Social Welfare Expenditures by Source of Funds and Public Program statistics

[In millions of dollars (303,167 represents $303,167,000,000). For fiscal years ending in year shown; see text, Section 9, State and Local Government. Represents outlays from trust funds (mostly social insurance funds built up by earmarked contributions from insured persons, their employers, or both) and budgetary outlays from general revenues. Includes administrative expenditures, capital outlay, and some expenditures and payments outside the United States]


	FEDERAL					FEDERAL				STATE AND LOCAL					STATE AND LOCAL
PROGRAM
	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995


Total	303,167	450,791	616,639	676,411	749,770	805,336	852,876	888,358	189,060	281,460	432,167	483,072	516,731	561,418	582,944	616,779
Social insurance	191,162	310,175	422,257	453,534	496,075	534,212	557,321	579,804	38,592	59,421	91,565	107,641	122,863	124,998	126,458	125,680
Old-age, survivors, disability, health	152,110	257,535	355,264	382,290	416,564	449,277	477,340	496,356	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Health insurance (medicare)	34,992	71,384	109,709	116,651	132,246	148,094	161,393	164,713	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Public employee retirement ¹	26,983	40,504	53,541	56,880	58,600	61,632	63,733	67,022	12,507	22,540	36,851	40,391	45,099	50,928	55,520	60,980
Railroad employee retirement	4,769	6,276	7,230	7,532	7,737	7,921	8,025	8,106	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unemployment insurance and employment services ²	4,408	2,604	3,096	3,613	9,928	12,124	4,972	5,156	13,919	15,740	16,878	24,793	31,238	28,597	26,279	21,146
Other railroad employee insurance ³	224	189	105	94	95	86	83	78	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
State temporary disability insurance ⁴	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	1,377	1,944	3,224	3,879	4,009	3,316	3,201	3,189
Workers' compensation ⁵	2,668	3,067	3,021	3,125	3,151	3,173	3,168	3,085	10,789	19,197	34,613	38,578	42,517	42,157	41,458	40,365
Hospital and medical benefits	130	280	457	506	571	597	688	668	3,596	6,800	13,849	15,503	17,344	17,116	15,512	16,032

Public aid	49,394	63,480	92,858	113,235	138,704	151,850	162,675	170,260	23,309	34,882	53,953	68,104	69,249	69,149	75,351	83,270
Public assistance ⁶	23,542	33,523	54,747	69,315	86,747	95,340	100,209	107,599	21,522	32,647	50,347	64,354	65,272	65,285	71,546	79,620
Medical assistance payments ⁷	14,550	22,677	40,690	53,393	69,766	77,367	81,192	89,113	13,020	21,182	35,485	48,521	47,856	47,771	53,012	61,756
Social services	1,757	2,057	2,065	2,117	2,031	2,785	2,734	2,797	586	686	688	706	677	928	911	932
Supplemental security income	6,440	9,605	13,625	15,896	19,446	22,642	26,281	26,488	1,787	2,235	3,605	3,751	3,978	3,864	3,805	3,650
Food stamps	9,083	12,513	16,254	19,471	23,233	24,497	25,274	25,319	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Other ⁸	10,329	7,839	8,232	8,553	9,279	9,372	10,911	10,854	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

Health and medical programs	12,840	18,029	27,204	29,700	31,685	33,189	34,770	36,767	13,935	21,024	34,282	35,963	38,456	41,528	45,465	48,740
Hospital and medical care	6,636	9,877	14,816	17,128	17,566	18,575	18,601	19,373	5,667	6,688	11,155	11,109	11,131	12,042	12,962	12,531
Civilian programs	2,438	2,455	3,654	4,388	4,797	5,166	5,466	5,951	5,667	6,688	11,155	11,109	11,131	12,042	12,962	12,531
Defense Department ⁹	4,198	7,422	11,162	12,740	12,769	13,409	13,134	13,422	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Maternal and child health programs	351	422	492	522	580	595	615	612	519	800	1,374	1,459	1,526	1,590	1,657	1,736
Medical research	4,428	5,992	9,172	9,445	10,641	10,690	11,739	12,544	496	899	1,676	1,867	1,958	2,090	2,249	2,438
Medical facilities construction	210	339	413	0	-97	166	102	429	1,409	1,336	1,922	2,056	2,632	2,878	3,137	3,369
School health			(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)			1,113	1,194	1,228	1,320	1,489	1,667
Other	1,215	1,399	2,311	2,605	2,995	3,164	3,714	3,809	5,844	11,301	17,043	18,276	19,981	21,608	23,971	26,999

