2,053,532 31.6
1998 6,566,069 887,066 13.5 3,646,020 55.5 2,032,983 31.0
1999 6,556,634 847,063 12.9 3,690,970 56.3 2,018,601 30.8
2000 6,601,686 846,784 12.8 3,744,022 56.7 2,010,880 30.5
2001 6,688,489 881,836 13.2 3,811,494 57.0 1,995,159 29.8
2002 6,787,857 914,821 13.5 3,877,752 57.1 1,995,284 29.4
2003 6,902,364 959,379 13.9 3,953,248 57.3 1,989,737 28.8
2004 6,987,845 993,127 14.2 4,017,108 57.5 1,977,610 28.3
2005 7,113,879 1,036,498 14.6 4,082,870 57.4 1,994,511 28.0
2006 7,235,583 1,078,977 14.9 4,152,130 57.4 2,004,476 27.7
2007 7,359,525 1,121,017 15.2 4,221,920 57.4 2,016,588 27.4
2008 7,520,501 1,153,844 15.3 4,333,096 57.6 2,033,561 27.0
2009 7,676,686 1,199,788 15.6 4,451,288 58.0 2,025,610 26.4
2010 7,912,266 1,239,269 15.7 4,631,507 58.5 2,041,490 25.8
2011 8,112,773 1,277,122 15.7 4,777,010 58.9 2,058,641 25.4
2012 8,262,877 1,311,861 15.9 4,869,484 58.9 2,081,532 25.2
2013 8,363,477 1,321,681 15.8 4,934,272 59.0 2,107,524 25.2
2014 8,335,704 1,299,761 15.6 4,913,072 58.9 2,122,871 25.5
2015 8,309,564 1,267,160 15.2 4,888,555 58.8 2,153,849 25.9
2016 8,251,161 1,213,079 14.7 4,845,735 58.7 2,192,347 26.6
2017 8,227,676 1,182,593 14.4 4,805,112 58.4 2,239,971 27.2
2018 8,128,652 1,148,038 14.1 4,714,234 58.0 2,266,380 27.9
2019 8,076,867 1,132,080 14.0 4,646,559 57.5 2,298,228 28.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 5. By type of payment, sex, eligibility category, and age, December 2019
Type of payment and sex Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All payments 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228
Male 3,853,382 411,588 34,593 3,407,201 766,094 2,286,097 801,191
Female 4,223,485 755,078 34,154 3,434,253 365,986 2,360,462 1,497,037
Federal SSI 7,928,161 1,115,210 66,241 6,746,710 1,131,174 4,584,139 2,212,848
Male 3,784,657 389,848 33,271 3,361,538 765,471 2,253,648 765,538
Female 4,143,504 725,362 32,970 3,385,172 365,703 2,330,491 1,447,310
State supplementation 1,453,985 407,638 18,963 1,027,384 124,583 658,981 670,421
Male 667,416 148,857 9,322 509,237 85,102 339,928 242,386
Female 786,569 258,781 9,641 518,147 39,481 319,053 428,035
  Total payments (thousands of dollars)
All payments 4,815,717 524,357 41,163 4,250,196 795,543 2,963,297 1,056,877
Male 2,369,045 176,067 20,823 2,172,155 538,376 1,479,505 351,163
Female 2,446,672 348,290 20,340 2,078,042 257,167 1,483,791 705,714
Federal SSI 4,595,807 462,508 37,427 4,095,872 787,249 2,854,972 953,586
Male 2,266,713 152,410 19,003 2,095,301 532,727 1,421,991 311,995
Female 2,329,093 310,097 18,425 2,000,571 254,522 1,432,981 641,591
State supplementation 219,910 61,849 3,736 154,325 8,294 108,325 103,291
Male 102,331 23,657 1,821 76,854 5,649 57,514 39,169
Female 117,579 38,192 1,915 77,471 2,645 50,811 64,123
  Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All payments 565.69 448.68 583.10 585.48 669.78 593.38 458.63
Male 581.41 426.61 584.35 600.11 670.77 602.34 436.53
Female 551.37 460.71 581.84 571.01 667.70 584.74 470.44
Federal SSI 549.61 414.10 549.72 572.04 663.46 579.47 429.84
Male 566.09 389.81 553.65 586.70 664.39 587.26 405.86
Female 534.59 427.15 545.76 557.51 661.50 571.95 442.52
State supplementation 145.39 150.62 192.93 142.44 62.78 153.34 152.90
Male 146.56 157.76 191.56 142.46 62.66 157.71 160.33
Female 144.41 146.53 194.26 142.42 63.05 148.69 148.69
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 6. Recipients, by selected characteristics, eligibility category, and age, December 2019
Characteristic Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All recipients 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228
