SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2022

Children Under Age 18

Table 17. Recipients and average monthly payment, by SSA administrative region and state or other area, December 2022
Region and state or area Number Average monthly payment a (dollars)
All areas 997,109 731.99
Boston 35,855 718.59
Connecticut 8,259 722.55
Maine 3,274 713.43
Massachusetts 18,225 716.73
New Hampshire 1,680 685.99
Rhode Island 3,270 722.36
Vermont 1,147 771.12
New York 91,760 738.11
New Jersey 21,953 728.15
New York 69,807 741.24
Philadelphia 99,939 725.10
Delaware 2,847 709.42
District of Columbia 3,138 733.24
Maryland 16,699 712.89
Pennsylvania 51,213 733.77
Virginia 19,839 713.70
West Virginia 6,203 726.12
Atlanta 253,058 722.80
Alabama 18,426 732.31
Florida 85,239 719.81
Georgia 42,153 725.06
Kentucky 21,693 735.97
Mississippi 16,635 730.43
North Carolina 31,577 716.62
South Carolina 15,604 717.41
Tennessee 21,731 716.00
Chicago 148,621 731.05
Illinois 30,530 738.84
Indiana 19,563 724.41
Michigan 30,945 733.70
Minnesota 9,903 713.18
Ohio 39,794 732.26
Wisconsin 17,886 727.57
Dallas 177,251 729.39
Arkansas 21,334 742.33
Louisiana 28,417 743.36
New Mexico 6,564 730.17
Oklahoma 13,595 733.47
Texas 107,341 722.56
Kansas City 37,651 713.75
Iowa 7,790 716.52
Kansas 7,844 712.42
Missouri 18,194 717.89
Nebraska 3,823 691.06
Denver 16,957 688.96
Colorado 7,113 692.26
Montana 1,777 713.68
North Dakota 1,016 670.84
South Dakota 2,088 686.27
Utah 4,200 674.26
Wyoming 763 712.38
San Francisco 108,547 784.88
Arizona 14,607 726.30
California 84,412 801.01
Hawaii 1,057 705.05
Nevada 8,251 733.47
Northern Mariana Islands 220 785.91
Seattle 27,470 702.89
Alaska 957 696.51
Idaho 3,899 690.07
Oregon 8,788 714.49
Washington 13,826 699.57
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes federally administered state supplementation payments.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 18. Percentage distribution of recipients, by monthly payment, December 2022
Payment (dollars) Percentage of total
Total  
Number 997,109
Percent 100.0
None a 0.1
Under 50 1.6
50–99 0.6
100–199 1.6
200–299 2.0
300–399 2.6
400–499 3.5
500–599 9.7
600–699 6.8
700–799 9.2
800–840 3.3
841 58.9
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Persons receiving only a federally administered state supplementary payment on December 1, 2022.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 19. Recipients, by selected characteristics, December 2022
Characteristic Number Percentage of total
Total 997,109 100.0
Age  
Under 1 year 8,374 0.8
1 16,279 1.6
2 21,464 2.2
3 32,408 3.3
4 40,594 4.1
5 48,963 4.9
6 55,153 5.5
7 58,610 5.9
8 61,776 6.2
9 64,028 6.4
10 67,886 6.8
11 69,780 7.0
12 72,669 7.3
13 76,583 7.7
14 77,666 7.8
15 77,686 7.8
16 75,587 7.6
17 71,603 7.2
Sex  
Male 675,700 67.8
Female 321,409 32.2
Citizenship status  
Citizen 995,423 99.8
Noncitizen 1,686 0.2
Living arrangements  
Own household 127,311 12.8
Another's household 38,924 3.9
Parent's household 819,325 82.2
Medicaid institution 11,452 1.1
Unknown 97 (L)
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 20. Recipients, by diagnostic group and age, December 2022
Diagnostic group All ages Under 3 3–5 6–12 13–17
  Number
All recipients under age 18 997,109 46,117 121,965 449,902 379,125
Congenital anomalies 56,413 7,833 11,312 23,442 13,826
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 7,318 305 1,160 3,584 2,269
Infectious and parasitic diseases 221 13 (X) (X) 90
Injuries 4,484 258 636 1,960 1,630
