Single-Year Tables Historical data

Table IV.C1.—SSI Federal Payments in Current Dollarsa
Calendar Years 1974-2018
[In millions]
    Blind or disabled, by age group   Aged, by age group   Totals
Calendar year   0-17   18-34   35-49   50-64   65-74   75 or older   65-74   75 or older   Blind or disabled   Aged   All

1974 $40 $438 $452 $968 $135 $17 $825 $958 $2,050 $1,783 $3,833
1975 128 537 499 1,099 190 17 812 1,031 2,471 1,843 4,314
1976 176 605 541 1,147 241 17 762 1,023 2,727 1,785 4,512
1977 227 671 579 1,174 298 17 721 1,016 2,966 1,737 4,703
1978 b 302 781 655 1,312 381 18 736 1,111 3,449 1,847 5,296
1979 340 809 650 1,296 429 21 667 1,093 3,546 1,760 5,306
1980 397 931 731 1,420 544 28 642 1,230 4,051 1,872 5,923
1981 458 1,079 821 1,542 654 32 643 1,320 4,586 1,963 6,549
1982 518 1,214 884 1,590 697 38 634 1,355 4,941 1,990 6,931
1983 576 1,377 987 1,700 767 57 631 1,433 5,465 2,064 7,530
1984 664 1,578 1,129 1,833 828 101 680 1,507 6,132 2,187 8,318
1985 744 1,717 1,254 1,923 824 158 705 1,484 6,620 2,189 8,809
1986 836 1,937 1,460 2,045 839 207 736 1,462 7,325 2,197 9,522
1987 904 2,086 1,626 2,163 844 259 759 1,429 7,882 2,188 10,069
1988 960 2,235 1,822 2,307 867 301 820 1,432 8,492 2,252 10,744
1989 1,031 2,430 2,065 2,487 909 354 895 1,474 9,277 2,369 11,647
1990 1,219 2,667 2,403 2,788 956 401 995 1,514 10,434 2,509 12,943
1991 1,729 3,122 2,962 3,292 1,040 453 1,183 1,627 12,597 2,810 15,407
1992 3,223 3,916 3,560 3,755 1,100 476 1,318 1,677 16,031 2,995 19,026
1993 3,911 4,447 4,179 4,187 1,194 507 1,495 1,757 18,425 3,252 21,677
1994 4,194 4,495 4,663 4,527 1,258 531 1,585 1,810 19,668 3,395 23,063
1995 4,674 4,772 5,161 4,886 1,340 558 1,618 1,897 21,392 3,515 24,906
1996 4,966 5,002 5,601 5,289 1,417 585 1,664 1,977 22,860 3,641 26,501
1997 4,927 5,012 5,587 5,421 1,487 607 1,589 2,046 23,040 3,635 26,675
1998 4,978 5,121 5,940 5,788 1,566 631 1,545 2,126 24,024 3,671 27,695
1999 4,858 5,115 6,207 6,045 1,631 647 1,508 2,202 24,502 3,710 28,212
2000 4,812 5,123 6,413 6,280 1,703 668 1,486 2,293 24,999 3,779 28,778
2001 5,128 5,355 6,829 6,768 1,822 705 1,486 2,438 26,608 3,924 30,532
2002 5,379 5,483 7,063 7,114 1,894 729 1,449 2,504 27,663 3,953 31,616
2003 5,714 5,714 7,260 7,513 1,969 762 1,423 2,585 28,932 4,008 32,941
2004 6,066 5,951 7,402 7,924 2,038 799 1,382 2,641 30,179 4,023 34,202
2005 6,522 6,285 7,646 8,413 2,132 862 1,372 2,764 31,859 4,136 35,995
2006 6,947 6,656 7,760 8,944 2,236 924 1,412 2,896 33,467 4,308 37,775
2007 7,346 7,067 7,871 9,539 2,333 981 1,406 2,970 35,137 4,376 39,514
2008 c 7,824 7,624 8,172 10,389 2,462 1,052 1,436 3,081 37,522 4,517 42,040
2009 c 8,635 8,493 8,618 11,556 2,644 1,153 1,528 3,277 41,099 4,805 45,904
2010 9,020 9,013 8,735 12,283 2,689 1,213 1,521 3,294 42,953 4,815 47,767
2011 9,313 9,379 8,658 12,870 2,739 1,267 1,520 3,291 44,226 4,811 49,038
2012 9,879 9,921 8,756 13,833 2,979 1,417 1,534 3,383 46,785 4,917 51,703
2013 10,171 10,256 8,723 14,593 3,128 1,508 1,592 3,431 48,379 5,023 53,402
2014 10,217 10,386 8,532 15,046 3,264 1,579 1,650 3,478 49,025 5,128 54,153
2015 10,136 10,461 8,413 15,484 3,425 1,659 1,706 3,543 49,577 5,250 54,827
2016 9,789 10,362 8,222 15,685 3,551 1,709 1,764 3,553 49,317 5,317 54,634
2017 9,507 10,257 8,132 15,899 3,715 1,764 1,796 3,579 49,274 5,374 54,648
2018 d 9,383 10,237 8,018 15,999 3,960 1,835 1,848 3,638 49,432 5,486 54,918
a Total historical payments for 1974-77 agree with those presented in the Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin. Total historical payments for 1978-83 are estimated.
b Includes 13 months of payments since payments due on January 1, 1978 and January 1, 1979 were both paid in calendar year 1978.
c Payments for 2008 include $1.4 billion for SSI checks mailed in late December 2008, but reported by the Department of the Treasury in January 2009.
d Partially estimated.
 
Note: Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components. The historical split among age groups is estimated on a calendar year of age basis.