Annual Statistical Supplement, 2007 - Summary of OASDI Benefits in Current-Payment Status (5.A)

Table 5.A1 Number and average monthly benefit, by type of benefit and race, December 2006
Type of benefit	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Type of benefit	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total, OASDI	49,122,624	955.50	40,554,883	989.70	5,045,907	813.30	3,361,291	765.10
OASI ^d	40,510,508	981.60	34,592,341	1,009.50	3,542,522	838.10	2,287,754	785.70
Retirement benefits	33,944,682	998.40	29,736,351	1,019.40	2,771,817	883.40	1,371,860	779.00
Retired workers	30,976,143	1,044.40	27,167,053	1,065.20	2,556,928	920.30	1,194,328	842.30
Spouses of retired workers	2,478,599	517.60	2,215,657	533.10	116,900	431.30	139,969	348.00
Children of retired workers	489,940	518.10	353,641	549.90	97,989	460.90	37,563	369.90
Survivor benefits	6,565,824	894.80	4,855,988	948.70	770,705	675.00	915,894	795.70
Children of deceased workers	1,898,862	683.70	1,138,849	740.40	377,157	571.30	373,322	624.70
Widowed mothers and fathers	171,453	756.60	110,485	813.20	23,013	651.80	37,163	653.90
Nondisabled widow(er)s	4,273,442	1,007.80	3,487,755	1,031.40	337,536	804.50	436,240	976.30
Disabled widow(er)s	220,178	630.70	117,928	640.50	32,802	550.20	68,476	653.40
Parents of deceased workers	1,889	892.20	971	918.30	197	858.20	693	865.80
DI	8,612,116	833.10	5,962,542	874.70	1,503,385	755.00	1,073,537	721.20
Disabled workers	6,806,918	977.70	4,785,617	1,014.80	1,146,498	908.30	812,320	874.60
Spouses of disabled workers	153,470	257.80	115,255	270.80	16,954	233.40	20,519	206.40
Children of disabled workers	1,651,728	290.40	1,061,670	309.00	339,933	264.20	240,698	247.60
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 160,543 persons of unknown race. In years prior to 1993, persons of unknown race were included with White.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
d. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A1.1 Number and average monthly benefit for retired workers, by sex, age, and race, December 2006
Age	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All retired workers
Total	30,976,143	1,044.40	27,167,053	1,065.20	2,556,928	920.30	1,194,328	842.30
62–64	2,840,334	937.70	2,446,765	956.00	248,388	872.50	144,273	740.40
62	711,159	911.70	604,587	930.30	63,194	860.20	42,882	726.50
63	1,017,097	927.90	878,064	945.30	89,782	862.80	49,050	736.70
64	1,112,078	963.40	964,114	982.00	95,412	889.90	52,341	755.40
65–69	8,098,996	1,092.30	6,930,263	1,117.10	743,320	985.80	420,724	873.70
65	1,371,603	1,046.80	1,172,052	1,068.60	122,549	958.30	75,888	853.00
66	1,779,436	1,121.90	1,516,221	1,148.20	165,917	1,012.50	96,415	898.00
67	1,700,124	1,105.70	1,450,787	1,131.40	158,543	996.30	89,824	885.80
68	1,676,157	1,096.70	1,440,736	1,121.60	151,686	985.10	82,841	870.70
69	1,571,676	1,079.30	1,350,467	1,104.10	144,625	967.70	75,756	852.30
70–74	6,833,648	1,030.40	5,930,780	1,053.10	609,593	911.40	287,593	817.90
70	1,494,712	1,043.60	1,289,613	1,067.00	133,597	933.50	70,369	824.00
71	1,444,260	1,024.50	1,248,887	1,047.30	131,611	908.90	62,803	815.10
72	1,369,609	1,020.20	1,189,450	1,042.50	122,738	903.70	56,334	808.20
73	1,265,409	1,024.20	1,101,385	1,046.70	111,431	902.40	51,470	811.10
74	1,259,658	1,038.90	1,101,445	1,061.40	110,216	905.20	46,617	831.70
75–79	5,581,592	1,031.50	4,968,920	1,051.10	425,934	888.40	173,060	835.40
75	1,204,804	1,028.30	1,066,925	1,048.50	94,685	894.80	41,328	821.60
76	1,185,011	1,025.10	1,051,500	1,045.30	92,161	886.20	39,437	820.00
77	1,100,048	1,023.10	978,802	1,042.70	84,238	880.90	34,035	832.20
78	1,069,027	1,037.60	954,947	1,056.60	79,903	888.90	30,686	853.50
79	1,022,702	1,045.10	916,746	1,063.90	74,947	891.10	27,574	861.60
80–84	4,121,083	1,034.20	3,717,326	1,051.00	287,062	880.00	99,693	868.50
80	950,200	1,034.70	853,406	1,052.50	68,549	882.30	24,352	856.50
81	892,170	1,048.40	803,261	1,066.00	63,166	891.70	22,112	877.00
82	840,171	1,033.30	758,920	1,049.60	58,075	879.90	19,784	872.20
83	754,946	1,025.20	683,203	1,041.10	50,912	871.50	17,745	868.20
84	683,596	1,026.00	618,536	1,042.00	46,360	870.10	15,700	870.90
85–89	2,343,187	1,056.00	2,130,901	1,072.00	154,214	880.60	47,185	912.20
85	633,857	1,027.90	576,808	1,042.90	41,228	867.90	13,022	881.10
86	543,741	1,028.90	494,227	1,044.60	35,701	860.00	11,306	885.40
87	441,562	1,047.00	399,449	1,063.90	30,928	871.00	9,071	908.60
88	395,173	1,094.30	360,637	1,110.10	25,127	908.90	7,539	955.70
89	328,854	1,120.90	299,780	1,138.10	21,230	920.40	6,247	978.10
90–94	914,343	1,153.70	827,512	1,171.70	65,301	950.30	17,258	1,041.40
95 or older	242,960	1,038.30	214,586	1,062.70	23,116	829.40	4,542	934.90
	Men
Subtotal	15,869,182	1,177.50	13,976,312	1,205.90	1,199,588	1,002.40	668,905	903.50
62–64	1,424,421	1,108.00	1,223,471	1,142.00	125,908	947.40	74,592	822.00
62	350,184	1,083.00	297,496	1,117.90	31,681	934.10	20,766	813.20
63	510,867	1,095.40	439,297	1,128.50	45,423	936.50	26,056	815.90
64	563,370	1,134.80	486,678	1,169.00	48,804	966.20	27,770	834.20
65–69	4,357,395	1,263.30	3,740,099	1,302.40	371,586	1,079.50	243,717	946.50
65	714,085	1,226.10	610,629	1,264.20	61,884	1,046.50	41,178	931.90
66	961,090	1,301.40	821,533	1,343.40	82,725	1,108.50	56,387	975.50
67	920,973	1,277.00	788,520	1,317.20	79,272	1,091.90	52,770	957.70
