A yearly illustration of the number of beneficiaries receiving benefits, by benefit type.

In 2023, there were an average of ** million monthly recipients of social security benefits in the United States. This is an increase since 2022, and an increase of nearly *** million in the last ten years.In the United States, Social Security benefits can be paid to eligible retirees, widowers, disabled workers, and their families.

There were approximately ***** million retired worker Social Security beneficiaries between the ages of ** and ** in the United States as of December 2023. A further ***** million were between the ages of 70 and 84 years old.

The number of retired workers receiving Social Security benefits increased from approximately ***** million in 2010 to ***** million in 2023. This figure has increased at the same rate year-on-year over the past decade and is likely to continue into the future. What is Social Security? Social Security benefits are payments, which are paid out by the U.S. government to qualified retirees and disabled people, as well as to their spouses, children and survivors. These payments are meant to provide them with partial replacement income. Social security expenditure is forecast to increase year-on-year over the next decade, as it has since the beginning of the 21st century. The impact of demographic change This is likely to the fact that the U.S. population is aging rapidly, which means that seniors will account for a greater proportion of the population in the future. This demographic change will put pressure on government resources, because the workforce whose tax dollars pay for social benefits will make up a smaller percentage of the population than now. Americans who are 65 years and older are the demographic group estimated to grow the most over the next 40 years, whereas the other groups will mostly remain the same.

This annual report provides program and demographic information on the people who receive Social Security Disability Insurance Program benefits. This edition presents a series of detailed tables on the three categories of beneficiaries: disabled workers, disabled widowers, and disabled adult children. Numbers presented in these tables may differ slightly from other published statistics because all tables, except those using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, are based on 100 percent data files. Report for 2009.

This annual publication focuses on the Social Security beneficiary population at the ZIP code level. It presents basic program data on the number and type of beneficiaries and the amount of benefits paid in each state, Social Security Administration field office, and ZIP code. It also shows the number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older. Report for 2023.

"New Hampshire (table 3) - Number of SSI recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2007 County data on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are a measure of the local impact of the program. This report is a resource for Social Security Administration (SSA) staff in formulating policy and for local service providers and economic planners. The SSI program is a cash assistance program that provides monthly benefits to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The states and other jurisdictions have the option of supplementing their residents' SSI payments and may choose to have the additional payments administered by the federal government. When a state chooses federal administration, SSA maintains the payment records and issues the federal payment and the state supplement in one check. The data presented in this document are for federal and federally administered state payments only. State-administered supplementation payments are not included. The tables present SSI data by eligibility category (aged, blind, and disabled) and age. SSI recipients who also receive Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) benefits are shown also in Table 3, which presents data at the county level."

This file contains information for states and counties about persons receiving Social Security benefit payments and the amounts paid. Details are provided for each county on the number of retired workers, disabled workers, spouses, children, widows, widowers or parents, persons aged less than 65 years of age, more than 65 years of age, more than 72 years, number of males or their children, number of females or their children, and amount of Social Security benefits paid to each class of beneficiary. A geography crosswalk file contains Social Security Administration (SAA) codes and FIPS codes.

In 2023 there were approximately **** million male retirees receiving social security benefits, compared with about **** million female recipients. The number of female recipients surpassed that of male retirees for the first time in 2016.In the United States, Social Security benefits can be paid to eligible retirees, widowers, disabled workers, and their families.

"New York (table 3) - Number of SSI recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2007 Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals was filled with -1 County data on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are a measure of the local impact of the program. This report is a resource for Social Security Administration (SSA) staff in formulating policy and for local service providers and economic planners. The SSI program is a cash assistance program that provides monthly benefits to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The states and other jurisdictions have the option of supplementing their residents' SSI payments and may choose to have the additional payments administered by the federal government. When a state chooses federal administration, SSA maintains the payment records and issues the federal payment and the state supplement in one check. The data presented in this document are for federal and federally administered state payments only. State-administered supplementation payments are not included. The tables present SSI data by eligibility category (aged, blind, and disabled) and age. SSI recipients who also receive Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) benefits are shown also in Table 3, which presents data at the county level."

