Monthly Statistical Snapshot, December 2014

(released January 2015)

Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both

Table 2. Social Security benefits

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients

Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or both, December 2014 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	64,189	55,853	5,587	2,749
Aged 65 or older	42,948	40,826	944	1,179
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	14,282	8,069	4,643	1,570
Other ^b	6,959	6,959	. . .	. . .
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record and Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Social Security beneficiaries who are entitled to a primary and a secondary benefit (dual entitlement) are counted only once in this table. SSI counts include recipients of federal SSI, federally administered state supplementation, or both.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Includes children receiving SSI on the basis of their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
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For detailed annual and time series program data, see our Annual Statistical Supplement.

Table 2. Social Security benefits, December 2014
Type of beneficiary	Beneficiaries		Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Type of beneficiary	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total	59,007	100.0	71,693	1,214.99
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	48,076	81.5	60,573	1,259.94
Retirement benefits	41,948	71.1	53,789	1,282.27
Retired workers	39,009	66.1	51,826	1,328.58
Spouses of retired workers	2,303	3.9	1,551	673.26
Children of retired workers	635	1.1	411	647.38
Survivor benefits	6,128	10.4	6,785	1,107.09
Children of deceased workers	1,892	3.2	1,572	830.73
Widowed mothers and fathers	143	0.2	133	934.90
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,835	6.5	4,891	1,275.61
Disabled widow(er)s	258	0.4	187	724.07
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,120.76
Disability Insurance	10,931	18.5	11,120	1,017.30
Disabled workers	8,955	15.2	10,436	1,165.39
Spouses of disabled workers	149	0.3	47	314.53
Children of disabled workers	1,828	3.1	638	349.01
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly OASDI information, visit the Actuary's website for Beneficiary Data.

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, December 2014
Age	Recipients		Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
Age	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
All recipients	8,336	100.0	4,686	532.08
Under 18	1,300	15.6	862	633.23
18–64	4,913	58.9	2,916	550.92
65 or older	2,123	25.5	908	426.65
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

For more detailed monthly SSI information, see SSI Monthly Statistics.

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