Monthly Statistical Snapshot, November 2018

(released December 2018)

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, November 2018 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	67,862	59,759	5,386	2,717
Aged 65 or older	47,976	45,714	991	1,271
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	13,628	7,787	4,396	1,446
Other ^b	6,258	6,258	. . .	. . .
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 based on their own disability.
b. Social Security beneficiaries who are neither aged nor disabled (for example, early retirees, young survivors).
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

For detailed annual and time series program data, see our Annual Statistical Supplement.

Table 2. Social Security benefits, November 2018
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	62,885	100.0	82,018	1,304.25
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance	52,703	83.8	71,153	1,350.08
Retirement benefits	46,749	74.3	64,255	1,374.45
Retired workers	43,669	69.4	62,014	1,420.10
Spouses of retired workers	2,393	3.8	1,775	741.46
Children of retired workers	687	1.1	466	677.78
Survivor benefits	5,953	9.5	6,898	1,158.67
Children of deceased workers	1,902	3.0	1,636	859.90
Widowed mothers and fathers	123	0.2	122	985.88
Nondisabled widow(er)s	3,671	5.8	4,954	1,349.28
Disabled widow(er)s	255	0.4	186	726.91
Parents of deceased workers	1	(L)	1	1,201.19
Disability Insurance	10,183	16.2	10,866	1,067.08
Disabled workers	8,557	13.6	10,268	1,199.91
Spouses of disabled workers	119	0.2	41	340.63
Children of disabled workers	1,507	2.4	557	370.02
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, November 2018
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	8,103	100.0	4,641	552.39
Under 18	1,136	14.0	772	661.25
18–64	4,705	58.1	2,858	577.01
65 or older	2,262	27.9	1,011	446.81
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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