Sex  
Male 3,853,382 411,588 34,593 3,407,201 766,094 2,286,097 801,191
Female 4,223,485 755,078 34,154 3,434,253 365,986 2,360,462 1,497,037
Citizenship status  
Citizen 7,646,515 961,315 64,149 6,621,051 1,129,024 4,535,776 1,981,715
Noncitizen 430,352 205,351 4,598 220,403 3,056 110,783 316,513
Living arrangement  
Own household 6,631,792 1,054,447 58,585 5,518,760 147,663 4,344,598 2,139,531
Another's household 373,217 96,968 4,116 272,133 40,679 221,245 111,293
Parent's household 949,117 . . . 4,888 944,229 931,492 17,625 . . .
Medicaid institution 117,389 14,516 1,128 101,745 12,103 58,852 46,434
Unknown 5,352 735 30 4,587 143 4,239 970
  Average monthly payment (dollars)
All recipients 565.69 448.68 583.10 585.48 669.78 593.38 458.63
Sex  
Male 581.41 426.61 584.35 600.11 670.77 602.34 436.53
Female 551.37 460.71 581.84 571.01 667.70 584.74 470.44
Citizenship status  
Citizen 569.26 449.36 583.49 586.55 669.65 593.77 456.18
Noncitizen 502.32 445.54 577.65 553.63 719.03 577.46 473.96
Living arrangement  
Own household 563.59 453.71 589.47 584.33 722.19 605.39 467.93
Another's household 479.32 451.01 508.51 489.03 483.90 495.25 446.27
Parent's household 677.81 . . . 691.78 677.74 677.82 677.57 . . .
Medicaid institution 33.94 38.66 34.17 33.30 33.81 32.77 35.51
Unknown 521.06 501.83 -- 530.76 507.50 534.30 505.07
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; -- = not available.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 7. Recipients, by type of representative payee, eligibility category, and age, December 2019
Type of payee Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228
Without payee 5,124,196 1,109,798 47,975 3,966,423 775 3,047,832 2,075,589
With payee 2,952,671 56,868 20,772 2,875,031 1,131,305 1,598,727 222,639
Parent (natural, adoptive, or stepparent) 1,826,628 759 13,335 1,812,534 937,597 884,778 4,253
Spouse 40,074 2,374 212 37,488 3 28,884 11,187
Child (natural, adoptive, or stepchild) 120,771 33,665 716 86,390 226 44,132 76,413
Grandparent 114,706 146 747 113,813 71,082 43,376 248
Other relative 371,597 9,772 2,354 359,471 84,455 230,552 56,590
Nonmental institution 124,855 5,031 1,069 118,755 4,028 90,173 30,654
Mental institution 56,976 644 430 55,902 1,047 48,496 7,433
Financial organization 5,860 80 34 5,746 112 4,950 798
Social agency 117,953 1,460 903 115,590 13,883 89,476 14,594
Public official 14,553 516 74 13,963 173 11,435 2,945
Other 158,698 2,421 898 155,379 18,699 122,475 17,524
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 8. Recipients, by type of income, eligibility category, and age, December 2019
Type of income Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All recipients a 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228
No other income 4,597,215 412,657 38,510 4,146,048 820,494 2,899,864 876,857
Earned income 258,613 18,754 2,719 237,140 2,548 226,557 29,508
Unearned income  
Social Security benefits 2,696,610 662,355 23,917 2,010,338 72,560 1,326,490 1,297,560
Veterans' benefits 42,972 5,594 342 37,036 8,721 22,304 11,947
Income based on need 21,944 366 95 21,483 16,939 4,573 432
Workers' compensation 2,477 301 5 2,171 7 1,489 981
Support from absent parents 168,291 0 845 167,446 164,191 4,100 0
Pensions 52,122 34,176 192 17,754 29 9,857 42,236
Support and maintenance 461,067 122,093 3,822 335,152 70,670 232,456 157,941
Asset income b 27,657 6,646 361 20,650 416 13,177 14,064
Other c 87,466 13,685 711 73,070 6,308 60,566 20,592
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
b. Includes income received as rent, interest, dividends, and royalties.