analyze the social security administration public use microdata files (ssapumf) with r the social security administration (ssa) must be overflowing with quiet heroes, because their public-use microdata files are as inconspicuous as they are thorough. sure, ssa publishes enough great statistical research of their own that outside researchers rarely find ourselves wanting more and fin er data that this agency can provide, but does that stop them from releasing detailed microdata as well? why no. no it does not. if you wake up one morning with a hankerin' to study the person-level lifetime cash-flows of fdr's legacy, roll up your sleeves and start right here. compared to the other data sets on asdfree.com, the social security administr ation public use microdata files (ssapumf) are as straightforward as it gets. you won't find complex sample survey data here, so just review the short-and-to-the-point data descriptions then calculate your statistics the way you would with other non-survey data. each of these files contain either one record per person or one record per person per year, and effortlessly generalize to the entire population of either social security number holders (most of the country) or social security recipients (just beneficiaries). the one-percent samples should be multiplied by 100 to get accurate nationwide count statistics an d the five-percent samples by 20, but ykta (my new urban dictionary entry). this new github repository contains one script: download all microdata.R download each zipped file directly onto your local computer load each file into a data.frame using a mixture of both fancery and schmantzery reproduce the overall count statistics provided in each respective data dictionary save each file as an R data file (.rda) for ultra-fast future use click here to view this lonely script for more detail about the social security administration public use microdata files (ssapumf), visit: < ul> the social security administration home page the social security administration open data initiative the national archives' history of social security notes: i skipped importing these n ew beneficiary data system (nbds) files because i broadly distrust data older than i am and you probably want these easy-to-use, far more current files anyway. confidential to sas, spss, stata, and sudaan users: no doubt they were very impressive when they originally became available. but so was the bone flute. time to transition to r. :D

"Hawaii (table 3) - Number of SSI recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2007 Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals was filled with -1 County data on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are a measure of the local impact of the program. This report is a resource for Social Security Administration (SSA) staff in formulating policy and for local service providers and economic planners. The SSI program is a cash assistance program that provides monthly benefits to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The states and other jurisdictions have the option of supplementing their residents' SSI payments and may choose to have the additional payments administered by the federal government. When a state chooses federal administration, SSA maintains the payment records and issues the federal payment and the state supplement in one check. The data presented in this document are for federal and federally administered state payments only. State-administered supplementation payments are not included. The tables present SSI data by eligibility category (aged, blind, and disabled) and age. SSI recipients who also receive Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) benefits are shown also in Table 3, which presents data at the county level."

"Wyoming (table 3) - Number of SSI recipients in state (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2007 Data not shown to avoid disclosure of information for particular individuals was filled with -1 County data on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are a measure of the local impact of the program. This report is a resource for Social Security Administration (SSA) staff in formulating policy and for local service providers and economic planners. The SSI program is a cash assistance program that provides monthly benefits to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The states and other jurisdictions have the option of supplementing their residents' SSI payments and may choose to have the additional payments administered by the federal government. When a state chooses federal administration, SSA maintains the payment records and issues the federal payment and the state supplement in one check. The data presented in this document are for federal and federally administered state payments only. State-administered supplementation payments are not included. The tables present SSI data by eligibility category (aged, blind, and disabled) and age. SSI recipients who also receive Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) benefits are shown also in Table 3, which presents data at the county level."

This table shows actual key figures of benefits concerning labour disablement, unemployment, income support and national insurances.

Data available from: January 1998.

Status of the figures: The figures for the three most recent months are provisional, while the figures for the preceding months are definitive. The figures concerning income support of the three most recent months are based on an estimation and therefore provisional. After three month these figures will be replaced by definitive figures. The monthly and quarterly figures represent the situation at the end of a period; the annual figures are averages.

Changes as of 29th August 2025:

Added are: - The provisional figures from June 2025;

The figures mentioned below have become final: - The figures from March 2025.

When will new figures be published? New figures will be published in September 2025.

A statistical table reporting the number of beneficiaries entitled to receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (OASDI) by state, age group, and sex.

Graph and download economic data for Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons: Social security (W823RC1) from Jan 1959 to Jul 2025 about social assistance, benefits, securities, personal, government, and USA.

This data collection includes selected variables from the first three waves of the RETIREMENT HISTORY LONGITUDINAL SURVEY, conducted in 1969, 1971, and 1973 (ICPSR 7683, 7684, and 7685) as well as the Retirement History Longitudinal Survey Summary of Social Security Earnings, compiled from Social Security records. The Summary Earnings variables document reported earnings, wages and salary, self-employment earnings, and agricultural employment for the original respondent as well as first and second spouses. The earnings information is pertinent for the years 1951-1974. The variables selected from the first three waves of the Retirement History Longitudinal Survey include employment information concerning current and past employment, number of hours worked, number of hours off work, how the job was found, gross pay and time unit of pay, pension plans from current job and past jobs, types of pensions, and types of benefits. The subset also includes items pertaining to work history of the respondent, retirement plans, and, if retired, plans to work in the future. Demographic information collected about respondents, their spouses, and other members of the household includes race, sex, age, date of birth, marital status, education, occupation, income, benefits amount, number of children and children attending school, and household composition and relationship.

To enhance the public's understanding of our country's elderly economic security system, consolidate recent data on the number of recipients of social insurance old-age benefits (lump sum payments).

This annual publication focuses on the Social Security beneficiary population receiving Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits at the local level. It presents basic program data on the number and type of beneficiaries and the amount of benefits paid in each state and county. It also shows the numbers of men and women aged 65 or older receiving benefits. The data include only persons whose benefits are currently payable. Report for 2023.

This data set contains the number of recipients in Utah (by eligibility category, age, and receipt of OASDI benefits) and amount of payments, by county, December 2011