Social Security and Supplemental Income Statistics for 2022

More than 250 statistical tables provide data on Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare, and Medicaid programs. The tables include beneficiary counts, benefit amounts, and trust fund statuses. The supplement was published by the Social Security Administration in 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze beneficiary counts and benefit amounts to model program expenditures and demographic trends.
• Assess the financial status of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income trust funds using provided financial metrics.
• Compare program data across Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans' benefits to study related income security systems.
• Use the glossary and legislative summaries to contextualize historical trends in OASDI financing and coverage.

Strengths

• Contains more than 250 detailed statistical tables on major federal programs.
• Published by the authoritative Social Security Administration (SSA).
• Covers multiple related programs including Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans' benefits in a single source.

Limitations

• Data is provided in static PDF and XLS files, not a structured, queryable database.
• The 2022 edition may not reflect the most recent legislative changes or economic conditions.
• No column-level metadata is available to detail the structure within each of the 250+ tables.

Provenance

Source

Social Security Administration

Collection Method

Official administrative and survey data compiled into the Annual Statistical Supplement.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Data reflects 2022 statistics, published in February 2023.

Geography

Primarily United States