c. Does not include income deemed from a spouse or parent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 9. Recipients, by receipt of Social Security, type of income, eligibility category, and age, December 2019
Type of income Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
  Number
All recipients 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228
With Social Security  
No other income 2,414,252 562,815 21,551 1,829,886 60,569 1,197,525 1,156,158
Earned income only 83,403 10,552 844 72,007 186 65,462 17,755
Unearned income only a 194,126 87,660 1,484 104,982 11,754 60,430 121,942
Both earned and unearned income a 4,829 1,328 38 3,463 51 3,073 1,705
Without Social Security  
No other income 4,597,215 412,657 38,510 4,146,048 820,494 2,899,864 876,857
Earned income only 155,837 5,547 1,697 148,593 1,717 145,637 8,483
Unearned income only a 612,661 84,780 4,483 523,398 236,715 262,183 113,763
Both earned and unearned income a 14,544 1,327 140 13,077 594 12,385 1,565
  Average monthly payment (dollars)
All recipients 565.69 448.68 583.10 585.48 669.78 593.38 458.63
With Social Security  
No other income 278.49 280.15 300.65 277.72 484.30 269.37 277.17
Earned income only 241.55 240.95 250.49 241.53 446.13 242.32 236.71
Unearned income only a 235.22 215.31 261.41 252.18 427.33 241.90 213.88
Both earned and unearned income a 208.51 189.15 265.15 216.17 334.04 216.36 192.42
Without Social Security  
No other income 735.26 709.97 758.69 737.55 713.34 745.58 721.55
Earned income only 542.80 499.96 553.56 544.29 572.42 542.73 538.37
Unearned income only a 586.53 572.62 618.39 588.51 579.90 593.96 583.17
Both earned and unearned income a 441.29 390.06 454.97 446.40 475.70 445.33 397.07
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes recipients with in-kind unearned income.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 10. Recipients, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2019
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 8,076,867 1,166,666 68,747 6,841,454 1,132,080 4,646,559 2,298,228
Alabama 160,199 7,877 931 151,391 20,936 109,975 29,288
Alaska 12,468 1,782 85 10,601 1,174 7,855 3,439
Arizona 119,424 17,785 1,180 100,459 16,935 69,119 33,370
Arkansas 104,331 4,757 667 98,907 24,345 64,920 15,066
California 1,222,997 353,120 16,798 853,079 99,015 540,335 583,647
Colorado 72,724 10,896 555 61,273 8,464 44,674 19,586
Connecticut 66,766 7,298 456 59,012 8,552 41,177 17,037
Delaware 17,074 1,299 104 15,671 3,328 10,655 3,091
District of Columbia 25,566 2,177 147 23,242 3,697 16,074 5,795
Florida 576,687 145,432 3,660 427,595 97,138 263,804 215,745
Georgia 259,077 25,979 2,186 230,912 42,005 158,126 58,946
Hawaii 22,673 5,314 174 17,185 1,210 12,439 9,024
Idaho 31,022 1,753 244 29,025 5,004 21,306 4,712
Illinois 264,339 30,645 2,487 231,207 34,694 160,616 69,029
Indiana 127,699 5,881 952 120,866 21,710 88,710 17,279
Iowa 51,653 3,203 624 47,826 8,210 35,383 8,060
Kansas 47,364 2,893 388 44,083 8,389 31,367 7,608
