Social Security (OASDI)--Benefits, by Type of Beneficiary statistics

[26,229 represents 26,229,000. A person eligible to receive more than one type of benefit is generally classified or counted only once as a retired-worker beneficiary. OASDI=Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance. See also headnote, Table 606 and Appendix III]


TYPE OF BENEFICIARY	1970	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999

Number of benefits ¹(1,000)	26,229	35,585	36,006	35,839	36,085	36,479	37,058	37,703	38,190	38,627	39,151	39,832	40,592	41,507	42,246	42,883	43,387	43,737	43,971	44,246	44,596
Retired workers ²(1,000)	13,349	19,562	20,195	20,763	21,419	21,906	22,432	22,980	23,440	23,858	24,327	24,838	25,289	25,758	26,104	26,408	26,673	26,898	27,275	27,511	27,775
Disabled workers ³(1,000)	1,493	2,859	2,777	2,604	2,569	2,597	2,657	2,728	2,786	2,830	2,895	3,011	3,195	3,468	3,726	3,963	4,185	4,386	4,508	4,698	4,879
Wives and husbands ² ⁴(1,000)	2,952	3,477	3,459	3,405	3,347	3,355	3,375	3,387	3,381	3,367	3,365	3,367	3,370	3,382	3,367	3,337	3,290	3,194	3,129	3,054	2,987
Children (1,000)	4,122	4,607	4,430	3,883	3,593	3,408	3,319	3,295	3,244	3,204	3,165	3,187	3,268	3,391	3,527	3,654	3,734	3,803	3,772	3,769	3,795
Under age 18	3,315	3,423	3,206	2,934	2,812	2,729	2,699	2,665	2,604	2,534	2,488	2,497	2,558	2,664	2,777	2,887	2,956	3,010	2,970	2,963	2,970
Disabled children ⁵	271	450	463	472	488	506	526	545	561	574	586	600	616	637	656	673	686	697	705	713	721
Students ⁶	537	733	761	476	293	173	94	84	79	96	91	89	95	90	94	94	92	96	97	93	104
Of retired workers	546	639	633	558	512	477	457	450	440	432	423	422	426	432	436	440	442	443	441	439	442
Of deceased workers	2,688	2,610	2,546	2,321	2,146	2,010	1,917	1,878	1,836	1,809	1,780	1,776	1,791	1,808	1,836	1,864	1,884	1,898	1,893	1,884	1,885
Of disabled workers	889	1,358	1,252	1,004	936	921	945	966	968	963	962	989	1,052	1,151	1,255	1,350	1,409	1,463	1,438	1,446	1,468
Widowed mothers ⁷(1,000)	523	562	548	515	400	382	372	351	329	318	312	304	301	294	289	283	275	242	230	221	212
Widows and widowers ² ⁸(1,000)	3,227	4,411	4,508	4,595	4,694	4,779	4,863	4,928	4,984	5,029	5,071	5,111	5,158	5,205	5,224	5,232	5,226	5,210	5,053	4,990	4,944
Parents ²(1,000)	29	15	14	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3
Special benefits ⁹(1,000)	534	93	76	63	51	40	32	25	19	14	10	7	5	4	2	2	1	1	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)

Average monthly benefit,
current dollars
Retired workers ²	118	341	386	419	441	461	479	488	513	537	567	603	629	653	674	697	720	745	765	780	804
Retired worker and wife ²	199	567	(NA)	702	743	780	814	831	873	914	966	1,027	1,072	1,111	1,145	1,184	1,221	1,262	1,295	1,318	1,357
Disabled workers ³	131	371	413	441	456	471	484	488	508	530	556	587	609	626	642	661	682	704	722	733	754
Wives and husbands ² ⁴	59	164	186	203	217	227	236	241	253	265	281	298	311	322	332	343	354	369	379	386	398
Children of retired workers	45	140	161	165	176	186	198	204	216	228	242	259	273	285	297	309	322	337	349	358	373
Children of deceased workers	82	240	271	285	298	314	331	337	352	368	385	406	420	432	443	456	469	487	500	510	526
Children of disabled workers	39	110	123	128	136	139	142	141	146	151	157	164	168	170	173	178	183	194	201	208	216
Widowed mothers ⁷	87	246	277	303	309	322	332	338	353	368	388	409	424	438	448	464	478	515	532	545	566
Widows and widowers, nondisabled ²	102	311	349	379	396	415	433	444	468	493	522	556	583	608	630	655	680	699	731	749	775
Parents ²	103	276	310	335	350	364	378	386	407	428	454	482	506	526	547	570	591	614	636	651	674
Special benefits ⁹	45	105	116	125	129	134	138	140	145	151	158	167	173	178	183	187	192	197	201	204	209

Average monthly benefit,
constant (1999) dollars: ¹⁰
CPI (Dec.)	39.8	86.3	94.0	97.6	101.3	105.3	109.3	110.5	115.4	120.5	126.1	133.8	137.9	141.9	145.8	149.7	153.5	158.6	161.3	163.9	168.3
Retired workers ²	499	665	691	723	733	737	738	743	748	750	757	758	768	774	778	784	789	791	798	801	804
Retired worker and wife ²	842	1,106	(NA)	1,211	1,234	1,247	1,253	1,266	1,273	1,277	1,289	1,292	1,308	1,318	1,322	1,331	1,339	1,339	1,351	1,353	1,357
Disabled workers ³	554	724	739	760	758	753	745	743	741	740	742	738	743	742	741	743	748	747	753	753	754
Wives and husbands ² ⁴	249	320	333	350	361	363	363	367	369	370	375	375	380	382	383	386	388	392	395	397	398
Children of deceased workers	347	468	485	491	495	502	510	513	513	514	514	511	513	512	511	513	514	517	522	523	526
Widowed mothers ⁷	368	480	496	522	513	515	511	515	515	514	518	514	517	519	517	522	524	546	555	560	566

