Monthly Statistical Snapshot, July 2008

NOTE: Effective with the December 2007 OASDI data, persons wanting detailed monthly OASDI information should visit the Office of the Actuary's Web site for
Beneficiary Data. The OASDI snapshot tables will still be provided by the Office of Policy.

Table 1.
Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, July 2008 (in thousands)
Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	55,219	47,769	4,838	2,613
Aged 65 or older	36,464	34,439	868	1,157
Disabled, under age 65 ^a	11,907	6,481	3,970	1,456
Other ^b	6,849	6,849	. . .	. . .


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, July 2008
Type of beneficiary	Beneficiaries		Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Type of beneficiary	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All beneficiaries ^a	50,382	100.0	50,074	993.90
Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers	32,035	63.6	34,767	1,085.30
Spouses	2,402	4.8	1,282	533.80
Children	496	1.0	267	539.30
Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents ^b	4,406	8.7	4,523	1,026.50
Widowed mothers and fathers ^c	160	0.3	126	785.40
Children	1,844	3.7	1,301	705.40
Disability Insurance
Disabled workers	7,247	14.4	7,278	1,004.20
Spouses	151	0.3	40	267.80
Children	1,640	3.3	489	298.10
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: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or oasdi.monthly@ssa.gov for further information.

Table 3.
Supplemental Security Income recipients, July 2008
Age	Recipients		Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
Age	Number (thousands)	Percent	Total payments ^a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment ^b (dollars)
All recipients	7,451	100.0	3,770	475.70
Under 18	1,137	15.3	666	562.70
18–64	4,288	57.6	2,305	491.30
65 or older	2,025	27.2	799	393.90
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.