68	908,330	1,263.00	783,706	1,300.80	75,527	1,080.10	48,711	940.00
69	852,917	1,237.20	735,711	1,274.20	72,178	1,060.30	44,671	917.00
70–74	3,678,192	1,164.70	3,209,827	1,196.30	298,061	991.60	167,490	870.60
70	806,120	1,187.20	698,380	1,221.50	65,847	1,018.70	41,484	879.30
71	778,500	1,159.60	676,616	1,191.70	64,683	990.40	36,746	870.00
72	738,490	1,150.80	644,833	1,181.80	60,019	982.50	33,067	858.50
73	680,583	1,153.10	596,134	1,183.80	54,092	979.70	29,724	860.80
74	674,499	1,170.40	593,864	1,200.60	53,420	981.70	26,469	883.70
75–79	2,943,712	1,149.60	2,643,362	1,173.80	198,557	962.70	95,280	884.80
75	644,927	1,151.50	575,719	1,177.50	44,980	968.60	23,187	872.90
76	632,738	1,144.90	566,020	1,170.40	43,666	960.60	21,992	867.00
77	581,258	1,137.60	521,994	1,161.20	39,204	955.60	18,677	878.40
78	557,649	1,155.30	502,815	1,178.20	36,697	963.20	16,581	905.00
79	527,140	1,160.40	476,814	1,182.60	34,010	965.10	14,843	915.20
80–84	2,027,845	1,125.20	1,843,958	1,144.00	123,598	943.80	53,375	909.10
80	482,565	1,138.80	437,381	1,159.40	30,575	949.10	12,971	902.90
81	443,076	1,153.20	402,476	1,173.20	27,606	964.20	11,554	925.30
82	411,044	1,124.60	374,139	1,143.00	24,876	943.80	10,662	914.10
83	365,961	1,102.50	333,438	1,120.00	21,584	929.40	9,682	902.30
84	325,199	1,092.90	296,524	1,109.90	18,957	921.60	8,506	898.10
85–89	1,037,519	1,108.90	952,025	1,124.20	57,343	931.30	24,144	937.20
85	295,781	1,082.80	271,528	1,097.60	16,196	913.90	6,979	908.60
86	247,551	1,068.10	227,103	1,082.80	13,679	898.80	5,812	901.30
87	193,894	1,090.60	176,983	1,106.40	11,533	917.60	4,625	927.80
88	166,273	1,158.50	153,026	1,173.80	8,878	970.40	3,734	986.40
89	134,020	1,206.80	123,385	1,222.70	7,057	1,007.90	2,994	1,026.90
90–94	332,844	1,279.00	304,039	1,296.10	19,221	1,066.20	8,107	1,112.40
95 or older	67,254	1,137.20	59,531	1,162.30	5,314	916.70	2,200	962.20
	Women
Subtotal	15,106,961	904.60	13,190,741	916.10	1,357,340	847.70	525,423	764.40
62–64	1,415,913	766.40	1,223,294	770.00	122,480	795.50	69,681	653.20
62	360,975	745.40	307,091	748.60	31,513	785.80	22,116	645.20
63	506,230	758.80	438,767	761.80	44,359	787.30	22,994	646.90
64	548,708	787.30	477,436	791.40	46,608	810.00	24,571	666.20
65–69	3,741,601	893.00	3,190,164	899.80	371,734	892.10	177,007	773.40
65	657,518	852.00	561,423	855.80	60,665	868.30	34,710	759.30
66	818,346	911.00	694,688	917.50	83,192	917.00	40,028	788.80
67	779,151	903.10	662,267	910.20	79,271	900.70	37,054	783.30
68	767,827	899.90	657,030	907.70	76,159	890.80	34,130	771.80
69	718,759	891.80	614,756	900.50	72,447	875.40	31,085	759.30
70–74	3,155,456	873.90	2,720,953	884.20	311,532	834.70	120,103	744.40
70	688,592	875.40	591,233	884.60	67,750	850.60	28,885	744.40
71	665,760	866.40	572,271	876.60	66,928	830.10	26,057	737.60
72	631,119	867.30	544,617	877.50	62,719	828.30	23,267	736.80
73	584,826	874.10	505,251	885.00	57,339	829.50	21,746	743.20
74	585,159	887.30	507,581	898.50	56,796	833.20	20,148	763.40
75–79	2,637,880	899.60	2,325,558	911.60	227,377	823.60	77,780	774.80
75	559,877	886.30	491,206	897.30	49,705	828.00	18,141	756.20
76	552,273	887.90	485,480	899.60	48,495	819.30	17,445	760.80
77	518,790	894.90	456,808	907.20	45,034	815.80	15,358	776.00
78	511,378	909.30	452,132	921.40	43,206	825.90	14,105	792.90
79	495,562	922.60	439,932	935.20	40,937	829.70	12,731	799.20
80–84	2,093,238	946.10	1,873,368	959.40	163,464	831.80	46,318	821.70
80	467,635	927.30	416,025	940.10	37,974	828.50	11,381	803.50
81	449,094	945.00	400,785	958.20	35,560	835.50	10,558	824.20
82	429,127	945.80	384,781	958.80	33,199	832.00	9,122	823.40
83	388,985	952.50	349,765	965.80	29,328	828.90	8,063	827.20
84	358,397	965.40	322,012	979.50	27,403	834.40	7,194	838.60
85–89	1,305,668	1,014.00	1,178,876	1,029.80	96,871	850.60	23,041	886.00
85	338,076	979.90	305,280	994.20	25,032	838.10	6,043	849.30
86	296,190	996.30	267,124	1,012.20	22,022	835.80	5,494	868.60
87	247,668	1,012.90	222,466	1,030.00	19,395	843.30	4,446	888.70
88	228,900	1,047.70	207,611	1,063.10	16,249	875.30	3,805	925.70
89	194,834	1,061.80	176,395	1,078.90	14,173	876.90	3,253	933.10
90–94	581,499	1,082.00	523,473	1,099.50	46,080	902.00	9,151	978.50
95 or older	175,706	1,000.50	155,055	1,024.50	17,802	803.30	2,342	909.20
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 57,834 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A1.2 Number and average monthly benefit for disabled workers, by sex, age, and race, December 2006
Age	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All disabled workers
Total	6,806,918	977.70	4,785,617	1,014.80	1,146,498	908.30	812,320	874.60
Under 20	1,052	399.90	668	398.10	156	401.80	211	396.70
20–24	50,043	525.80	30,693	529.00	9,533	512.80	8,502	534.10
20	2,407	439.60	1,528	444.20	460	424.60	372	437.80
21	5,356	470.30	3,363	471.30	1,017	456.00	865	485.50
22	9,298	502.00	5,754	504.40	1,742	485.70	1,562	514.50
23	13,982	532.40	8,563	535.50	2,686	523.80	2,348	534.80
24	19,000	559.20	11,485	564.70	3,628	544.70	3,355	566.00
25–29	152,645	639.70	93,080	654.90	30,423	618.00	24,521	633.30
25	23,475	588.40	14,192	596.00	4,538	572.20	4,005	595.20
26	27,663	611.50	16,760	621.20	5,518	598.40	4,493	612.40
27	31,680	640.10	19,315	656.40	6,406	612.70	4,988	636.70
28	33,489	657.20	20,465	673.30	6,690	634.60	5,341	648.90
29	36,338	678.00	22,348	699.30	7,271	651.00	5,694	658.90
30–34	222,689	724.80	139,202	748.70	41,395	700.90	36,499	689.00