Kentucky 171,506 9,136 1,067 161,303 24,399 114,048 33,059
Louisiana 173,521 10,873 1,401 161,247 31,900 107,538 34,083
Maine 36,610 1,748 214 34,648 3,880 26,798 5,932
Maryland 121,670 15,374 791 105,505 18,972 74,066 28,632
Massachusetts 182,565 24,807 2,134 155,624 21,270 106,341 54,954
Michigan 270,456 19,606 1,715 249,135 34,948 182,499 53,009
Minnesota 93,162 11,253 777 81,132 12,200 56,841 24,121
Mississippi 115,647 7,581 980 107,086 18,573 73,467 23,607
Missouri 136,035 6,905 965 128,165 19,385 95,105 21,545
Montana 17,698 1,424 142 16,132 2,147 11,930 3,621
Nebraska 28,669 2,434 256 25,979 3,867 19,525 5,277
Nevada 56,567 14,746 723 41,098 9,417 31,031 16,119
New Hampshire 18,332 826 128 17,378 2,129 13,872 2,331
New Jersey 178,274 36,788 859 140,627 23,938 92,837 61,499
New Mexico 62,071 8,085 504 53,482 7,627 36,536 17,908
New York 621,783 116,291 3,099 502,393 80,529 308,750 232,504
North Carolina 228,433 17,175 1,882 209,376 35,191 147,737 45,505
North Dakota 8,295 615 68 7,612 1,148 5,588 1,559
Ohio 307,650 16,889 2,040 288,721 43,475 210,444 53,731
Oklahoma 96,758 6,163 697 89,898 15,307 65,156 16,295
Oregon 88,879 9,738 616 78,525 10,354 57,695 20,830
Pennsylvania 353,805 24,869 2,124 326,812 59,747 220,324 73,734
Rhode Island 32,589 3,340 171 29,078 3,706 20,889 7,994
South Carolina 114,654 7,664 1,290 105,700 17,529 74,047 23,078
South Dakota 14,430 1,526 134 12,770 2,226 8,960 3,244
Tennessee 174,521 10,797 1,545 162,179 21,903 119,310 33,308
Texas 643,640 103,433 6,949 533,258 127,909 331,753 183,978
Utah 31,699 2,840 274 28,585 5,046 20,891 5,762
Vermont 15,054 913 79 14,062 1,358 10,997 2,699
Virginia 155,477 17,551 1,169 136,757 22,040 97,910 35,527
Washington 148,674 17,662 908 130,104 16,305 93,487 38,882
West Virginia 70,859 2,294 440 68,125 7,178 50,972 12,709
Wisconsin 116,786 6,724 918 109,144 20,524 77,096 19,166
Wyoming 6,983 349 41 6,593 897 5,006 1,080
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 1,052 156 9 887 250 578 224
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 11. Average monthly payment, by state or other area, eligibility category, and age, December 2019 (in dollars)
State or area Total Category Age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 565.69 448.68 583.10 585.48 669.78 593.38 458.63
Alabama 537.85 290.70 522.59 550.78 670.32 562.29 351.63
Alaska 530.34 335.98 519.39 563.20 638.00 578.31 384.17
Arizona 555.82 403.40 573.84 582.61 668.73 593.70 420.48
Arkansas 550.19 263.16 532.45 564.05 677.42 554.61 325.71
California 635.83 533.24 692.48 677.21 728.77 703.43 557.62
Colorado 545.84 426.69 564.76 566.90 648.51 581.81 419.87
Connecticut 557.14 424.32 559.86 573.53 665.25 581.57 443.83
Delaware 567.17 409.42 565.35 580.28 646.36 586.10 416.70
District of Columbia 599.65 420.67 557.06 616.69 669.32 632.86 463.46
Florida 549.71 471.20 552.24 576.45 660.66 579.53 463.55
Georgia 545.73 345.72 543.76 568.28 668.61 578.64 370.44
Hawaii 569.08 440.09 589.82 608.90 653.02 628.18 476.72
