What isn't talked about when they talk about Social Security...

It's not just senior citizens who are affected by the loss of Social Security checks.  It's folks who are unable to work due to debilitating disabilities, those with Developmental disabilities, and Mental retardation.  So hold on there, Skippy - it's not just Senior Citizens we're talking about....

According to the Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, here are the figures as released in July 2011

  Monthly Statistical Snapshot, June 2011

Table 1. Number of people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, or both, June 2011 (in thousands)

Type of beneficiary	Total	Social Security only	SSI only	Both Social Security and SSI
All beneficiaries	60,114	52,057	5,299	2,758
Aged 65 or older	38,540	36,491	892	1,158
Disabled, under age 65 a	13,596	7,589	4,406	1,601
Other b	7,977	7,977	. . .	. . .
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, June 2011

Type of beneficiary	Beneficiaries		Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	Number (thousands)	Percent
All beneficiaries	54,815	100.0	59,146	1,079.00
Old-Age Insurance
Retired workers	35,158	64.1	41,517	1,180.80
Spouses	2,303	4.2	1,342	582.80
Children	596	1.1	346	579.80
Survivors Insurance
Widow(er)s and parents a	4,255	7.8	4,734	1,112.40
Widowed mothers and fathers b	154	0.3	130	845.50
Children	1,920	3.5	1,450	755.00
Disability Insurance
Disabled workers	8,403	15.3	8,988	1,069.50
Spouses	162	0.3	47	287.50
Children	1,862	3.4	594	318.80
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 orwidow(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 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.
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.

Table 3. Supplemental Security Income recipients, June 2011

Age	Recipients		Total payments a (millions of dollars)	Average monthly payment b (dollars)
	Number (thousands)	Percent
All recipients	8,057	100.0	4,327	499.40
Under 18	1,269	15.7	794	595.10
18–64	4,738	58.8	2,702	515.10
65 or older	2,050	25.4	831	404.00
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.