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 223,007 898 28,553 119,725 73,831
Developmental disorders 208,572 4,548 41,245 108,011 54,768
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 20,989 0 274 8,916 11,799
Intellectual disorder 82,324 21 1,271 29,640 51,392
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 21,849 0 48 4,983 16,818
Neurocognitive disorders 13,185 30 837 6,676 5,642
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1,313 0 (X) (X) 1,111
Other mental disorders 173,642 26 2,089 73,500 98,027
Neoplasms 7,487 370 1,473 3,506 2,138
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 6,235 153 616 2,673 2,793
Circulatory system 3,077 368 725 1,189 795
Digestive system 15,359 4,267 5,404 4,272 1,416
Genitourinary system 2,170 125 323 856 866
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 6,746 240 975 2,992 2,539
Nervous system and sense organs 67,896 2,414 8,729 30,938 25,815
Respiratory system 9,728 776 1,829 4,389 2,734
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,353 47 164 665 477
Other 53,192 22,700 12,708 13,091 4,693
Unknown 10,549 725 1,568 4,600 3,656
  Percent
All recipients under age 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Congenital anomalies 5.7 17.0 9.3 5.2 3.6
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.6
Infectious and parasitic diseases (L) (L) (L) (L) (L)
Injuries 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 22.4 1.9 23.4 26.6 19.5
Developmental disorders 20.9 9.9 33.8 24.0 14.4
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 2.1 0.0 0.2 2.0 3.1
Intellectual disorder 8.3 (L) 1.0 6.6 13.6
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 2.2 0.0 (L) 1.1 4.4
Neurocognitive disorders 1.3 0.1 0.7 1.5 1.5
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 0.1 0.0 (L) (L) 0.3
Other mental disorders 17.4 0.1 1.7 16.3 25.9
Neoplasms 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.6
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7
Circulatory system 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2
Digestive system 1.5 9.3 4.4 0.9 0.4
Genitourinary system 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7
Nervous system and sense organs 6.8 5.2 7.2 6.9 6.8
Respiratory system 1.0 1.7 1.5 1.0 0.7
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other 5.3 49.2 10.4 2.9 1.2
Unknown 1.1 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.0
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 21. Recipients, by diagnostic group and sex, December 2022
Diagnostic group Total Male Female
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All recipients under age 18 997,109 100.0 675,700 100.0 321,409 100.0
Congenital anomalies 56,413 5.7 30,346 4.5 26,067 8.1
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 7,318 0.7 3,837 0.6 3,481 1.1
Infectious and parasitic diseases 221 (L) 119 (L) 102 (L)
Injuries 4,484 0.4 2,637 0.4 1,847 0.6
Mental disorders  
Autism spectrum disorders 223,007 22.4 177,052 26.2 45,955 14.3
Developmental disorders 208,572 20.9 142,889 21.1 65,683 20.4
Childhood and adolescent disorders not elsewhere classified 20,989 2.1 15,887 2.4 5,102 1.6
Intellectual disorders 82,324 8.3 50,296 7.4 32,028 10.0
Depressive, bipolar, and related disorders 21,849 2.2 12,344 1.8 9,505 3.0
Neurocognitive disorders 13,185 1.3 8,432 1.2 4,753 1.5
Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 1,313 0.1 723 0.1 590 0.2
Other mental disorders 173,642 17.4 128,851 19.1 44,791 13.9