Number of benefits awarded (1,000)	3,722	4,215	4,059	3,859	3,756	3,691	3,796	3,853	3,734	3,681	3,646	3,717	3,865	4,051	4,001	3,940	3,882	3,793	3,866	3,800	3,917
Retired workers ²	1,338	1,620	1,600	1,625	1,670	1,607	1,690	1,734	1,682	1,654	1,657	1,665	1,695	1,708	1,661	1,625	1,609	1,581	1,719	1,631	1,690
Disabled workers ³	350	389	345	299	311	362	377	417	416	409	426	468	536	637	635	632	646	624	587	608	620
Wives and husbands ² ⁴	436	469	437	430	436	425	440	441	411	391	380	379	380	383	365	345	322	302	319	311	322
Children	1,091	1,174	1,094	922	753	722	714	701	685	706	675	695	727	795	816	824	809	798	757	763	773
Widowed mothers ⁷	112	108	100	87	82	74	72	69	65	63	60	58	58	56	56	55	52	49	44	42	42
Widows and widowers ² ⁸	363	452	481	495	502	500	502	491	475	458	449	452	469	472	466	459	445	438	440	444	470
Parents ²	2	1	1	1	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)
Special benefits ⁹	30	1	1	1	1	1	1	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)


Total ¹¹	31.9	120.5	141.0	156.1	167.0	175.8	186.2	196.7	204.2	217.2	230.9	247.8	268.1	286.0	302.4	316.8	332.6	347.1	362.0	375.0	385.8
Monthly benefits ¹²	31.6	120.1	140.7	155.9	166.8	175.6	186.0	196.5	204.0	217.0	230.6	247.6	267.9	285.8	302.2	316.6	332.4	346.9	361.8	374.8	385.6
Retired workers ²	18.4	70.4	83.6	95.1	103.6	110.0	116.8	123.6	128.5	137.0	146.0	156.8	169.1	179.4	188.4	196.4	205.3	213.4	223.6	232.3	238.5
Disabled workers ³	2.4	12.8	14.4	14.8	15.2	15.6	16.5	17.4	18.1	19.2	20.3	22.1	24.7	27.9	30.9	33.7	36.6	39.6	41.1	43.5	46.5
Wives and husbands ² ⁴	2.2	7.0	8.2	9.2	9.9	10.4	11.1	11.7	11.6	12.8	13.6	14.5	15.5	16.4	16.9	17.4	17.9	18.2	18.6	18.9	18.8
Children	3.5	10.5	11.8	11.3	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.9	10.9	11.3	11.5	12.0	12.8	13.6	14.6	15.4	16.1	17.1	17.6	18.1	18.6
Under age 18	2.7	7.4	8.1	8.3	8.3	8.4	8.5	8.7	8.5	8.7	8.7	9.0	9.5	10.1	10.8	11.4	11.9	12.6	13.0	13.3	13.6
Disabled children ⁵	0.3	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.8	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	3.0	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.4
Students ⁶	0.6	2.1	2.5	1.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
Of retired workers	0.3	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0
Of deceased workers	2.8	7.4	8.3	8.2	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	8.1	8.3	8.6	9.0	9.4	9.9	10.3	10.7	11.2	11.7	11.9	12.1
Of disabled workers	0.5	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.4	2.7	3.1	3.4	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.4
Widowed mothers ⁷	0.6	1.6	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4
Widows and widowers ² ⁸	4.1	17.6	20.7	23.5	25.4	27.3	29.3	31.3	32.8	35.2	37.7	40.7	44.1	47.1	49.7	52.1	54.8	57.0	59.3	60.5	61.8
Parents ²	(Z)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)
Special benefits ⁹	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)	(Z)
Lump sum	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2

NA Not available. Z Fewer than 500 or less than $50 million.
1 Benefit payment actually being made at a specified time with no being made at a specified time with no deductions or with deductions amounting to less than a month's benefit.
2 62 years and over.
3 Disabled workers under age 65.
4 Includes wife beneficiaries with entitled children in their care and entitled divorced wives.
5 18 years old and over. Disability began before age 18 and, beginning 1973, before age 22.
6 Full-time students aged 18-21 through 1984 and aged 18 and 19 beginning 1985.
7 Includes surviving divorced mothers with entitled children in their care and, beginning June 1975, widowed fathers with entitled children in their care.
8 Includes widows aged 60-61, surviving divorced wives aged 60 and over, disabled widows and widowers aged 50 and over; and beginning Jan. 1973, widowers aged 60-61.
9 Benefits for persons aged 72 and over not insured under regular or transitional provisions of Social Security Act.
10 Constant dollar figures are based on the consumer price index (CPI-U) for December as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
11 Represents total disbursements of benefit checks by the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury during the years specified.
12 Distribution by type estimated.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin; and unpublished data.

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