30	37,972	692.20	23,430	713.70	7,237	670.30	6,255	665.20
31	40,476	707.90	25,131	731.80	7,513	681.10	6,709	676.50
32	43,601	724.10	27,226	748.90	8,148	702.60	7,088	684.60
33	47,280	734.70	29,699	759.00	8,675	711.10	7,766	695.40
34	53,360	752.70	33,716	776.60	9,822	728.30	8,681	713.70
35–39	371,383	795.80	243,257	820.40	66,085	758.30	55,550	755.30
35	61,967	765.70	40,081	789.20	11,160	738.70	9,578	721.70
36	70,243	783.40	45,843	808.00	12,427	748.30	10,621	743.20
37	73,829	795.70	48,509	819.30	12,903	759.50	11,079	757.40
38	79,062	807.50	52,034	831.30	14,004	767.20	11,701	771.10
39	86,282	816.90	56,790	843.50	15,591	771.10	12,571	774.40
40–44	612,789	852.20	416,833	881.10	109,265	789.30	79,412	804.70
40	96,041	828.00	63,590	854.70	17,579	778.80	13,469	786.40
41	108,887	838.50	73,101	866.60	19,606	780.60	14,728	795.10
42	126,497	850.30	86,127	879.20	22,753	789.40	16,144	800.40
43	135,112	860.30	93,082	889.70	23,604	791.40	17,001	810.00
44	146,252	872.50	100,933	901.80	25,723	801.10	18,070	825.10
45–49	907,839	916.10	623,866	948.00	161,714	841.70	113,927	859.90
45	160,298	888.20	110,909	917.20	28,184	817.40	19,568	841.70
46	170,298	899.90	117,359	931.80	30,118	824.10	21,149	845.60
47	182,528	914.80	125,233	947.60	32,665	838.00	22,972	858.00
48	191,319	929.00	131,111	961.50	34,242	854.10	24,353	870.50
49	203,396	940.50	139,254	973.80	36,505	866.70	25,885	877.10
50–54	1,176,128	986.50	807,841	1,020.10	209,745	921.30	148,963	905.30
50	214,654	955.50	146,482	989.60	38,812	885.00	27,557	884.10
51	224,436	972.00	153,498	1,006.30	40,492	902.90	28,558	896.20
52	237,304	986.70	163,037	1,020.80	42,326	922.10	30,083	902.60
53	244,575	999.90	168,533	1,033.00	43,297	938.70	30,750	914.20
54	255,159	1,012.30	176,291	1,044.70	44,818	952.00	32,015	925.80
55–59	1,516,025	1,057.30	1,071,378	1,087.70	253,892	1,000.90	178,560	962.20
55	268,033	1,028.70	185,161	1,059.80	47,417	972.50	33,350	943.60
56	280,312	1,043.20	193,905	1,074.70	49,489	989.40	34,560	950.70
57	301,880	1,055.00	211,503	1,085.40	51,832	1,001.50	35,919	960.70
58	319,170	1,068.40	226,711	1,097.40	52,657	1,014.40	37,164	974.90
59	346,630	1,082.50	254,098	1,111.00	52,497	1,023.20	37,567	978.00
	All disabled workers (cont.)
60–65	1,796,325	1,089.30	1,358,799	1,123.70	264,290	1,016.80	166,175	930.70
60	330,826	1,085.20	245,809	1,115.90	49,053	1,023.00	34,088	959.70
61	301,011	1,082.20	222,115	1,117.50	46,939	1,019.30	30,595	928.40
62	318,961	1,092.00	240,801	1,126.70	47,325	1,023.30	29,569	927.40
63	334,451	1,098.40	256,397	1,133.20	47,936	1,019.50	29,042	929.00
64	318,484	1,092.00	244,833	1,128.10	45,678	1,009.50	27,050	911.20
65	192,592	1,082.80	148,844	1,117.10	27,359	997.80	15,831	914.90
	Men
Subtotal	3,643,121	1,097.40	2,615,367	1,149.20	580,555	978.50	411,494	961.90
Under 20	611	407.00	395	402.20	84	386.40	122	423.10
20–24	29,420	535.30	18,167	540.30	5,346	517.60	5,106	542.60
20	1,425	443.30	917	453.30	257	411.50	221	439.00
21	3,185	479.50	2,011	483.20	564	457.10	541	489.20
22	5,505	509.80	3,452	512.50	954	487.30	957	525.90
23	8,315	541.70	5,120	546.00	1,518	530.20	1,426	545.00
24	10,990	571.30	6,667	579.60	2,053	552.40	1,961	575.30
25–29	84,002	653.30	51,273	671.50	16,093	623.00	13,923	647.60
25	13,390	600.70	8,130	609.60	2,497	583.30	2,312	606.60
26	15,575	624.00	9,440	636.40	2,989	603.50	2,625	625.20
27	17,430	655.10	10,660	674.30	3,377	619.60	2,831	653.20
28	18,253	671.80	11,176	692.30	3,498	637.70	2,999	662.20
29	19,354	694.40	11,867	719.80	3,732	654.40	3,156	677.40
30–34	115,225	745.80	71,821	775.10	20,555	709.50	19,726	708.70
30	20,128	709.40	12,483	736.30	3,601	673.10	3,443	681.40
31	21,068	725.70	12,977	754.10	3,761	685.60	3,704	696.10
32	22,533	745.90	14,156	776.30	4,031	711.20	3,711	702.00
33	24,094	756.80	15,031	786.30	4,326	720.40	4,102	718.40
34	27,402	778.50	17,174	808.30	4,836	743.90	4,766	734.80
35–39	193,448	824.90	125,706	855.60	33,532	775.60	30,387	779.10
35	31,914	791.70	20,422	822.00	5,610	753.40	5,221	740.30
36	36,242	810.00	23,453	841.00	6,229	761.50	5,753	765.10
37	38,641	822.50	25,314	851.30	6,458	776.50	6,090	779.00
38	41,354	838.00	26,834	868.40	7,257	783.20	6,469	800.10
39	45,297	850.30	29,683	882.30	7,978	794.70	6,854	800.40
40–44	322,471	897.10	218,654	932.50	56,433	816.50	43,163	844.00
40	50,618	863.80	33,265	896.10	9,048	803.60	7,487	815.70
41	57,139	876.50	38,153	910.40	10,161	804.10	7,992	827.90
42	66,449	894.90	44,948	930.40	11,808	817.70	8,845	839.70
43	71,193	907.70	49,025	943.50	12,177	817.60	9,167	855.00
44	77,072	926.50	53,263	962.70	13,239	832.60	9,672	872.70
45–49	481,242	987.60	334,053	1,028.50	83,932	881.60	58,480	924.50
45	84,643	945.50	58,673	983.00	14,616	849.30	10,383	890.30
46	90,410	963.00	62,767	1,002.70	15,523	859.10	11,133	903.80
47	96,545	987.30	66,960	1,028.60	16,860	879.20	11,815	923.40
48	101,790	1,005.00	70,624	1,046.40	17,904	897.90	12,346	939.20
49	107,854	1,025.20	75,029	1,068.60	19,029	911.40	12,803	956.80
50–54	619,122	1,094.20	436,677	1,138.70	106,686	982.70	70,480	1,002.00
50	113,197	1,046.40	78,641	1,090.80	20,146	935.60	13,443	967.30
51	118,391	1,071.30	83,080	1,115.70	20,721	959.80	13,545	985.60
52	125,025	1,093.80	88,275	1,138.80	21,504	982.00	14,159	998.70
53	128,585	1,115.00	91,280	1,158.30	21,939	1,004.90	14,293	1,021.40
54	133,924	1,135.30	95,401	1,179.40	22,376	1,025.40	15,040	1,032.40
	Men (cont.)