Neoplasms 7,487 0.8 4,170 0.6 3,317 1.0
Diseases of the—  
Blood and blood-forming organs 6,235 0.6 3,568 0.5 2,667 0.8
Circulatory system 3,077 0.3 1,696 0.3 1,381 0.4
Digestive system 15,359 1.5 8,140 1.2 7,219 2.2
Genitourinary system 2,170 0.2 1,349 0.2 821 0.3
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 6,746 0.7 3,392 0.5 3,354 1.0
Nervous system and sense organs 67,896 6.8 37,284 5.5 30,612 9.5
Respiratory system 9,728 1.0 5,870 0.9 3,858 1.2
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 1,353 0.1 704 0.1 649 0.2
Other 53,192 5.3 29,219 4.3 23,973 7.5
Unknown 10,549 1.1 6,895 1.0 3,654 1.1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 22. Adult recipients who first became eligible for SSI before age 18, by year of first eligibility and age in December 2022
Year of first eligibility All ages Age in December 2022
18–21 22–25 26–29 30–39 40–49 50 or older a
Total  
Number 1,185,378 235,209 182,871 161,247 340,593 174,150 91,308
Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1974–1976 3.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 41.5
1977–1980 3.6 . . . . . . . . . (L) 7.8 31.7
1981–1984 3.5 . . . . . . . . . 0.6 14.6 15.5
1985–1989 6.2 . . . . . . . . . 8.8 19.3 10.9
1990–1994 18.9 . . . . . . 6.1 39.1 46.0 0.5
1995–1999 16.0 . . . 12.2 36.5 26.4 10.7 . . .
2000–2004 18.5 17.9 38.1 28.7 17.9 0.3 . . .
2005–2009 15.6 35.4 26.4 18.2 7.0 . . . . . .
2010–2014 9.7 28.0 17.5 10.4 0.3 . . . . . .
2015–2019 4.1 16.2 5.7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
2020–2022 0.5 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. Those under age 18 in 1974 would be no older than 66 in 2022.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 23. Recipients and average monthly amount of child's income, by type of income, December 2022
Type of income Number Percent Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total 997,109 100.0 . . .
No earned or unearned income a 729,099 73.1 . . .
With income b 268,010 26.9 351
Earned income only 1,643 0.2 761
Unearned income only 265,622 26.6 276
Both earned and unearned income 745 0.1 875
With unearned income c 266,367 26.7 276
Social Security benefits 60,304 6.0 318
Veterans' benefits 8,445 0.8 86
Income based on need 14,439 1.4 227
Support from absent parents 138,543 13.9 249
Support and maintenance 63,637 6.4 217
Asset income 491 (L) 29
Other 5,457 0.5 369
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. The percentage of children receiving the full federal benefit rate, as shown in Table 18, is smaller than the percentage of those with no income, as shown here, because of the effect of parental deemed income in the payment computation.
b. Does not include income deemed from parents in the household.
c. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some recipients may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 24. Recipients, by number of parents in the household, December 2022
Parents in household Number Percentage of total
Total 997,109 100.0
No parents a 127,910 12.8
One parent 690,743 69.3
Two parents 178,456 17.9
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: The total of children with one or two parents in the household differs slightly from the number of children living in a parent's household in Table 19. This is because the data in Table 19 represent only households in which a parent is the head of the household, whereas the data in this table include children living with parents who are not the head of the household.