Idaho 546.69 346.71 550.53 558.77 632.40 564.37 376.92
Illinois 567.87 436.74 572.51 585.19 677.14 589.71 462.28
Indiana 561.75 370.48 532.61 571.29 663.86 570.93 386.46
Iowa 537.05 347.05 514.63 550.14 652.51 548.02 372.17
Kansas 548.66 371.67 544.22 560.38 652.02 561.24 383.71
Kentucky 548.69 312.44 545.78 562.10 676.88 571.94 374.55
Louisiana 555.93 305.10 534.63 573.03 681.27 577.95 369.38
Maine 533.55 309.68 533.59 544.84 647.53 555.73 358.61
Maryland 576.08 449.17 573.36 594.55 649.61 605.96 450.04
Massachusetts 551.67 465.95 521.64 565.73 648.87 573.13 472.46
Michigan 575.06 447.96 576.10 585.03 670.17 591.66 455.33
Minnesota 570.27 506.42 582.08 579.03 651.30 576.04 515.88
Mississippi 531.86 250.78 521.56 551.80 670.56 560.88 332.87
Missouri 541.12 356.74 524.49 551.18 659.95 553.96 378.06
Montana 525.68 327.96 557.84 542.90 664.56 552.13 356.64
Nebraska 532.44 386.72 531.87 546.07 633.94 551.79 386.02
Nevada 568.08 444.78 617.80 611.71 673.39 601.72 442.26
New Hampshire 529.20 399.61 513.20 535.44 623.61 538.37 387.99
New Jersey 548.28 436.47 533.28 577.61 666.86 587.37 443.31
New Mexico 529.29 329.57 520.85 559.48 675.69 574.28 374.97
New York 557.58 435.97 558.07 585.71 674.66 592.38 470.78
North Carolina 536.87 315.57 535.05 554.97 656.53 565.12 352.57
North Dakota 512.49 429.00 495.59 519.42 603.79 524.05 404.40
Ohio 572.77 417.97 560.58 581.91 669.37 586.82 439.71
Oklahoma 549.87 301.70 553.22 566.89 667.32 572.11 350.50
Oregon 557.42 411.06 542.27 575.73 646.56 591.76 418.41
Pennsylvania 579.46 427.41 554.26 591.19 669.68 593.26 465.24
Rhode Island 554.96 400.61 522.83 572.86 664.02 582.43 432.80
South Carolina 538.55 296.43 535.08 556.12 656.38 567.69 355.83
South Dakota 522.84 387.50 553.95 538.74 629.90 542.02 396.80
Tennessee 545.94 317.61 549.83 561.09 660.22 574.14 369.88
Texas 530.83 357.09 538.81 564.48 661.38 570.92 368.12
Utah 550.18 433.18 556.16 561.73 617.88 567.93 426.86
Vermont 551.37 383.70 476.76 562.63 696.60 570.90 398.99
Virginia 549.69 419.98 535.70 566.46 652.23 575.20 415.83
Washington 573.31 487.51 563.16 585.03 641.05 598.86 483.73
West Virginia 555.68 297.72 538.94 564.44 660.50 582.29 389.83
Wisconsin 559.03 362.38 541.36 571.28 663.13 568.57 409.76
Wyoming 525.54 284.46 521.10 538.31 641.18 544.78 339.56
Outlying area  
Northern Mariana Islands 629.25 474.33 603.44 657.01 723.98 645.08 483.96
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 12. Recipients and their average income, by type of income and marital status, December 2019
Type of income All recipients a Eligible individual with no spouse Eligible individual with eligible spouse Eligible individual with ineligible spouse
Individual Spouse Individual Spouse
Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars) Number Average income (dollars)
Total b 8,076,867 . . . 7,323,469 . . . 250,550 . . . 250,550 . . . 252,298 . . . 252,298 . . .
No other income 4,597,217 . . . 4,207,314 . . . 117,313 . . . 117,891 . . . 154,699 . . . 118,504 . . .