55–59	814,662	1,206.10	592,835	1,247.90	127,487	1,093.80	87,210	1,099.70
55	141,942	1,159.80	101,359	1,201.20	23,791	1,050.90	15,610	1,070.20
56	150,356	1,179.50	107,445	1,221.50	24,997	1,073.10	16,512	1,082.20
57	162,822	1,200.20	117,616	1,241.80	26,065	1,091.90	17,633	1,095.90
58	171,755	1,225.20	125,383	1,266.20	26,217	1,114.60	18,574	1,118.30
59	187,787	1,250.20	141,032	1,290.50	26,417	1,133.10	18,881	1,124.70
60–65	982,918	1,278.90	765,786	1,323.30	130,407	1,152.50	82,897	1,077.20
60	179,012	1,262.30	136,569	1,304.40	24,417	1,140.90	16,953	1,108.90
61	163,834	1,264.20	124,419	1,311.00	23,306	1,149.30	15,313	1,070.20
62	174,374	1,282.30	135,701	1,327.10	23,374	1,159.90	14,661	1,072.10
63	183,102	1,294.50	144,627	1,338.90	23,548	1,161.80	14,372	1,075.50
64	175,562	1,289.70	139,287	1,334.50	22,364	1,153.10	13,448	1,061.30
65	107,034	1,279.00	85,183	1,321.30	13,398	1,148.40	8,150	1,062.40
	Women
Subtotal	3,163,797	839.80	2,170,250	852.70	565,943	836.30	400,826	785.00
Under 20	441	390.00	273	392.10	72	419.80	89	360.60
20–24	20,623	512.40	12,526	512.70	4,187	506.60	3,396	521.40
20	982	434.20	611	430.60	203	441.10	151	436.00
21	2,171	457.00	1,352	453.60	453	454.50	324	479.20
22	3,793	490.70	2,302	492.30	788	483.80	605	496.40
23	5,667	518.90	3,443	520.00	1,168	515.40	922	519.00
24	8,010	542.60	4,818	544.10	1,575	534.80	1,394	552.90
25–29	68,643	623.10	41,807	634.40	14,330	612.50	10,598	614.50
25	10,085	572.20	6,062	577.80	2,041	558.70	1,693	579.70
26	12,088	595.30	7,320	601.50	2,529	592.30	1,868	594.50
27	14,250	621.80	8,655	634.30	3,029	605.10	2,157	615.00
28	15,236	639.70	9,289	650.40	3,192	631.10	2,342	631.80
29	16,984	659.40	10,481	676.10	3,539	647.40	2,538	636.00
30–34	107,464	702.30	67,381	720.60	20,840	692.50	16,773	665.90
30	17,844	672.90	10,947	687.90	3,636	667.50	2,812	645.30
31	19,408	688.60	12,154	707.90	3,752	676.60	3,005	652.40
32	21,068	700.90	13,070	719.20	4,117	694.20	3,377	665.40
33	23,186	711.80	14,668	731.00	4,349	702.00	3,664	669.70
34	25,958	725.50	16,542	743.60	4,986	713.10	3,915	688.00
35–39	177,935	764.20	117,551	782.80	32,553	740.40	25,163	726.50
35	30,053	738.10	19,659	755.10	5,550	723.80	4,357	699.40
36	34,001	755.00	22,390	773.40	6,198	735.00	4,868	717.30
37	35,188	766.20	23,195	784.40	6,445	742.50	4,989	730.90
38	37,708	774.00	25,200	791.80	6,747	750.10	5,232	735.20
39	40,985	780.10	27,107	801.00	7,613	746.30	5,717	743.30
40–44	290,318	802.40	198,179	824.30	52,832	760.30	36,249	757.90
40	45,423	788.10	30,325	809.40	8,531	752.40	5,982	749.60
41	51,748	796.70	34,948	818.70	9,445	755.40	6,736	756.20
42	60,048	800.90	41,179	823.20	10,945	758.90	7,299	752.80
43	63,919	807.50	44,057	829.90	11,427	763.50	7,834	757.40
44	69,180	812.40	47,670	833.80	12,484	767.70	8,398	770.30
45–49	426,597	835.30	289,813	855.30	77,782	798.70	55,447	791.90
45	75,655	824.00	52,236	843.30	13,568	782.90	9,185	786.80
46	79,888	828.40	54,592	850.40	14,595	787.00	10,016	781.00
47	85,983	833.30	58,273	854.50	15,805	793.90	11,157	788.70
48	89,529	842.70	60,487	862.50	16,338	806.10	12,007	799.90
49	95,542	845.00	64,225	863.10	17,476	818.00	13,082	799.10
	Women (cont.)
50–54	557,006	866.70	371,164	880.60	103,059	857.80	78,483	818.50
50	101,457	854.00	67,841	872.30	18,666	830.50	14,114	804.80
51	106,045	861.10	70,418	877.30	19,771	843.20	15,013	815.60
52	112,279	867.50	74,762	881.40	20,822	860.20	15,924	817.10
53	115,990	872.20	77,253	884.80	21,358	870.60	16,457	821.10
54	121,235	876.40	80,890	885.90	22,442	878.90	16,975	831.40
55–59	701,363	884.40	478,543	889.20	126,405	907.20	91,350	830.80
55	126,091	881.10	83,802	888.90	23,626	893.50	17,740	832.20
56	129,956	885.50	86,460	892.30	24,492	903.90	18,048	830.40
57	139,058	885.10	93,887	889.50	25,767	910.10	18,286	830.30
58	147,415	885.80	101,328	888.50	26,440	915.00	18,590	831.60
59	158,843	884.10	113,066	887.20	26,080	911.90	18,686	829.70
60–65	813,407	860.20	593,013	865.80	133,883	884.70	83,278	784.80
60	151,814	876.40	109,240	880.20	24,636	906.10	17,135	812.00
61	137,177	864.70	97,696	871.20	23,633	891.10	15,282	786.30
62	144,587	862.60	105,100	867.90	23,951	890.00	14,908	785.10
63	151,349	861.10	111,770	867.00	24,388	882.20	14,670	785.50
64	142,922	849.00	105,546	855.80	23,314	871.70	13,602	762.80
65	85,558	837.20	63,661	843.80	13,961	853.30	7,681	758.40
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 62,483 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A1.3 Number and average monthly benefit for spouses, by marital status, basis of entitlement, age, and race, December 2006
Basis of entitlement and age	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Basis of entitlement and age	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All spouses
Total	2,632,069	502.40	2,330,912	520.10	133,854	406.20	160,488	329.90
	Wives
Subtotal	2,585,092	506.30	2,303,622	522.70	128,100	409.60	146,803	336.80
Entitlement based on care of children	125,719	288.30	89,888	312.20	16,332	259.50	18,916	202.50
Under 35	16,025	161.40	11,063	171.90	2,083	143.80	2,770	134.90
35–39	18,358	196.00	12,673	210.40	2,286	177.90	3,306	154.50
40–44	24,233	244.80	16,870	262.50	3,186	228.40	4,051	186.80
45–49	24,576	298.30	17,225	321.50	3,393	275.10	3,845	217.40
50–54	18,766	352.00	13,559	378.50	2,565	319.70	2,564	247.80
55–59	12,618	397.80	9,524	422.20	1,578	360.70	1,479	283.60
