Mar 28, 2012

A Snapshot

  • Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, February 2012
  • Table 2. Social Security benefits, February 2012
  • Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, February 2012
For more detailed monthly OASDI information, visit the Actuary's website for Beneficiary Data. For more detailed monthly SSI information, see SSI Monthly Statistics.
Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, February 2012 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social Security
and SSI
All beneficiaries 61,138 52,975 5,387 2,777
Aged 65 or older 39,507 37,444 899 1,165
Disabled, under age 65 a 13,822 7,722 4,488 1,612
Other b 7,809 7,809 . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Only Social Security beneficiaries in current-payment status are included.
. . . = 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).
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 2. Social Security benefits, February 2012
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly
benefits
(millions of dollars)
Average monthly
benefit (dollars)
Number
(thousands)
Percent
All beneficiaries 55,752 100.0 62,707 1,124.80
Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers 35,876 64.3 44,165 1,231.10
Spouses 2,291 4.1 1,393 608.30
Children 605 1.1 366 604.60
Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents a 4,216 7.6 4,881 1,157.70
Widowed mothers and fathers b 148 0.3 129 873.60
Children 1,926 3.5 1,512 785.10
Disability Insurance
Disabled workers 8,630 15.5 9,584 1,110.70
Spouses 163 0.3 49 298.60
Children 1,897 3.4 627 330.70
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Only beneficiaries in current-payment status are included.
Some Social Security beneficiaries are entitled to more than one type of benefit. In most cases, they are dually entitled to a worker benefit and a higher spouse or widow(er) benefit. If both benefits are financed from the same trust fund, the beneficiary is usually counted only once in the statistics, as a retired-worker or a disabled-worker beneficiary, and the benefit amount recorded is the larger amount associated with the auxiliary benefit. If the benefits are paid from different trust funds the beneficiary is counted twice, and the respective benefit amounts are recorded for each type of benefit.
a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s aged 60 or older, disabled widow(er)s aged 50 or older, and dependent parents of deceased workers aged 62 or older.
b. A widow(er) or surviving divorced parent caring for the entitled child of a deceased worker who is under age 16 or is disabled.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, February 2012
Age Recipients Total payments a
(millions of dollars)
Average monthly
payment b (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent
All recipients 8,164 100.0 4,493 515.60
Under 18 1,294 15.8 829 613.60
18–64 4,806 58.9 2,806 532.50
65 or older 2,064 25.3 858 414.60
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Data are for the end of the specified month.
a. Includes retroactive payments.
b. Excludes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.

4 comments:

Disability Help said...

Very useful info, Any idea as to the amount that was sent in over payments and incorrect benefits?

Anonymous said...

Disability Help said...
Very useful info, Any idea as to the amount that was sent in over payments and incorrect benefits?

A lot less than was paid out. The last year that I saw was for 2009 and 99.63% of RSDI payments were made accurately.

Anonymous said...

SSA payment accuracy figures are a total joke. no one who actually processes cases takes them seriously.They are constructed to create favorable figures to convince Congress that management is doing a great job.

Anonymous said...

Feel free to post more accurate ones then.