SSI in Iowa: state supplement, recipients and offices

In December 2025, 49,293 people in Iowa got SSI, and SSA paid them $36.1 million that month. The state adds a supplement through SSA for some living settings.

49,293SSI recipients (Dec 2025)

46,134blind or disabled

3,159aged 65 or older (aged category)

Estimate SSI in IowaFederal amount, state part and income 17 offices in IowaAddress, phone and hours Payment datesSSI arrives on the 1st

Iowa state supplement paid with SSI

Iowa is one of 12 places where SSA pays the state supplement together with the federal SSI payment, in one deposit. For someone living on their own, SSA pays no state supplement here; the state part is only for people in the settings below. Iowa also runs its own programs outside SSA, such as residential care and in-home health care. Those amounts are not in this table.

Where the person lives	State part, one person	Total per month, one person	Total, couple
Living in your own home	Aged $0.00 · Blind $22.00 · Disabled $0.00	Aged $994.00 · Blind $1,016.00 · Disabled $994.00	both aged $1,491.00 · both disabled $1,491.00 · both blind $1,535.00
In someone else's household that provides your shelter (federal part cut by one-third)	Aged $0.00 · Blind $22.00 · Disabled $0.00	Aged $662.67 · Blind $684.67 · Disabled $662.67	both aged $994.00 · both disabled $994.00 · both blind $1,038.00
Living in your own home with a dependent family member (state-certified)	Aged $518.00 · Blind $540.00 · Disabled $518.00	Aged $1,512.00 · Blind $1,534.00 · Disabled $1,512.00	both aged $2,009.00 · both disabled $2,009.00 · both blind $2,053.00
Licensed family life home or boarding home	Aged $142.00 · Blind $164.00 · Disabled $142.00	Aged $1,136.00 · Blind $1,158.00 · Disabled $1,136.00	both aged $2,292.00 · both disabled $2,292.00 · both blind $2,336.00

January 2026 amounts. "n/d" means SSA's table has no amount for that case. Totals add the 2026 federal rate ($994; $662.67 in someone else's household) and assume no other income.

2027: the federal part rises to $1,029 ($1,544 for a couple). SSA had not published the January 2027 state amounts when we checked on Oct. 27, 2026, so the 2027 state part is n/d here.

People getting the Iowa supplement, by setting (December 2025)

Living independently (blind) (code A)331
Living in the household of another (blind) (code B)3
Living with a dependent person (code C)354
Living with a dependent person in the household of another (code H)5

2027 federal amounts

$1,029SSI federal maximum per month in 2027, one person ($994 in 2026)

$1,544SSI federal maximum for a couple in 2027

3.6%Cost-of-living raise for 2027 (COLA)

$1,770SSDI work limit (SGA) per month in 2027, not blind

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2026SSI payment for December 2026
Nov. 10, 2026 · Nov. 18, 2026 · Nov. 25, 2026SSDI in November 2026, by birth date (1st–10th, 11th–20th, 21st–31st)

SSI and Medicaid in Iowa

Iowa is a “1634 state”: under an agreement with the state, SSA makes the Medicaid decision for people who get SSI and meet the citizenship or immigration rules, so most do not need a separate Medicaid application.

How SSI and Medicaid connect in each state

Who gets SSI in Iowa

Under 188,084
Ages 18 to 6431,684
65 or older9,525
Also get Social Security benefits16,829

December 2025. The "aged" category above counts people who qualified by age; some people 65 or older qualified earlier by disability.

SSI recipients by county

Polk8,205
Linn3,883
Scott3,735
Black Hawk3,050
Pottawattamie2,031
Johnson1,994
Woodbury1,796
Dubuque1,549
Clinton1,080
Des Moines1,002

