Monthly Statistical Snapshot

September 2004

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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, September 2004 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary Total Social
Security only		 SSI only Both Social
Security
and SSI
All beneficiaries 52,018 44,998 4,550 2,470
Aged 65 or older 34,483 32,486 849 1,148
Disabled, under age 65 a 10,645 5,622 3,702 1,322
Other b 6,890 6,890 . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: 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 for further information.
Table 2.
Social Security benefits, September 2004
Type of beneficiary Beneficiaries Total monthly
benefits
(millions
of dollars)		 Average
monthly
benefit
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)		 Percent
All beneficiaries a 47,468 100.0 40,197 846.80
Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers 29,839 62.9 27,669 927.30
Spouses 2,579 5.4 1,198 464.30
Children 476 1.0 214 449.90
Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents b 4,663 9.8 4,100 879.30
Widowed mothers and fathers c 183 0.4 122 669.50
Children 1,878 4.0 1,139 606.50
Disability Insurance
Disabled workers 6,129 12.9 5,319 867.80
Spouses 153 0.3 34 224.90
Children 1,568 3.3 401 256.10
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 special age-72 beneficiaries.
b. 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.
c. 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: Rona Blumenthal (410) 965-0163 for further information.
Table 3.
Supplemental Security Income recipients, September 2004
Age Recipients Total
payments a
(millions
of dollars)		 Average
monthly
payment
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)		 Percent
All recipients 7,021 100.0 3,172 425.20
Under 18 994 14.2 525 501.40
18–64 4,030 57.4 1,947 443.70
65 or older 1,997 28.4 701 350.00
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Data are for the end of the specified month.
a. Total includes retroactive payments.
CONTACT: Art Kahn (410) 965-0186 for further information.