60–61	4,612	444.70	3,620	467.00	557	379.30	421	343.10
62–64	6,531	477.00	5,354	501.60	684	395.30	480	323.10
Entitlement based on age	2,459,373	517.50	2,213,734	531.30	111,768	431.50	127,887	356.70
62–64	274,271	455.10	238,622	472.20	13,956	376.90	21,234	315.00
62	64,922	439.80	56,200	455.20	3,415	371.50	5,140	316.90
63	97,101	448.70	84,621	465.60	4,868	371.00	7,468	309.40
64	112,248	469.50	97,801	487.70	5,673	385.40	8,626	318.70
65–69	651,922	520.80	570,091	539.90	34,368	434.30	46,625	352.30
65	129,555	498.20	112,756	517.10	7,017	407.70	9,591	343.50
66	133,789	517.80	116,355	537.80	7,139	429.30	10,142	352.60
67	130,716	524.80	114,053	544.70	6,888	437.30	9,615	353.20
68	129,860	531.60	114,161	550.10	6,744	447.50	8,806	358.20
69	128,002	531.50	112,766	549.70	6,580	451.70	8,471	355.00
70–74	597,788	524.90	536,213	539.30	29,010	443.60	31,341	359.80
70	124,678	525.90	110,472	542.70	6,269	446.90	7,722	353.30
71	124,082	525.10	110,620	540.40	6,318	443.40	6,927	359.10
72	120,672	525.10	108,356	539.00	5,836	445.50	6,218	363.60
73	113,810	524.70	102,663	538.20	5,409	438.60	5,499	361.80
74	114,546	523.90	104,102	535.80	5,178	442.90	4,975	363.80
75–79	497,837	525.60	459,400	535.20	19,544	439.50	17,290	377.80
75	111,243	526.40	102,080	537.20	4,554	440.30	4,287	366.20
76	108,672	526.10	100,047	536.30	4,270	443.40	4,022	369.30
77	99,106	525.90	91,528	535.50	3,847	436.90	3,419	379.70
78	92,568	524.90	85,724	533.80	3,577	433.70	2,953	386.70
79	86,248	524.30	80,021	532.10	3,296	442.80	2,609	397.10
80–84	302,256	522.50	282,289	529.30	10,496	437.60	8,228	402.00
85–89	112,717	546.80	106,072	552.60	3,522	452.60	2,614	430.80
90–94	20,706	589.30	19,346	597.20	753	454.80	508	469.70
95 or older	1,876	573.00	1,701	587.10	119	421.00	47	433.00
	Husbands
Subtotal	46,977	288.90	27,290	297.00	5,754	331.90	13,685	255.40
Under 62	1,793	170.90	1,186	174.60	219	177.40	375	156.10
62–64	2,387	244.70	1,545	249.40	348	253.00	479	225.60
65–69	10,756	307.20	6,587	307.60	1,374	367.00	2,757	277.30
70–74	12,492	302.00	6,869	312.00	1,476	361.80	4,115	264.80
75–79	10,282	287.20	5,622	304.30	1,258	325.20	3,349	245.00
80–84	5,994	282.50	3,484	295.10	694	305.50	1,768	249.40
85–89	2,338	288.50	1,383	299.50	283	326.10	634	247.50
90 or older	935	302.70	614	312.80	102	305.40	208	273.50
	Spouses of retired workers
Total	2,478,599	517.60	2,215,657	533.00	116,900	431.30	139,969	348.00
	Wives
Subtotal	2,436,525	521.40	2,191,476	535.50	111,946	434.90	127,249	356.80
By basis of entitlement
Care of children	44,597	440.20	34,458	465.40	5,530	393.80	4,539	307.90
Under 35	1,396	372.40	1,074	391.20	174	338.80	144	273.50
35–39	2,659	377.50	1,998	400.00	354	329.10	302	287.80
40–44	5,642	392.80	4,190	417.00	794	359.20	657	279.10
45–49	8,607	423.30	6,486	446.60	1,184	395.50	920	297.80
50–54	9,271	444.40	7,100	470.60	1,180	402.00	976	307.60
55–59	7,831	459.90	6,087	485.00	908	421.70	827	319.40
60–61	3,510	482.00	2,799	503.60	391	416.30	312	371.60
62–64	5,681	499.10	4,724	522.70	545	419.60	401	332.90
Age	2,391,928	522.90	2,157,018	536.60	106,416	437.10	122,710	358.60
62–64	234,432	479.70	204,285	498.90	11,375	396.90	18,409	319.00
62	51,330	474.30	44,472	492.70	2,572	398.70	4,150	324.80
63	82,206	474.40	71,734	493.70	3,887	392.50	6,475	312.00
64	100,896	486.70	88,079	506.20	4,916	399.50	7,784	321.80
65–69	630,502	526.90	552,593	546.20	32,289	440.20	44,857	353.30
65	121,681	508.70	106,193	528.10	6,316	416.10	9,007	346.00
66	128,564	525.20	112,080	545.50	6,637	436.40	9,717	353.40
67	127,046	529.90	111,088	550.00	6,516	442.30	9,299	353.70
68	127,214	535.50	112,049	554.00	6,459	451.60	8,564	359.40
69	125,997	534.30	111,183	552.50	6,361	454.50	8,270	354.40
70–74	593,077	526.20	532,475	540.50	28,494	445.10	30,908	359.80
70	123,193	527.90	109,297	544.70	6,119	449.40	7,568	352.70
71	122,853	526.70	109,649	542.00	6,181	444.70	6,817	359.80
72	119,827	526.20	107,691	540.10	5,737	447.00	6,142	363.30
73	113,182	525.50	102,168	539.00	5,329	439.80	5,448	361.60
74	114,022	524.60	103,670	536.50	5,128	443.90	4,933	364.30
75–79	496,656	526.00	458,485	535.50	19,401	439.90	17,172	377.60
75	110,853	526.80	101,783	537.70	4,494	440.40	4,257	366.00
76	108,370	526.60	99,810	536.80	4,237	444.10	3,991	368.70
77	98,896	526.30	91,364	535.80	3,827	437.10	3,393	379.60
78	92,427	525.20	85,614	534.10	3,566	434.00	2,934	386.80
79	86,110	524.50	79,914	532.30	3,277	443.20	2,597	397.40
80–84	301,996	522.60	282,083	529.40	10,471	437.50	8,199	402.00
85–89	112,688	546.90	106,052	552.60	3,517	452.80	2,610	430.90
90–94	20,701	589.40	19,344	597.20	750	456.10	508	469.70
95 or older	1,876	573.00	1,701	587.10	119	421.00	47	433.00
By marital status
Nondivorced wives	2,303,955	521.90	2,078,878	536.00	98,371	433.60	121,388	354.40
Divorced wives	132,570	512.80	112,598	526.60	13,575	444.70	5,861	407.80
	Husbands
Subtotal	42,074	298.30	24,181	308.70	4,954	348.50	12,720	259.70
	Spouses of disabled workers
Total	153,470	257.80	115,255	270.80	16,954	233.40	20,519	206.40
	Wives
Subtotal	148,567	259.40	112,146	272.60	16,154	233.70	19,554	206.80
By basis of entitlement
Care of children	81,122	204.70	55,430	217.00	10,802	190.80	14,377	169.30
Under 35	14,629	141.30	9,989	148.30	1,909	126.00	2,626	127.30
35–39	15,699	165.30	10,675	174.90	1,932	150.20	3,004	141.10