All 99 counties

County	Total	Aged	Blind or disabled	Also get Social Security	Paid in Dec 2025
Adair	66	n/d	n/d	30	$43,000
Adams	60	n/d	n/d	25	$39,000
Allamakee	120	n/d	n/d	56	$74,000
Appanoose	369	26	343	148	$271,000
Audubon	66	n/d	n/d	24	$42,000
Benton	292	12	280	109	$207,000
Black Hawk	3,050	152	2,898	1,025	$2.2 million
Boone	284	n/d	n/d	105	$203,000
Bremer	217	n/d	n/d	72	$159,000
Buchanan	303	10	293	108	$210,000
Buena Vista	256	46	210	81	$183,000
Butler	151	n/d	n/d	53	$111,000
Calhoun	149	n/d	n/d	59	$79,000
Carroll	283	12	271	105	$197,000
Cass	285	n/d	n/d	109	$220,000
Cedar	165	n/d	n/d	52	$123,000
Cerro Gordo	700	48	652	302	$465,000
Cherokee	104	n/d	n/d	43	$70,000
Chickasaw	99	n/d	n/d	37	$69,000
Clarke	114	10	104	60	$88,000
Clay	187	14	173	74	$126,000
Clayton	196	12	184	90	$127,000
Clinton	1,080	34	1,046	357	$824,000
Crawford	179	18	161	67	$122,000
Dallas	569	57	512	160	$438,000
Davis	107	n/d	n/d	40	$90,000
Decatur	168	n/d	n/d	75	$115,000
Delaware	217	n/d	n/d	93	$149,000
Des Moines	1,002	50	952	325	$719,000
Dickinson	169	n/d	n/d	77	$121,000
Dubuque	1,549	70	1,479	527	$1.1 million
Emmet	107	n/d	n/d	42	$66,000
Fayette	444	18	426	161	$319,000
Floyd	268	n/d	n/d	95	$171,000
Franklin	91	n/d	n/d	28	$69,000
Fremont	90	n/d	n/d	28	$63,000
Greene	130	n/d	n/d	43	$99,000
Grundy	95	n/d	n/d	36	$70,000
Guthrie	150	n/d	n/d	67	$101,000
Hamilton	159	n/d	n/d	52	$116,000
Hancock	74	n/d	n/d	27	$52,000
Hardin	259	10	249	95	$194,000
Harrison	241	15	226	103	$155,000
Henry	271	14	257	78	$187,000
Howard	110	13	97	49	$73,000
Humboldt	124	n/d	n/d	48	$85,000
Ida	62	n/d	n/d	29	$45,000
Iowa	135	n/d	n/d	57	$92,000
Jackson	327	13	314	105	$247,000
Jasper	568	20	548	192	$452,000
Jefferson	354	80	274	164	$235,000
Johnson	1,994	192	1,802	601	$1.4 million
Jones	261	12	249	98	$180,000
Keokuk	159	n/d	n/d	51	$116,000
Kossuth	154	n/d	n/d	61	$103,000
Lee	791	36	755	286	$572,000
Linn	3,883	237	3,646	1,229	$2.9 million
Louisa	166	n/d	n/d	59	$116,000
Lucas	179	16	163	64	$127,000
Lyon	50	n/d	n/d	16	$39,000
Madison	145	n/d	n/d	63	$92,000
Mahaska	403	25	378	153	$281,000
Marion	387	19	368	143	$279,000
Marshall	592	58	534	212	$427,000
Mills	176	0	176	64	$120,000
Mitchell	81	n/d	n/d	41	$51,000
Monona	142	n/d	n/d	65	$91,000
Monroe	87	n/d	n/d	21	$84,000
Montgomery	260	n/d	n/d	100	$181,000
Muscatine	840	51	789	267	$634,000
O'Brien	173	n/d	n/d	45	$120,000
Osceola	52	n/d	n/d	20	$39,000
Page	290	11	279	133	$222,000
Palo Alto	126	n/d	n/d	42	$86,000
Plymouth	203	n/d	n/d	73	$153,000
Pocahontas	98	n/d	n/d	34	$63,000
Polk	8,205	867	7,338	2,432	$6.3 million
Pottawattamie	2,031	69	1,962	758	$1.5 million
Poweshiek	211	n/d	n/d	73	$149,000
Ringgold	70	n/d	n/d	30	$57,000
Sac	84	n/d	n/d	33	$53,000
Scott	3,735	208	3,527	1,178	$2.8 million
Shelby	189	n/d	n/d	56	$136,000
Sioux	153	n/d	n/d	47	$99,000
Story	815	50	765	244	$643,000
Tama	170	11	159	58	$124,000
Taylor	92	n/d	n/d	33	$84,000
Union	267	n/d	n/d	109	$199,000
Van Buren	120	n/d	n/d	49	$81,000
Wapello	968	61	907	371	$701,000
Warren	449	19	430	164	$313,000
Washington	308	13	295	93	$236,000
Wayne	119	n/d	n/d	48	$91,000
Webster	725	37	688	270	$509,000
Winnebago	124	n/d	n/d	49	$79,000
Winneshiek	116	n/d	n/d	55	$78,000
Woodbury	1,796	118	1,678	669	$1.3 million
Worth	75	n/d	n/d	25	$52,000
Wright	164	11	153	57	$112,000

"n/d" marks numbers SSA hides to protect privacy in small counties.

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Questions people ask

How much is SSI in Iowa in 2027?

The federal maximum is $1,029 a month for one person and $1,544 for a couple, before any state supplement and minus countable income. The 2027 state part is n/d until SSA publishes it.

Does Iowa add a state supplement?

Yes, through SSA, for the settings in the table above (January 2026).

Do people with SSI get Medicaid in Iowa?

Where do I apply for SSI in Iowa?

With SSA: online at ssa.gov, by phone at 1-800-772-1213 or at one of the 17 Social Security offices in Iowa. Applying is free.

Independent guide · not the SSA. Green Tips 1 US is a private guide. We are not the Social Security Administration, we are not part of it, and we do not take applications. Estimates are an estimate only; only SSA decides your SSI amount.

Sources: SSA, SSI Recipients by State and County, December 2025 (ssi_sc25); SSA POMS SI 01415.058, Federally Administered Optional Supplementary Payment Programs for January 2026 (TN 95, 08-26); SSA POMS SI 01715.010, Medicaid and the SSI program (TN 9, 09-26); SSA 2027 COLA fact sheet; SSA field office data file (FO-Address-Open-Close-Times.csv, Web Archive copy of Aug 28, 2026). Official site, typed by hand: ssa.gov. Read in October 2026; data dates as noted.