With income 3,479,650 502 3,116,155 507 133,237 466 132,659 420 97,599 504 133,794 1,111
Earned income only 155,836 588 148,766 577 1,406 839 1,746 839 3,918 807 75,717 1,439
Unearned income only 3,221,038 487 2,870,672 492 130,162 455 128,386 403 91,818 481 53,064 617
Both earned and unearned income 102,776 842 96,717 834 1,669 996 2,527 980 1,863 974 5,013 1,380
With earned income b 258,611 500 245,482 489 3,075 680 4,273 686 5,781 718 80,730 1,409
Wages 226,473 528 217,838 515 2,023 847 2,900 841 3,712 898 59,929 1,588
Self-employment income 33,303 292 28,716 280 1,070 353 1,406 351 2,111 388 21,922 846
With unearned income b 3,323,814 486 2,967,389 492 131,831 455 130,913 403 93,681 481 58,077 600
Social Security benefits 2,696,610 536 2,387,028 545 116,346 477 116,417 418 76,819 523 44,776 663
Veterans' benefits 42,972 179 40,758 177 274 243 304 226 1,636 229 2,179 577
Income based on need 21,943 227 21,040 231 82 122 206 130 615 124 6,818 156
Workers' compensation 2,477 447 2,182 440 98 431 84 436 113 605 255 856
Support from absent parents 166,896 239 (X) (X) . . . . . . . . . . . . (X) (X) . . . . . .
Pensions 52,122 198 40,142 202 5,451 193 4,745 168 1,784 215 2,061 323
Support and maintenance 461,067 192 400,596 198 21,909 142 21,049 142 17,513 184 881 173
Asset income c 27,657 23 25,276 21 995 31 736 29 650 95 550 126
Other d 88,857 215 82,767 217 1,798 152 1,611 131 2,681 244 3,503 491
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
a. Does not include ineligible spouses.
b. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of earned or unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
c. Includes income received as rent, interest, dividends, and royalties.
d. Does not include income deemed from a spouse or parent.
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Table 13. Recipients as a percentage of resident population, by state, December 2019
State Resident population a Recipients
Number Percentage of resident population
United States 328,239,523 b 8,075,815 2.5
Alabama 4,903,185 160,199 3.3
Alaska 731,545 12,468 1.7
Arizona 7,278,717 119,424 1.6
Arkansas 3,017,804 104,331 3.5
California 39,512,223 1,222,997 3.1
Colorado 5,758,736 72,724 1.3
Connecticut 3,565,287 66,766 1.9
Delaware 973,764 17,074 1.8
District of Columbia 705,749 25,566 3.6
Florida 21,477,737 576,687 2.7
Georgia 10,617,423 259,077 2.4
Hawaii 1,415,872 22,673 1.6
Idaho 1,787,065 31,022 1.7
Illinois 12,671,821 264,339 2.1
Indiana 6,732,219 127,699 1.9
Iowa 3,155,070 51,653 1.6
Kansas 2,913,314 47,364 1.6
Kentucky 4,467,673 171,506 3.8
Louisiana 4,648,794 173,521 3.7
Maine 1,344,212 36,610 2.7
Maryland 6,045,680 121,670 2.0
Massachusetts 6,892,503 182,565 2.6
Michigan 9,986,857 270,456 2.7
Minnesota 5,639,632 93,162 1.7
Mississippi 2,976,149 115,647 3.9
Missouri 6,137,428 136,035 2.2
Montana 1,068,778 17,698 1.7
Nebraska 1,934,408 28,669 1.5
Nevada 3,080,156 56,567 1.8
New Hampshire 1,359,711 18,332 1.3
New Jersey 8,882,190 178,274 2.0
New Mexico 2,096,829 62,071 3.0
New York 19,453,561 621,783 3.2
North Carolina 10,488,084 228,433 2.2
North Dakota 762,062 8,295 1.1
Ohio 11,689,100 307,650 2.6
Oklahoma 3,956,971 96,758 2.4
Oregon 4,217,737 88,879 2.1
Pennsylvania 12,801,989 353,805 2.8
Rhode Island 1,059,361 32,589 3.1
South Carolina 5,148,714 114,654 2.2
South Dakota 884,659 14,430 1.6
Tennessee 6,829,174 174,521 2.6
Texas 28,995,881 643,640 2.2
Utah 3,205,958 31,699 1.0
Vermont 623,989 15,054 2.4
Virginia 8,535,519 155,477 1.8
Washington 7,614,893 148,674 2.0
West Virginia 1,792,147 70,859 4.0
Wisconsin 5,822,434 116,786 2.0
Wyoming 578,759 6,983 1.2
SOURCES: Census Bureau; and Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Population estimates for the United States as of July 1, 2019, as reported by the Census Bureau.
