Table V.C4.--OASI Beneficiaries With Benefits in Current-Payment Status
at the End of Calendar Years 1975-2004
Historical Period
 [In thousands]

Retired workers and auxiliaries
 Survivors
Calendar
year		 Worker Spouse Child Widow-
widower		 Mother-
father		 Child Parent Total
1975 16,589 2,867 643
3,888 582 2,919 21 27,509
1976 17,165 2,896 653
3,994 579 2,903 20 28,209
1977 17,822 2,964 678
4,119 582 2,877 18 29,061
1978 18,359 2,980 661
4,212 576 2,780 17 29,586
1979 18,972 2,991 652
4,322 574 2,711 16 30,237
1980 19,564 3,018 639
4,415 563 2,610 15 30,823
1981 20,195 3,031 633
4,508 548 2,546 14 31,474
1982 20,768 3,039 558
4,595 515 2,321 12 31,808
1983 21,424 3,039 512
4,694 400 2,146 11 32,226
1984 21,911 3,051 477
4,779 382 2,010 10 32,621
1985 22,435 3,069 456
4,863 372 1,918 10 33,123
1986 22,985 3,088 450
4,931 350 1,878 9 33,691
1987 23,444 3,090 439
4,984 329 1,837 8 34,130
1988 23,862 3,086 432
5,028 318 1,809 7 34,542
1989 24,331 3,093 422
5,071 312 1,782 6 35,017
1990 24,841 3,101 421
5,111 304 1,777 6 35,562
1991 25,293 3,104 425
5,158 301 1,792 5 36,078
1992 25,762 3,112 431
5,205 294 1,808 5 36,618
1993 26,109 3,094 436
5,224 289 1,837 5 36,994
1994 26,412 3,066 440
5,232 283 1,865 4 37,303
1995 26,679 3,026 441
5,225 275 1,884 4 37,534
1996 26,905 2,970 442
5,211 242 1,898 4 37,672
1997 27,282 2,922 441
5,053 230 1,893 3 37,825
1998 27,518 2,864 439
4,990 221 1,884 3 37,918
1999 27,784 2,811 442
4,944 212 1,885 3 38,081
2000 28,505 2,798 459
4,901 203 1,878 3 38,748
2001 28,843 2,742 467
4,828 197 1,890 3 38,969
2002 29,195 2,681 477
4,770 194 1,908 2 39,226
2003 29,537 2,622 480
4,705 190 1,910 2 39,446
2004 29,952 2,569 482
4,642 184 1,901 2 39,733
Notes:
1. The number of beneficiaries does not include uninsured individuals who receive benefits under Section 228 of the Social Security Act. Costs are reimbursed from the General Fund of the Treasury for most of these individuals.
2. Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.

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