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Trustees Reports- 1996

 

Table II.F19. - Comparison of OASDI Covered Workers and Beneficiaries by Alternative, Calendar Years 1945-2070

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                                                            Covered       Bene-
                 Covered                                    workers   ficiaries
               workers1/ Beneficiaries2/ (in thousands)   per OASDI     per 100
 Calendar            (in ------------------------------       bene-     covered
   year       thousands)       OASI        DI     OASDI     ficiary     workers
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Historical data:
  1945......      46,390      1,106       --      1,106        41.9           2
  1950......      48,280      2,930       --      2,930        16.5           6
  1955......      65,200      7,563       --      7,563         8.6          12
  1960......      72,530     13,740       522    14,262         5.1          20
  1965......      80,680     18,509     1,648    20,157         4.0          25
  1970......      93,090     22,618     2,568    25,186         3.7          27
  1975......     100,200     26,998     4,125    31,123         3.2          31
  1980......     112,212     30,385     4,734    35,119         3.2          31
  1985......     120,429     32,776     3,874    36,650         3.3          30
  1986......     123,260     33,349     3,972    37,321         3.3          30
  1987......     126,283     33,918     4,035    37,953         3.3          30
  1988......     130,137     34,343     4,077    38,420         3.4          30
  1989......     132,471     34,754     4,105    38,859         3.4          29
  1990......     133,637     35,266     4,204    39,470         3.4          30
  1991......     132,905     35,785     4,388    40,173         3.3          30
  1992......  3/ 133,926     36,314     4,716    41,030         3.3          31
  1993......  3/ 136,119     36,758     5,083    41,841         3.3          31
  1994......  3/ 138,849     37,082     5,435    42,517         3.3          31
  1995......  3/ 140,905     37,376     5,731    43,107         3.3          31
Intermediate:
  1996......     141,925     37,708     5,982    43,690         3.2          31
  1997......     142,820     38,048     6,272    44,320         3.2          31
  1998......     144,160     38,357     6,550    44,907         3.2          31
  1999......     145,244     38,668     6,827    45,495         3.2          31
  2000......     146,344     38,999     7,103    46,102         3.2          32
  2005......     152,415     41,015     8,554    49,569         3.1          33
  2010......     157,859     44,496     9,891    54,387         2.9          34
  2015......     161,050     50,352    10,563    60,915         2.6          38
  2020......     162,360     57,628    10,848    68,476         2.4          42
  2025......     163,259     64,343    11,248    75,591         2.2          46
  2030......     164,451     69,680    11,277    80,957         2.0          49
  2035......     166,417     72,889    11,253    84,142         2.0          51
  2040......     168,323     73,845    11,437    85,282         2.0          51
  2045......     169,650     74,442    11,978    86,420         2.0          51
  2050......     170,563     75,694    12,302    87,996         1.9          52
  2055......     171,223     77,855    12,533    90,388         1.9          53
  2060......     171,959     80,211    12,496    92,707         1.9          54
  2065......     172,720     82,070    12,548    94,618         1.8          55
  2070......     173,480     83,605    12,712    96,317         1.8          56
Low Cost:
  1996......     144,277     38,015     6,156    44,171         3.3          31
  1997......     146,355     38,293     6,342    44,635         3.3          30
  1998......     148,185     38,565     6,519    45,084         3.3          30
  1999......     149,938     38,851     6,690    45,541         3.3          30
  2000......     151,638     39,172     6,854    46,026         3.3          30
  2005......     157,230     40,576     7,577    48,153         3.3          31
  2010......     163,109     43,824     8,479    52,303         3.1          32
  2015......     166,844     49,382     8,813    58,195         2.9          35
  2020......     169,154     56,296     8,920    65,216         2.6          39
  2025......     171,593     62,588     9,193    71,781         2.4          42
  2030......     175,341     67,357     9,225    76,582         2.3          44
  2035......     180,447     69,917     9,245    79,162         2.3          44
  2040......     186,094     70,304     9,448    79,752         2.3          43
  2045......     191,572     70,540     9,950    80,490         2.4          42
  2050......     196,990     71,536    10,320    81,856         2.4          42
  2055......     202,714     73,525    10,663    84,188         2.4          42
  2060......     208,843     75,740    10,862    86,602         2.4          41
  2065......     215,383     77,677    11,188    88,865         2.4          41
  2070......     222,031     79,632    11,614    91,246         2.4          41
High Cost:
  1996......     141,045     37,718     6,010    43,728         3.2          31
  1997......     140,015     38,080     6,403    44,483         3.1          32
  1998......     141,634     38,418     6,793    45,211         3.1          32
  1999......     142,220     38,765     7,201    45,966         3.1          32
  2000......     140,630     39,139     7,622    46,761         3.0          33
  2005......     147,810     41,429     9,790    51,219         2.9          35
  2010......     152,721     45,143    11,371    56,514         2.7          37
  2015......     155,325     51,240    12,512    63,752         2.4          41
  2020......     155,663     58,861    13,053    71,914         2.2          46
  2025......     155,006     66,050    13,638    79,688         1.9          51
  2030......     154,021     72,125    13,698    85,823         1.8          56
  2035......     153,242     76,292    13,645    89,937         1.7          59
  2040......     151,851     78,226    13,818    92,044         1.6          61
  2045......     149,653     79,623    14,404    94,027         1.6          63
  2050......     146,840     81,586    14,653    96,239         1.5          66
  2055......     143,561     84,355    14,713    99,068         1.4          69
  2060......     140,119     87,266    14,326   101,592         1.4          73
  2065......     136,703     89,413    13,967   103,380         1.3          76
  2070......     133,366     90,826    13,748   104,574         1.3          78
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1/ Workers who are paid at some time during the year for employment on which
OASDI taxes are due.
2/ Beneficiaries with monthly benefits in current-payment status as of June 30.
3/ Preliminary.
Note: The numbers of beneficiaries do not include certain uninsured persons, 
most of whom both attained age 72 before 1968 and have fewer than 3 quarters of
coverage, in which cases the costs are reimbursed by the general fund of the 
Treasury. The number of such uninsured persons was 1,283 as of June 30, 1995, 
and is estimated to be fewer than 500 by the turn of the century. Totals do not
necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.
      


 
 
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