40–44	18,591	199.90	12,680	211.40	2,392	185.00	3,394	168.90
45–49	15,969	230.90	10,739	245.90	2,209	210.60	2,925	192.10
50–54	9,495	261.70	6,459	277.30	1,385	249.60	1,588	211.00
55–59	4,787	296.30	3,437	311.00	670	278.00	652	238.10
60–61	1,102	326.00	821	342.40	166	292.10	109	261.70
62–64	850	329.00	630	342.90	139	300.10	79	273.10
Age	67,445	325.20	56,716	327.00	5,352	320.30	5,177	310.90
62–64	39,839	310.40	34,337	313.80	2,581	288.90	2,825	288.80
62	13,592	309.40	11,728	313.20	843	288.20	990	284.00
63	14,895	306.80	12,887	309.60	981	285.90	993	291.80
64	11,352	316.30	9,722	320.10	757	293.40	842	290.80
65–69	21,420	341.00	17,498	342.30	2,079	342.80	1,768	327.40
65	7,874	336.30	6,563	339.80	701	331.80	584	304.70
66	5,225	336.30	4,275	336.50	502	335.30	425	332.90
67	3,670	347.50	2,965	348.90	372	348.30	316	337.70
68	2,646	343.80	2,112	345.30	285	354.70	242	317.30
69	2,005	356.30	1,583	351.60	219	370.00	201	378.20
70–74	4,711	363.10	3,738	364.30	516	360.20	433	358.40
70	1,485	363.10	1,175	362.50	150	345.90	154	383.00
71	1,229	356.60	971	358.30	137	386.10	110	315.50
72	845	370.10	665	370.90	99	355.90	76	386.20
73	628	371.90	495	372.50	80	357.30	51	381.50
74	524	356.20	432	362.60	50	345.10	42	302.50
75 or older	1,475	375.30	1,143	369.20	176	397.80	151	394.30
By marital status
Nondivorced wives	141,536	257.40	106,557	271.40	15,312	228.60	18,973	204.20
Divorced wives	7,031	299.90	5,589	296.90	842	325.90	581	289.80
	Husbands
Subtotal	4,903	208.40	3,109	206.10	800	228.70	965	198.60
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 6,815 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A1.4 Number and average monthly benefit for children, by type of benefit, age, and race, December 2006
Age	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All children
Total	4,040,530	502.80	2,554,160	534.70	815,079	430.00	651,583	470.70
Under age 18	3,133,398	464.40	1,896,195	491.80	653,384	400.40	567,564	447.70
Under 1	11,093	317.30	6,547	321.10	2,240	270.60	2,220	356.30
1	26,132	336.30	15,162	346.30	5,564	289.70	5,233	360.80
2	37,893	355.10	22,028	369.70	7,799	299.50	7,824	373.60
3	51,368	372.80	29,890	390.50	10,575	314.30	10,609	384.50
4	65,133	381.60	38,008	400.80	13,473	321.60	13,333	391.60
5	82,413	389.90	48,219	410.80	17,126	327.30	16,672	397.60
6	99,910	398.30	58,813	418.10	20,860	339.00	19,798	405.60
7	117,085	408.90	69,511	429.40	23,961	347.10	23,119	414.60
8	137,664	414.10	82,276	436.80	28,552	353.70	26,312	412.00
9	156,465	424.60	93,812	448.40	32,214	362.30	29,856	419.60
10	178,324	433.20	108,328	457.30	36,486	375.20	32,820	421.00
11	202,758	442.80	123,209	467.30	41,384	383.00	37,399	430.30
12	234,427	452.30	141,657	477.60	49,191	393.50	42,533	438.00
13	268,834	461.40	162,007	488.40	57,619	401.90	47,894	442.80
14	306,899	474.70	186,150	503.00	65,035	412.20	54,016	453.10
15	348,708	489.70	212,647	518.90	73,423	424.90	60,548	466.30
16	389,062	522.40	239,028	554.60	80,890	449.10	66,757	495.80
17	419,230	537.40	258,903	569.80	86,992	462.90	70,621	509.90
Disabled adult children	776,596	642.40	575,346	662.80	133,567	557.30	65,101	638.30
18–19	13,130	522.50	8,163	540.20	2,792	460.40	2,072	540.10
20–24	66,041	544.60	39,447	559.20	14,944	487.20	11,202	570.80
25–29	65,483	589.80	41,159	607.10	14,999	538.10	8,884	596.10
30–34	69,143	620.60	46,509	637.20	14,532	568.90	7,703	617.40
35–39	85,162	649.60	61,230	666.00	15,925	585.20	7,719	654.10
40–44	107,121	664.40	79,101	683.60	19,500	584.30	8,253	670.80
45–49	107,277	677.40	81,490	698.10	18,485	581.70	7,059	690.00
50–54	86,403	686.60	67,830	707.00	13,148	578.40	5,266	694.90
55–59	63,110	687.90	51,954	704.10	7,848	566.70	3,201	719.60
60–64	44,066	677.80	37,308	692.80	4,772	541.50	1,906	725.10
65–69	28,670	658.40	24,693	670.50	2,893	544.70	1,052	688.50
70–74	18,833	609.90	16,532	619.60	1,837	517.70	453	628.60
75–79	12,409	575.80	11,083	584.00	1,108	491.30	215	591.80
80 or older	9,748	538.80	8,847	547.00	784	455.30	116	478.20
Students, aged 18–19	130,536	595.70	82,619	626.60	28,128	511.10	18,918	585.30
18	121,787	596.70	77,902	627.40	25,535	510.30	17,542	584.50
19	8,749	582.80	4,717	613.70	2,593	519.40	1,376	595.70
	Children of retired workers
Subtotal	489,940	518.10	353,641	549.90	97,989	460.90	37,563	369.90
Under age 18	282,281	489.90	184,677	526.20	69,271	451.20	27,967	348.20
Under 1	533	444.70	331	473.90	151	439.10	51	272.00
1	1,311	451.40	809	477.20	321	462.90	180	315.30
2	1,913	445.80	1,249	468.70	439	436.50	224	337.70
3	2,839	450.60	1,827	478.10	687	439.80	322	319.50
4	3,731	446.30	2,397	470.20	915	433.30	414	338.50
5	5,027	446.80	3,202	470.00	1,284	440.70	533	323.70
6	6,275	452.70	4,088	478.30	1,554	438.70	626	323.60
7	7,790	451.10	5,044	479.20	1,971	428.40	765	325.30
8	9,498	445.10	6,081	472.80	2,481	424.20	921	320.40
9	11,622	450.80	7,544	479.40	2,918	429.70	1,143	316.00
10	14,031	458.10	9,022	490.20	3,624	431.50	1,367	318.50
11	16,869	459.70	10,840	491.40	4,331	436.90	1,675	314.90
12	20,685	462.60	13,242	495.70	5,398	436.60	2,019	317.30
13	24,658	468.70	15,697	501.90	6,515	442.00	2,415	327.20
14	29,746	477.80	19,425	514.00	7,349	438.80	2,928	336.90
15	35,352	488.60	23,226	524.50	8,550	449.30	3,527	349.10
16	42,158	533.10	27,935	576.20	10,011	475.10	4,152	385.00
17	48,243	545.90	32,718	587.50	10,772	486.40	4,705	395.10
	Children of retired workers (cont.)
