Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2016

Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status

Disabled-Worker Families

Table 28. Number and average monthly family benefit, by selected family composition, December 1960–2016, selected years
Year Worker only Worker, spouse, and— Worker and aged spouse a
All Men Women 1 child 2 or more children
  Number (thousands)
1960 357 261 96 22 32 22
1965 714 481 232 54 109 30
1970 1,054 680 374 77 164 43
1975 1,750 1,080 671 137 250 66
1980 2,061 1,257 804 154 228 80
1981 -- -- -- -- -- --
1982 1,969 1,208 760 124 163 78
1983 1,961 1,215 746 85 143 80
1984 1,993 1,241 752 83 140 76
1985 2,039 1,267 772 84 140 76
1986 2,096 1,301 795 82 136 74
1987 2,154 1,338 816 79 132 74
1988 2,194 1,353 841 77 125 71
1989 2,262 1,390 872 75 120 67
1990 2,370 1,448 922 75 118 63
1991 2,523 1,529 994 76 119 61
1992 2,738 1,643 1,094 78 125 61
1993 2,935 1,743 1,192 78 127 59
1994 3,121 1,830 1,292 76 128 57
1995 3,305 1,909 1,396 75 124 55
1996 3,473 1,973 1,500 61 104 53
1997 3,593 2,006 1,588 57 91 53
1998 3,769 2,074 1,695 52 80 53
1999 3,924 2,131 1,793 49 72 52
2000 4,080 2,191 1,890 45 65 50
2001 4,292 2,282 2,010 43 60 51
2002 4,536 2,391 2,145 41 56 50
2003 4,832 2,532 2,301 40 55 53
2004 5,133 2,668 2,464 38 53 60
2005 5,423 2,797 2,626 36 51 67
2006 5,703 2,918 2,784 36 47 71
2007 5,975 3,042 2,933 33 43 72
2008 6,279 3,181 3,098 33 42 78
2009 6,396 3,261 3,135 31 40 76
2010 6,971 3,517 3,454 31 41 73
2011 7,054 3,581 3,472 31 42 87
2012 7,535 3,779 3,756 31 41 88
2013 7,657 3,824 3,832 30 40 85
2014 7,706 3,835 3,871 28 37 83
2015 7,703 3,818 3,885 26 34 80
2016 7,654 3,781 3,873 24 30 78
  Average monthly family benefit (dollars)
1960 87.90 91.90 76.90 184.70 192.20 135.50
1965 95.40 100.70 85.00 201.00 216.30 145.90
1970 128.10 136.30 113.10 264.10 273.20 199.20
1975 218.90 240.00 185.00 441.00 454.00 344.00
1980 355.40 396.20 291.70 727.00 746.10 573.00
1981 -- -- -- -- -- --
1982 424.40 474.20 344.70 847.40 858.20 690.70
1983 439.40 490.90 355.40 867.90 881.80 716.20
1984 454.00 507.60 365.70 881.50 885.50 740.40
1985 466.90 523.10 374.60 898.10 895.20 765.00
1986 470.70 527.80 377.40 896.90 888.30 773.30
1987 491.60 552.00 392.60 929.40 918.30 815.50
1988 512.20 576.10 409.50 960.20 938.40 855.40
1989 539.30 607.10 431.20 1,009.40 971.90 903.70
1990 570.40 642.80 456.80 1,062.10 1,016.00 960.80
1991 592.30 668.40 475.50 1,098.00 1,043.30 1,004.70
1992 609.50 688.70 490.70 1,122.10 1,057.40 1,045.00
1993 625.50 707.20 506.00 1,143.00 1,074.20 1,078.20
1994 646.20 731.80 525.00 1,177.60 1,100.00 1,118.60
1995 667.60 757.40 544.80 1,205.50 1,130.90 1,159.90
1996 690.60 785.30 566.00 1,245.90 1,148.50 1,200.60
1997 708.00 806.60 583.60 1,280.20 1,165.90 1,238.50
1998 720.00 820.20 597.40 1,300.40 1,189.40 1,261.90
1999 741.20 844.50 618.50 1,344.90 1,224.20 1,295.30
2000 773.60 880.70 649.40 1,394.20 1,274.30 1,355.50
2001 801.20 911.00 676.60 1,440.70 1,317.90 1,405.70
2002 820.50 931.90 696.40 1,468.10 1,352.50 1,449.20
2003 848.00 962.50 722.00 1,517.70 1,409.60 1,497.50
2004 880.20 998.00 752.50 1,572.90 1,463.30 1,566.50
2005 923.20 1,045.60 792.80 1,652.00 1,540.90 1,668.50
2006 961.10 1,089.10 827.00 1,722.20 1,599.90 1,743.80
2007 987.40 1,116.90 853.10 1,775.80 1,655.60 1,796.60
2008 1,045.20 1,179.70 907.20 1,879.20 1,752.60 1,911.80
2009 1,058.40 1,187.80 923.80 1,908.80 1,778.40 1,953.50
2010 1,049.70 1,178.10 918.80 1,906.30 1,787.00 1,960.70
2011 1,104.77 1,233.93 971.56 1,972.65 1,842.37 2,014.12
2012 1,111.78 1,242.00 980.77 2,007.33 1,880.52 2,051.01
2013 1,128.22 1,257.28 999.44 2,035.60 1,908.76 2,074.92
2014 1,147.48 1,275.98 1,020.16 2,066.82 1,946.53 2,103.50