b. Excludes recipients in the Northern Mariana Islands.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 14. Foreign-born recipients, by region, country of origin, eligibility category, and age, December 2019
Region and country of origin Total Category Age
Aged Blind and disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older
All areas 1,759,232 881,173 878,059 22,174 439,586 1,297,472
North America 196,956 23,645 173,311 13,314 103,322 80,320
U.S. territories 190,189 22,252 167,937 13,182 99,380 77,627
Puerto Rico 184,029 21,719 162,310 12,523 95,142 76,364
Other a 6,160 533 5,627 659 4,238 1,263
Other 6,767 1,393 5,374 132 3,942 2,693
Latin America 690,931 379,507 311,424 2,518 154,526 533,887
Mexico 282,892 153,253 129,639 659 61,540 220,693
Cuba 129,907 83,054 46,853 442 22,104 107,361
Dominican Republic 80,304 29,417 50,887 589 24,067 55,648
El Salvador 31,601 19,302 12,299 51 5,922 25,628
Haiti 23,807 14,511 9,296 185 5,417 18,205
Other 142,420 79,970 62,450 592 35,476 106,352
Africa 49,514 23,317 26,197 1,336 17,089 31,089
Somalia 11,707 3,738 7,969 297 4,973 6,437
Nigeria 6,930 5,080 1,850 52 1,198 5,680
Ethiopia 6,364 2,978 3,386 117 2,062 4,185
Liberia 2,570 1,374 1,196 17 742 1,811
Cape Verde 2,155 1,183 972 8 627 1,520
Other 19,788 8,964 10,824 845 7,487 11,456
Asia 501,472 319,661 181,811 1,820 80,965 418,687
Vietnam 122,205 66,193 56,012 149 17,300 104,756
China 96,743 83,090 13,653 253 5,020 91,470
Philippines 57,808 45,726 12,082 119 7,971 49,718
India 51,271 40,223 11,048 64 4,251 46,956
South Korea 45,224 34,200 11,024 46 5,325 39,853
Other 128,221 50,229 77,992 1,189 41,098 85,934
Middle East 128,237 57,211 71,026 2,179 34,301 91,757
Iran 47,624 25,655 21,969 68 7,287 40,269
Iraq 34,501 10,452 24,049 774 15,419 18,308
Syria 10,078 4,698 5,380 435 2,136 7,507
Egypt 9,503 5,145 4,358 229 2,021 7,253
Lebanon 9,043 4,144 4,899 36 1,772 7,235
Other 17,488 7,117 10,371 637 5,666 11,185
Former Soviet Republics 114,753 50,827 63,926 447 17,820 96,486
Europe 71,523 24,692 46,831 501 29,408 41,614
Germany 13,627 1,133 12,494 173 10,592 2,862
Former Yugoslavia 11,183 3,529 7,654 7 3,572 7,604
United Kingdom 6,915 1,597 5,318 83 3,771 3,061
Poland 6,235 3,365 2,870 7 1,425 4,803
Portugal 3,776 1,249 2,527 2 1,371 2,403
Other 29,787 13,819 15,968 229 8,677 20,881
Oceania 5,085 2,121 2,964 38 1,754 3,293
Other areas 761 192 569 21 401 339
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Foreign-born means born in an area not served by the Supplemental Security Income program.
a. Includes American Samoa, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.