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Monthly Statistical Snapshot, August 2009Table 1.Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, August 2009(in thousands)Type of beneficiary Total Social Security only SSI onlyBoth SocialSecurity and SSIAll beneficiaries 57,055 49,403 5,012 2,639Aged 65 or older 37,276 35,241 888 1,147Disabled, under age 65 a 12,516 6,899 4,124 1,492Other b 7,263 7,263 . . . . . .SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. Social Security Administration, SupplementalSecurity 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, August 2009Type of beneficiaryBeneficiariesNumber(thousands) PercentTotal monthly benefits(millions of dollars)Average monthlybenefit (dollars)All beneficiaries 52,043 100.0 55,245 1,061.50Old-Age InsuranceRetired workers 33,240 63.9 38,564 1,160.20Spouses 2,354 4.5 1,346 571.90Children 545 1.0 309 567.00Survivors InsuranceWidow(er)s and parents a 4,352 8.4 4,774 1,096.90Widowed mothers and fathers b 161 0.3 136 840.70Children 1,882 3.6 1,402 745.00Disability InsuranceDisabled workers 7,657 14.7 8,133 1,062.20Spouses 159 0.3 46 287.70Children 1,692 3.3 536 316.70SOURCE: 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 benefitand a higher spouse or widow(er) benefit. If both benefits are financed from the same trust fund, the beneficiary is usually counted onlyonce in the statistics, as a retired-worker or a disabled-worker beneficiary, and the benefit amount recorded is the larger amountassociated with the auxiliary benefit. If the benefits are paid from different trust funds the beneficiary is counted twice, and the respectivebenefit amounts are recorded for each type of benefit.a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s aged 60 or older, disabled widow(er)s aged 50 or older, and dependent parents of deceased workersaged 62 or older.b. 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.98 Social Security Bulletin • Vol. 69 • No. 3 • 2009
Monthly Statistical Snapshot, August 2009Table 3.Supplemental Security Income recipients, August 2009AgeRecipientsNumber(thousands)PercentTotal payments a(millions of dollars)Average monthlypayment b (dollars)All recipients 7,651 100.0 4,099 498.50Under 18 1,189 15.5 747 598.1018–64 4,427 57.9 2,523 514.6065 or older 2,035 26.6 829 405.30SOURCE: 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.Table 4.Operations of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, August 2009(in millions of dollars)Component OASI DIReceiptsCombinedOASI and DITotal $43,358 $7,371 $50,729Net contributions 43,292 7,352 50,644Income from taxation of benefits 13 0 13Net interest 53 19 72Payments from the general fund 0 0 0ExpendituresTotal 46,546 9,944 56,490Benefit payments 46,286 9,747 56,033Administrative expenses 260 196 457Transfers to Railroad Retirement 0 0 0AssetsAt start of month 2,300,919 212,773 2,513,692Net increase during month -3,188 -2,572 -5,761At end of month 2,297,730 210,201 2,507,931SOURCE: Data on the trust funds were accessed on September 24, 2009, on the Social Security Administration's Office of the Actuary'sweb site: http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/ProgData/funds.html.NOTE: Totals may not equal the sum of the components because of rounding.Social Security Bulletin • Vol. 69 • No. 3 • 2009 99
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