A Snapshot

Monthly Statistical Snapshot, February 2012

(released March 2012)

• 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.

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