U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy.
Monthly Statistical Snapshot, March 2009
 

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Additional details may be found in the OASDI Monthly Statistics and the SSI Monthly Statistics.

Table 1.
Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, March 2009
(in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social Security only SSI only Both Social
Security and SSI
All beneficiaries 56,427 48,827 4,948 2,652
Aged 65 or older 36,958 34,920 881 1,158
Disabled, under age 65 a 12,282 6,721 4,067 1,494
Other b 7,187 7,187 . . . . . .
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: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.
Table 2.
Social Security benefits, March 2009
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly benefits
(millions of dollars)		 Average monthly
benefit (dollars)
Number
(thousands)		 Percent
All beneficiaries 51,479 100.0 54,413 1,057.00
Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers 32,723 63.6 37,853 1,156.80
Spouses 2,363 4.6 1,347 570.10
Children 551 1.1 313 568.00
Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents a 4,351 8.5 4,756 1,092.90
Widowed mothers and fathers b 153 0.3 126 827.10
Children 1,956 3.8 1,460 746.60
Disability Insurance
Disabled workers 7,500 14.6 7,964 1,061.90
Spouses 154 0.3 44 284.80
Children 1,727 3.4 550 318.20
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: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or oasdi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.
Table 3.
Supplemental Security Income recipients, March 2009
Age Recipients Total payments a
(millions of dollars)		 Average monthly
payment b (dollars)
Number
(thousands)		 Percent
All recipients 7,599 100.0 4,162 503.70
Under 18 1,172 15.4 747 599.40
18–64 4,389 57.8 2,564 519.40
65 or older 2,038 26.8 851 414.70
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: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 or ssi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.