SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2006

Awards
Table 42.
All persons awarded SSI, by year of first award and age, 1974–2006
Year	All ages	Under 18	18–64	65 or older
Total	24,586,221	3,330,281	14,311,402	6,944,538

State conversions ^a	3,155,607	2,738	1,299,165	1,853,704

Federal applications
1974	1,324,931	66,062	488,386	770,483
1975	916,824	62,545	503,780	350,499
1976	638,206	45,118	385,832	207,256
1977	580,829	47,675	347,409	185,745
1978	494,509	43,348	287,797	163,364
1979	448,824	41,464	259,149	148,211

1980	449,437	42,142	253,629	153,666
1981	348,666	35,365	214,339	98,962
1982	285,142	31,495	172,443	81,204
1983	357,797	37,757	214,397	105,643
1984	481,215	41,506	272,933	166,776

1985	445,951	41,950	279,275	124,726
1986	520,771	45,864	342,655	132,252
1987	508,760	43,918	327,890	136,952
1988	501,869	43,596	319,120	139,153
1989	549,240	46,472	344,526	158,242

1990	634,462	72,072	398,648	163,742
1991	737,339	118,676	455,676	162,987
1992	966,873	214,273	586,317	166,283
1993	968,268	229,701	576,355	162,212
1994	862,977	197,343	528,799	136,835

1995	810,367	169,897	516,967	123,503
1996	723,977	138,753	476,698	108,526
1997	602,946	111,728	411,199	80,019
1998	660,324	129,876	431,784	98,664
1999	667,305	132,280	430,624	104,401

2000	653,066	133,967	417,225	101,874
2001	670,146	144,852	430,838	94,456
2002	711,763	157,313	456,779	97,671
2003	713,787	166,188	457,638	89,961
2004	734,909	169,985	476,287	88,637

2005	735,530	165,380	475,538	94,612
2006	723,604	158,982	471,305	93,317
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
NOTE: Data include only the first award for each person.
a. Persons who were converted in 1973 from the state Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs to the SSI program.
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.