- on behalf of Law Offices of Troy D. Monge
Size and Scope of the Social Security Disability Program
In December 2022, there were 8,955,174 people receiving Social Security disability benefits as disabled workers, disabled widow(er)s, or disabled adult children. The majority (84.9 percent) were disabled workers, 12.7 percent were disabled adult children, and 2.4 percent were disabled widow(er)s.