Disabled adult children	192,122	554.40	157,944	572.80	25,291	480.90	8,525	435.50
18–19	2,028	510.70	1,454	537.60	437	452.80	133	412.70
20–24	11,234	524.20	8,094	552.30	2,324	470.50	796	400.30
25–29	14,959	539.50	11,169	563.30	2,656	481.80	1,105	440.50
30–34	21,174	550.90	16,803	571.10	2,916	489.80	1,418	442.90
35–39	32,128	571.90	26,733	591.00	3,707	489.80	1,640	451.90
40–44	42,010	571.20	35,184	588.50	5,200	495.40	1,572	438.80
45–49	35,702	558.90	30,189	575.40	4,407	478.80	1,036	427.90
50–54	19,928	539.20	17,087	553.00	2,273	463.90	519	421.50
55–59	8,868	527.80	7,755	538.70	887	452.50	200	435.40
60–64	2,981	518.20	2,565	531.70	322	429.00	72	411.70
65–69	817	508.70	667	529.00	119	411.60	29	453.10
70 or older	293	480.30	244	494.10	43	430.10	5	300.20
Students, aged 18–19	15,537	580.00	11,020	618.60	3,427	508.20	1,071	415.80
18	14,596	583.40	10,474	621.60	3,103	510.00	1,001	414.00
19	941	527.40	546	560.60	324	491.00	70	442.00
	Children of deceased workers
Subtotal	1,898,862	683.70	1,138,849	740.40	377,157	571.30	373,322	624.70
Under age 18	1,320,862	671.10	731,621	741.10	270,686	555.00	311,301	608.00
Under 1	2,184	593.50	914	667.40	388	456.80	869	576.00
1	6,839	600.70	3,231	669.50	1,391	488.50	2,197	570.20
2	11,874	598.70	5,824	670.80	2,287	485.70	3,717	556.60
3	17,467	613.40	8,786	690.00	3,306	495.00	5,316	560.90
4	23,457	618.80	11,918	696.20	4,543	503.70	6,938	561.70
5	30,722	624.90	15,970	700.30	5,921	504.60	8,764	569.50
6	38,241	630.60	19,980	703.40	7,569	519.00	10,617	573.70
7	46,014	638.40	24,458	709.50	9,011	521.20	12,457	584.10
8	54,956	640.50	29,724	712.70	10,942	523.20	14,180	580.90
9	63,301	648.50	34,441	720.60	12,511	528.90	16,219	588.20
10	72,912	651.90	40,542	722.50	14,568	533.90	17,605	587.80
11	85,231	655.00	47,476	724.00	17,061	536.00	20,468	594.60
12	99,581	661.70	55,192	731.00	20,525	546.10	23,476	600.70
13	116,272	663.40	64,575	732.70	24,559	549.70	26,535	601.30
14	134,369	672.20	74,946	743.50	28,350	555.20	30,193	606.40
15	154,177	682.70	86,837	750.40	32,392	568.10	33,781	619.80
16	174,128	704.20	98,736	771.50	36,171	586.10	37,791	642.60
17	189,137	714.30	108,071	779.00	39,191	597.40	40,178	655.40
Disabled adult children	512,596	708.00	369,054	731.80	92,237	610.60	49,615	711.00
18–19	5,844	686.40	3,198	740.10	1,250	590.70	1,350	648.10
20–24	30,385	685.00	15,313	732.20	7,134	603.40	7,705	666.60
25–29	32,293	712.70	17,901	752.50	8,222	638.60	5,899	694.80
30–34	35,391	727.50	20,976	764.60	8,892	650.10	5,250	709.00
35–39	45,146	736.60	28,921	770.10	10,492	645.20	5,527	737.30
40–44	62,008	736.70	41,749	773.30	13,563	626.40	6,501	733.00
45–49	71,204	737.90	51,084	771.50	13,948	615.30	5,999	736.40
50–54	66,454	730.90	50,731	759.00	10,866	602.60	4,747	724.80
55–59	54,236	714.10	44,194	733.10	6,960	581.30	3,001	738.50
60–64	41,085	689.40	34,743	704.70	4,450	549.70	1,834	737.40
65–69	27,853	662.80	24,026	674.40	2,774	550.40	1,023	695.20
70–74	18,631	611.40	16,365	621.00	1,808	518.90	448	632.30
75–79	12,350	576.30	11,034	584.40	1,098	492.60	215	591.80
80 or older	9,716	538.80	8,819	547.00	780	455.00	116	478.20
Students, aged 18–19	65,404	747.50	38,174	809.00	14,234	625.70	12,406	698.40
18	60,593	750.80	35,810	811.60	12,814	626.20	11,422	700.20
19	4,811	706.50	2,364	769.80	1,420	621.30	984	677.90
	Children of disabled workers
Subtotal	1,651,728	290.40	1,061,670	309.00	339,933	264.20	240,698	247.60
Under age 18	1,530,255	281.20	979,897	299.20	313,427	255.70	228,296	241.20
Under 1	8,376	237.20	5,302	251.80	1,701	213.20	1,300	212.70
1	17,982	227.40	11,122	242.90	3,852	203.50	2,856	202.60
2	24,106	227.90	14,955	244.20	5,073	203.70	3,883	200.60
3	31,062	230.30	19,277	245.60	6,582	210.40	4,971	200.10
4	37,945	228.60	23,693	245.10	8,015	205.70	5,981	198.00
5	46,664	229.00	29,047	245.00	9,921	206.90	7,375	198.60
6	55,394	231.80	34,745	246.90	11,737	209.70	8,555	202.90
7	63,281	236.90	40,009	251.90	12,979	213.80	9,897	208.00
8	73,210	240.10	46,471	255.60	15,129	219.50	11,211	205.70
9	81,542	247.10	51,827	263.10	16,785	226.40	12,494	210.20
10	91,381	254.90	58,764	269.20	18,294	237.70	13,848	219.10
11	100,658	260.20	64,893	275.40	19,992	240.90	15,256	222.50
12	114,161	267.80	73,223	283.40	23,268	248.90	17,038	228.10
13	127,904	276.20	81,735	292.80	26,545	255.30	18,944	235.60
14	142,784	288.10	91,779	304.30	29,336	267.30	20,895	247.90
15	159,179	303.00	102,584	321.60	32,481	275.60	23,240	260.90
16	172,776	336.60	112,357	358.70	34,708	298.80	24,814	290.70
17	181,850	351.10	118,114	373.50	37,029	313.80	25,738	303.70
Disabled adult children	71,878	410.10	48,348	429.60	16,039	371.10	6,961	368.90
18–19	5,258	345.00	3,511	359.20	1,105	316.10	589	321.40
20–24	24,422	379.30	16,040	397.60	5,486	343.00	2,701	347.50
25–29	18,231	413.10	12,089	432.50	4,121	373.80	1,880	378.10
30–34	12,578	437.20	8,730	458.20	2,724	388.30	1,035	391.50
35–39	7,888	468.00	5,576	486.20	1,726	425.30	552	422.10
40 or older	3,501	479.10	2,402	496.00	877	442.20	204	444.90
Students, aged 18–19	49,595	400.50	33,425	420.90	10,467	356.40	5,441	360.90
18	46,598	400.40	31,618	420.60	9,618	356.10	5,119	359.80
19	2,997	401.50	1,807	425.50	849	359.60	322	377.80