a. Children with no parents in the household reside independently, with other relatives or nonrelatives, or in institutions or in foster care. Deeming does not apply in these situations.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 25. Recipients with one parent in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2022
Parental income All children living with one parent Children living with—
Mother only Father only
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 690,743 100.0 647,697 100.0 43,046 100.0
No parental income 321,830 46.6 303,076 46.8 18,754 43.6
Parental income a 368,913 53.4 344,621 53.2 24,292 56.4
Earned income 282,284 40.9 264,934 40.9 17,350 40.3
Unearned income 103,740 15.0 95,909 14.8 7,831 18.2
Total income (dollars)  
None 321,830 46.6 303,076 46.8 18,754 43.6
Under 200 26,162 3.8 25,026 3.9 1,136 2.6
200–399 18,677 2.7 17,588 2.7 1,089 2.5
400–599 20,726 3.0 19,468 3.0 1,258 2.9
600–799 23,237 3.4 21,855 3.4 1,382 3.2
800–999 30,439 4.4 28,408 4.4 2,031 4.7
1,000–1,199 36,956 5.4 34,684 5.4 2,272 5.3
1,200–1,399 32,723 4.7 30,608 4.7 2,115 4.9
1,400–1,599 25,164 3.6 23,624 3.6 1,540 3.6
1,600–1,799 21,406 3.1 20,049 3.1 1,357 3.2
1,800–1,999 18,937 2.7 17,876 2.8 1,061 2.5
2,000 or more 114,486 16.6 105,435 16.3 9,051 21.0
Earned income (dollars)  
None 408,459 59.1 382,763 59.1 25,696 59.7
Under 200 5,496 0.8 5,203 0.8 293 0.7
200–399 8,329 1.2 7,905 1.2 424 1.0
400–599 12,672 1.8 12,088 1.9 584 1.4
600–799 14,594 2.1 13,999 2.2 595 1.4
800–999 19,373 2.8 18,439 2.8 934 2.2
1,000–1,199 24,225 3.5 23,114 3.6 1,111 2.6
1,200–1,399 27,108 3.9 25,715 4.0 1,393 3.2
1,400–1,599 22,270 3.2 21,090 3.3 1,180 2.7
1,600–1,799 19,506 2.8 18,364 2.8 1,142 2.7
1,800–1,999 17,575 2.5 16,640 2.6 935 2.2
2,000 or more 111,136 16.1 102,377 15.8 8,759 20.3
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 587,003 85.0 551,788 85.2 35,215 81.8
Under 200 28,194 4.1 27,062 4.2 1,132 2.6
200–399 14,040 2.0 13,209 2.0 831 1.9
400–599 10,830 1.6 9,991 1.5 839 1.9
600–799 10,669 1.5 9,734 1.5 935 2.2
800–999 13,211 1.9 11,963 1.8 1,248 2.9
1,000–1,199 14,855 2.2 13,589 2.1 1,266 2.9
1,200–1,399 6,184 0.9 5,410 0.8 774 1.8
1,400–1,599 2,612 0.4 2,252 0.3 360 0.8
1,600–1,799 1,401 0.2 1,209 0.2 192 0.4
1,800–1,999 715 0.1 603 0.1 112 0.3
2,000 or more 1,029 0.1 887 0.1 142 0.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 26. Recipients with two parents in the household, by type and monthly amount of parental income, December 2022
Parental income All children living with two parents Mother Father
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 178,456 100.0 178,456 100.0 178,456 100.0
No parental income 34,947 19.6 115,360 64.6 63,903 35.8
Parental income a 143,509 80.4 63,096 35.4 114,553 64.2
Earned income 125,846 70.5 49,618 27.8 98,109 55.0
Unearned income 29,011 16.3 15,595 8.7 20,026 11.2
Total income (dollars)  
None 34,947 19.6 115,360 64.6 63,903 35.8
Under 200 2,636 1.5 6,067 3.4 3,230 1.8
200–399 2,778 1.6 3,522 2.0 2,307 1.3
400–599 3,212 1.8 3,798 2.1 3,162 1.8
600–799 3,700 2.1 4,203 2.4 3,731 2.1
800–999 5,504 3.1 5,020 2.8 5,394 3.0
1,000–1,199 7,049 3.9 5,584 3.1 6,738 3.8
1,200–1,399 7,432 4.2 4,967 2.8 6,978 3.9
1,400–1,599 6,906 3.9 3,931 2.2 5,883 3.3
1,600–1,799 7,082 4.0 3,417 1.9 6,009 3.4
1,800–1,999 6,526 3.7 3,005 1.7 5,083 2.8
2,000 or more 90,684 50.8 19,582 11.0 66,038 37.0
Earned income (dollars)  