Veterans programs	21,255	26,704	30,428	32,331	35,087	35,806	37,262	38,385	212	338	488	526	555	572	633	687
Pensions and compensation	11,306	14,333	15,793	16,284	16,539	17,205	17,481	18,070	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Health and medical programs	6,204	9,493	12,004	13,222	15,442	15,410	16,231	16,654	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Education	2,401	1,171	523	570	772	938	1,098	1,118	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Life insurance ¹⁰	665	796	1,038	1,039	1,114	905	972	946	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Welfare and other	679	912	1,070	1,217	1,220	1,348	1,479	1,596	212	338	488	526	555	572	633	687

Education ¹¹	13,452	13,796	18,374	19,084	20,060	20,455	24,084	23,472	107,597	158,251	240,011	258,063	272,085	311,542	320,007	342,153
Elementary and secondary ¹²	7,430	7,278	9,944	11,979	12,891	13,238	15,514	15,301	79,720	113,419	189,333	203,819	214,089	239,268	245,492	262,574
Construction ¹³	41	23	23	39	43	5	9	2	6,483	8,335	10,613	12,324	14,638	22,283	19,684	24,808
Higher	4,468	5,102	6,747	5,339	5,264	5,285	6,577	6,164	21,708	36,028	50,678	54,243	57,996	72,273	74,514	79,580
Construction	42	32	0	31	30	35	23	29	1,486	2,314	3,953	3,950	4,839	8,955	8,959	10,461
Vocational and adult ¹³	1,207	1,087	1,293	1,314	1,452	1,495	1,504	1,508	6,169	8,804	(¹ ²)	(¹ ²)	(¹ ²)	(¹ ²)	(¹ ²)	(¹ ²)

Housing	6,278	11,059	16,612	18,696	17,483	18,985	24,987	27,276	601	1,540	2,856	2,826	2,668	1,798	2,045	2,085

Other social welfare	8,786	7,549	8,905	9,831	10,677	10,838	11,777	12,394	4,813	6,004	9,012	9,949	10,855	11,832	12,985	14,164
Vocational rehabilitation	1,006	1,187	1,661	1,751	1,912	1,830	1,963	2,031	245	350	466	485	534	549	597	599
Medical services and research	237	275	415	438	478	458	491	508	56	85	116	121	134	137	149	150
Institutional care ¹⁴	74	121	143	142	144	143	150	152	408	259	486	523	541	579	633	722
Child nutrition ¹⁵	4,209	4,349	5,470	6,098	6,722	7,139	7,626	7,992	643	960	1,696	1,869	2,054	2,253	2,473	2,661
Child welfare ¹⁶	57	200	253	274	274	295	295	292	743	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Special CSA and ACTION programs ¹⁷	2,303	504	169	192	194	208	204	222	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Welfare, not elsewhere classified ¹⁸	1,137	1,188	1,209	1,375	1,431	1,223	1,540	1,704	2,774	4,435	6,365	7,072	7,726	8,451	9,282	10,182

- Represents zero. NA Not available. X Not applicable.
1 Excludes refunds to those leaving service. Federal data include military retirement.
2 Includes compensation for federal employees and ex-servicemen, trade adjustment and cash training allowance, and payments under extended, emergency, disaster, and special unemployment insurance programs.
3 Unemployment and temporary disability insurance.
4 Cash and medical benefits in five areas. Includes private plans where applicable.
5 Benefits paid by private insurance carriers, state funds, and self-insurers. Federal includes black lung benefit programs.
6 Includes payments under state general assistance programs and work incentive activities, not shown separately.
7 Medicaid payments and state and local general assistance medical payments.
8 Refugee assistance, surplus food for the needy, and work-experience training programs under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Beginning 1985, includes low-income energy assistance program.
9 Includes medical care for military dependent families.
10 Excludes servicemen's group life insurance.
11 Federal expenditures include administrative costs (Department of Education) and research, not shown separately.
12 Beginning 1986, all state and local vocational education costs included with elementary-secondary.
13 Construction costs of vocational and adult education programs included under elementary-secondary expenditures.
14 Federal expenditures represent primarily surplus foods for nonprofit institutions.
15 Surplus food for schools and programs under National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts.
16 Represents primarily child welfare services under Title V of the Social Security Act.
17 Includes domestic volunteer programs under ACTION and community action and migrant workers programs under Community Services Administration. Beginning 1988, represents ACTION funds only.
18 Federal expenditures include administrative expenses of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; Indian welfare and guidance; and aging and juvenile delinquency activities. State and local include antipoverty and manpower programs, child care and adoption services, legal assistance, and other unspecified welfare services

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 62, No. 2, 1999; and unpublished data.

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