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January 2018 SSA Statistics Report

The Social Security Administration (SSA), releases a monthly report which indicates some interesting data about the numbers of individuals receiving benefits.  Have a look at the data from January 2018 below:

Social Security benefits, January 2018

Type of beneficiary
Beneficiaries
Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)
Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Number (thousands)
Percent
Total
61,984
100.0
79,988
1,290.46
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
51,593
83.2
68,975
1,336.90
Retirement benefits
45,630
73.6
62,104
1,361.04
Retired workers
42,581
68.7
59,907
1,406.91
Spouses of retired workers
2,369
3.8
1,737
733.23
Children of retired workers
680
1.1
460
675.98
Survivor benefits
5,964
9.6
6,871
1,152.22
Children of deceased workers
1,915
3.1
1,645
859.37
Widowed mothers and fathers
118
0.2
114
964.12
Nondisabled widow(er)s
3,671
5.9
4,922
1,340.73
Disabled widow(er)s
258
0.4
188
729.31
Parents of deceased workers
1
(L)
1
1,192.89
Disability Insurance
10,391
16.8
11,013
1,059.84
Disabled workers
8,677
14.0
10,388
1,197.07
Spouses of disabled workers
124
0.2
42
335.61
Children of disabled workers
1,589
2.6
584
367.22

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.

NOTE: (L) = less than 0.05 percent.