None 52,610 29.5 128,838 72.2 80,347 45.0
Under 200 1,167 0.7 1,664 0.9 1,081 0.6
200–399 1,417 0.8 1,919 1.1 1,351 0.8
400–599 2,281 1.3 2,740 1.5 2,083 1.2
600–799 2,562 1.4 2,917 1.6 2,161 1.2
800–999 3,692 2.1 3,386 1.9 3,230 1.8
1,000–1,199 4,806 2.7 4,030 2.3 4,077 2.3
1,200–1,399 5,964 3.3 4,256 2.4 5,051 2.8
1,400–1,599 5,711 3.2 3,576 2.0 4,817 2.7
1,600–1,799 6,112 3.4 3,127 1.8 5,182 2.9
1,800–1,999 5,727 3.2 2,847 1.6 4,505 2.5
2,000 or more 86,407 48.4 19,156 10.7 64,571 36.2
Unearned income (dollars)  
None 149,445 83.7 162,861 91.3 158,430 88.8
Under 200 3,664 2.1 5,544 3.1 3,391 1.9
200–399 2,992 1.7 1,973 1.1 1,464 0.8
400–599 2,580 1.4 1,351 0.8 1,603 0.9
600–799 2,843 1.6 1,496 0.8 1,988 1.1
800–999 3,997 2.2 1,806 1.0 2,655 1.5
1,000–1,199 4,533 2.5 1,756 1.0 3,224 1.8
1,200–1,399 2,777 1.6 789 0.4 2,202 1.2
1,400–1,599 1,876 1.1 359 0.2 1,222 0.7
1,600–1,799 1,351 0.8 223 0.1 889 0.5
1,800–1,999 851 0.5 122 0.1 564 0.3
2,000 or more 1,547 0.9 176 0.1 824 0.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive both earned and unearned income.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 27. Recipients with one or more parents who have income and average monthly amount of parental income, by type of income, December 2022
Type of income All children with parental income Children with parental income from—
Mother Father
Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars) Number Average monthly amount (dollars)
Total a 512,422 1,824 407,717 1,533 138,845 2,226
Earned income 408,130 2,067 314,552 1,769 115,459 2,463
Unearned income b 132,751 725 111,504 617 27,857 886
Social Security benefits 62,881 950 49,028 883 16,376 997
Other pensions 7,116 641 5,531 401 2,520 919
Public income-maintenance 33,676 172 31,615 179 4,154 192
Asset income 3,351 146 2,749 110 835 197
Other 30,107 726 25,648 673 4,798 1,060
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of earned or unearned income or both earned and unearned income.
b. The sum of the entries may be greater than the total because some parents may receive more than one type of unearned income.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 28. Recipients subject to deeming, by factors affecting parental deemed income, December 2022
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 869,199 100.0 690,743 79.5 178,456 20.5
  No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 705,134 100.0 575,108 100.0 130,026 100.0
No parental income 356,777 50.6 321,830 56.0 34,947 26.9
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 33,676 4.8 29,268 5.1 4,408 3.4
Income less than deeming allocations a 41,074 5.8 33,375 5.8 7,699 5.9
Income less than exclusions b 273,607 38.8 190,635 33.1 82,972 63.8
  Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 164,065 100.0 115,635 100.0 48,430 100.0
Parent(s) with—  
Earned income only 126,992 77.4 87,126 75.3 39,866 82.3
Unearned income only 24,016 14.6 20,862 18.0 3,154 6.5
Both earned and unearned income 10,956 6.7 5,802 5.0 5,154 10.6
Manually computed deemed income 2,101 1.3 1,845 1.6 256 0.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data.
a. Includes allocations for ineligible children and SSI-eligible aliens sponsored by parents.
b. Includes the general income exclusion ($20), the earned income exclusion ($65 plus one-half of the remaining earned income), and the parental living allowance.
CONTACT: statistics@ssa.gov.