Social Security has been busy this month, releasing a record amount of data for public consumption. We’ve gathered and linked everything below for your reading pleasure.

• SSA’s Office of Retirement and Disability Policy has released annual fact sheets providing statistics on the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income programs, including the number of people receiving benefits and the amount of total monthly payments, in each state, territory, and Congressional district.

• SSA’s Office of Retirement and Disability Policy has released the following:
  • April 2024 snapshot of statistics on Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients.
  • April 2024 statistics for federally administered payments and awards under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.

• A new Special Topic Actuarial Note is available from the Office of the Chief Actuary:
  • May 2024, Actuarial Note No. 163. Social Security Disability Claims Pending Determination: Past and Projected

• The 2024 OASDI Trustees Report and related materials are now available.

• The Office of the Chief Actuary has released the following annual recurring Actuarial Notes using the assumptions of the 2024 OASDI Trustees Report:
  • Recurring Actuarial Note #1: Unfunded Obligation and Transition Costs for the OASDI Program
  • Recurring Actuarial Note #2: Unisex Life Expectancies at Birth and Age 65
  • Recurring Actuarial Note #3: Scaled Factors for Hypothetical Earnings Examples
  • Recurring Actuarial Note #8: Disaggregation of the Long-Range Actuarial Balance for the OASDI Program Since 1983
  • Recurring Actuarial Note #9: Replacement Rates for Hypothetical Retired Workers

• SSA’s Office of Retirement and Disability Policy has released the following:
  • Summary: Actuarial Status of the Social Security Trust Funds

• SSA’s Office of Retirement and Disability Policy has released the following updates based on the MINT8 microsimulation model:
  • Population Profiles:
    • Never Beneficiaries | Taxable Maximum Earners
  • Program Explainers:
    • Government Pension Offset | Scheduled vs. Payable Benefits
    • Poverty Decline for Beneficiaries | Windfall Elimination Provision
  • Projections—Fact Sheets by Beneficiary Type:
    • Divorced Spousal Beneficiaries | Early Eligibility Age Beneficiaries
    • Spousal-Only Beneficiaries | Survivor-Only Beneficiaries
    • Women & Dual Entitlement
  • Projections—Fact Sheets by Demographic Group:
    • Beneficiaries Aged 60+ by Race & Ethnicity | Lifetime Low Earners
    • Oldest Old Beneficiaries | Sporadic Low Earners
    • Taxpayers Aged 31+ by Race & Ethnicity
  • Projections—Tables:
    • Policy Options/Proposals
    • Profile of Beneficiaries Aged 60+ by Race & Ethnicity
    • Profile of Taxpayers Aged 31+ by Race & Ethnicity

• The following downloadable files, related to the 2024 OASDI Trustees Report, are now available:
  • Death Probabilities
  • Period Life Tables
  • Cohort Life Tables
  • Population

• Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 84, No. 2 includes a special article on “Trends in Cause-Specific Mortality by Race and Hispanic Origin, 1999–2019” by Javier Meseguer.