2015 1,148.40 1,274.67 1,024.31 2,073.09 1,952.35 2,102.32
2016 1,154.08 1,279.28 1,031.84 2,088.26 1,968.02 2,108.90
SOURCES: Social Security Administration. For years before 2001, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, based on the Master Beneficiary Record (from 1960 through 1984, various sampling rates; from 1985 through 2000, 10 percent sample); beginning with 2001, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account.
In previous editions of this publication, data for 2001–2010 included beneficiaries whose benefits were being withheld, but this data was unavailable for 2011–2015. Starting with this edition, we excluded these beneficiaries completely so data across all years match.
-- = not available.
a. Spouse's entitlement based on age.
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Table 29. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, December 2016
Family composition Number of families Number of beneficiaries Average primary insurance amount (dollars) Average monthly family benefit (dollars) Percentage of families receiving maximum family benefit a
Worker only  
Men 3,781,182 3,781,182 1,284.64 1,279.28 12.5
Women 3,872,658 3,872,658 1,034.72 1,031.84 22.9
Worker with children  
By sex of worker  
Men 604,517 1,531,545 1,323.32 1,929.24 93.2
Women 415,474 1,031,823 1,139.64 1,609.47 95.5
By number of children  
1 child 649,321 1,298,642 1,258.37 1,802.65 94.5
2 children 260,731 782,193 1,246.95 1,812.07 93.2
3 or more children 109,939 482,533 1,193.91 1,746.38 94.3
Worker with—  
Spouse aged 62 or older b 78,490 157,284 1,736.22 2,108.90 8.5
Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children 2,526 8,106 1,566.22 2,525.03 53.7
Spouse and 1 child 21,823 65,470 1,395.85 2,048.06 94.2
Spouse and 2 children 17,210 68,841 1,351.94 1,986.79 95.2
Spouse and 3 or more children 12,613 70,155 1,305.39 1,921.05 95.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account.
a. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount.
b. If the spouse is also entitled to a retired-worker benefit, only the benefit amount received as a spouse is included.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
Table 30. Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, December 2016
Family composition Total, all ages Under 30 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–FRA
  Number
Worker only 7,653,840 134,412 189,008 253,530 343,440 621,476 1,180,838 2,012,934 2,918,202
Worker with—  
Spouse  
Aged 62 or older a 78,490 (X) (X) (X) 34 234 1,392 7,767 69,057
Child in care 54,172 742 3,353 6,533 8,100 9,335 9,138 8,291 8,680
Children  
1 child 649,321 8,838 28,321 60,552 97,500 130,353 133,077 110,245 80,435
2 children 260,731 4,807 22,119 50,372 57,282 52,907 37,002 22,876 13,366
3 or more children 109,939 2,570 14,551 30,144 24,871 17,523 10,291 6,283 3,706
Families receiving maximum benefit b 2,379,420 105,383 162,774 248,879 289,920 346,680 392,994 416,203 416,587
  Percent
Worker only 100.0 1.8 2.5 3.3 4.5 8.1 15.4 26.3 38.1
Worker with—  
Spouse  
Aged 62 or older a 100.0 (X) (X) (X) (L) 0.3 1.8 9.9 88.0
Child in care 100.0 1.4 6.2 12.1 15.0 17.2 16.9 15.3 16.0
Children  
1 child 100.0 1.4 4.4 9.3 15.0 20.1 20.5 17.0 12.4
2 children 100.0 1.8 8.5 19.3 22.0 20.3 14.2 8.8 5.1
3 or more children 100.0 2.3 13.2 27.4 22.6 15.9 9.4 5.7 3.4
Families receiving maximum benefit b 100.0 4.4 6.8 10.5 12.2 14.6 16.5 17.5 17.5
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account.
FRA = full retirement age; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. Includes spouses aged 62 or older with children.
b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount.
CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.