67.0 million people received benefits from programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in 2017
5.5 million people were newly awarded Social Security benefits in 2017.
55% of adult Social Security beneficiaries in 2017 were women.
54.5 was the average age of disabled-worker beneficiaries in 2017.
86% of Supplemental Security Income (S67.0 million people received benefits from programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in 2017SI) recipients received payments because of disability or blindness in 2017.
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/fast_facts/2018/fast_facts18.html#pagei