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 19,708 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A1.5 Number and average monthly benefit for widowed mothers and fathers, by age, sex, marital status, and race, December 2006
Age, sex, and marital status	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age, sex, and marital status	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All widowed mothers and fathers	171,453	756.60	110,485	813.20	23,013	651.80	37,163	653.90
	By age
Under 25	2,197	565.80	1,286	589.30	177	467.60	732	548.60
25–29	8,987	610.40	5,513	649.60	1,031	483.20	2,431	575.30
25	1,126	590.50	664	623.20	107	463.30	354	566.30
26	1,502	616.00	927	648.80	144	470.10	429	594.80
27	1,761	616.60	1,087	655.10	213	507.30	458	575.40
28	2,158	605.80	1,294	645.20	277	471.90	584	581.20
29	2,440	615.70	1,541	661.20	290	490.10	606	560.80
30–34	18,177	641.40	11,111	689.60	2,489	531.40	4,526	584.50
30	2,746	626.30	1,659	671.90	363	514.20	721	577.60
31	3,135	634.00	1,928	681.20	411	530.10	790	573.30
32	3,556	641.00	2,190	688.50	493	532.50	866	583.20
33	4,038	643.50	2,467	691.60	589	528.30	966	594.40
34	4,702	653.60	2,867	704.70	633	544.30	1,183	588.90
35–39	29,520	690.50	18,528	746.70	4,008	584.60	6,865	602.90
35	5,326	658.50	3,338	715.20	691	547.40	1,272	572.30
36	5,825	674.30	3,607	727.10	816	584.30	1,384	590.10
37	5,983	688.60	3,820	745.50	810	564.50	1,329	603.30
38	5,932	699.60	3,671	751.40	834	612.70	1,393	620.10
39	6,454	725.00	4,092	786.80	857	606.50	1,487	624.50
40–44	36,430	769.40	23,867	829.20	4,475	660.10	7,927	653.30
40	6,556	739.40	4,159	794.40	807	635.20	1,570	649.20
41	7,174	751.40	4,779	812.10	892	635.30	1,469	628.00
42	7,499	772.30	4,907	830.20	913	669.40	1,648	656.90
43	7,567	784.50	4,960	847.30	913	670.00	1,665	661.10
44	7,634	794.30	5,062	855.20	950	686.20	1,575	669.00
45–49	34,595	820.30	22,745	879.60	4,410	709.30	7,256	703.10
45	7,571	803.20	5,019	862.00	910	684.50	1,615	687.90
46	7,485	818.50	4,928	878.40	982	706.80	1,546	700.70
47	6,917	819.40	4,558	873.20	857	721.40	1,457	710.20
48	6,540	833.70	4,262	894.90	841	719.70	1,395	715.70
49	6,082	830.60	3,978	894.20	820	716.80	1,243	703.40
50–54	21,184	837.10	13,571	898.50	2,984	727.70	4,485	724.00
50	5,629	839.40	3,593	899.50	747	730.20	1,259	731.50
51	4,804	833.40	3,101	896.20	652	732.90	1,025	707.60
52	4,146	835.20	2,668	896.30	601	720.40	842	724.70
53	3,543	830.90	2,243	892.50	548	729.70	722	717.90
54	3,062	848.70	1,966	910.10	436	723.50	637	741.50
55–59	10,940	837.80	7,178	885.20	1,751	738.00	1,940	753.60
55	2,669	846.10	1,731	892.40	388	743.20	535	769.40
56	2,368	844.80	1,507	898.60	384	753.60	457	745.70
57	2,072	831.10	1,347	882.10	353	718.00	359	746.40
58	1,923	824.00	1,291	874.40	307	712.10	314	733.00
59	1,908	838.70	1,302	874.40	319	760.00	275	768.70
60–61	3,473	809.00	2,368	851.30	614	710.80	476	725.40
60	1,803	811.30	1,241	851.90	290	713.10	264	727.90
61	1,670	806.50	1,127	850.70	324	708.70	212	722.30
62 or older	5,950	812.00	4,318	845.90	1,074	717.90	525	729.90
	By sex and marital status
Women	160,770	763.20	103,842	821.40	21,373	652.50	34,797	658.40
Mothers	146,380	763.70	93,779	824.50	20,017	652.00	31,888	656.20
Surviving divorced mothers	14,390	757.70	10,063	793.00	1,356	660.60	2,909	682.20
Men	10,683	657.20	6,643	685.50	1,640	642.50	2,366	588.30
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 792 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A1.6 Number and average monthly benefit for nondisabled widow(er)s, by sex, age, marital status, and race, December 2006
Age, sex, and marital status	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age, sex, and marital status	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All nondisabled widow(er)s	4,273,442	1,007.80	3,487,755	1,031.40	337,536	804.50	436,240	976.30
	Women
Subtotal	4,225,561	1,009.80	3,463,191	1,032.80	332,124	804.70	418,471	982.20
	By age
60–61	112,335	993.10	31,963	1,061.40	4,680	841.90	75,598	973.80
60	47,658	1,002.90	13,030	1,069.10	1,832	863.00	32,750	984.50
61	64,677	986.00	18,933	1,056.10	2,848	828.40	42,848	965.70
62–64	304,057	1,019.40	131,076	1,062.30	17,029	859.10	155,655	1,001.00
62	86,149	1,009.40	27,834	1,069.90	3,904	854.40	54,317	989.80
63	105,017	1,025.10	38,112	1,079.50	4,899	870.10	61,904	1,004.10
64	112,891	1,021.60	65,130	1,049.00	8,226	854.70	39,434	1,011.60
65–69	596,316	1,032.90	444,922	1,047.00	56,039	836.60	94,235	1,084.50
65	126,635	1,001.80	82,429	1,011.30	11,165	799.60	32,812	1,047.20
66	119,045	1,063.50	85,661	1,067.70	10,954	857.10	22,220	1,150.60
67	117,138	1,053.30	87,958	1,061.50	11,048	853.20	17,924	1,139.20
68	117,750	1,032.50	92,107	1,047.00	11,240	838.70	14,174	1,094.00
69	115,748	1,015.10	96,767	1,046.10	11,632	835.10	7,105	893.80
70–74	604,146	998.30	513,052	1,028.90	61,647	815.60	27,637	845.70
70	111,082	1,001.50	93,318	1,032.80	11,585	827.00	5,863	856.20
71	116,801	995.70	98,675	1,027.60	12,083	808.80	5,717	846.90
72	122,955	1,000.50	104,482	1,030.10	12,712	822.70	5,422	849.50
73	121,408	997.50	103,506	1,027.80	12,224	811.90	5,277	840.70
74	131,900	996.80	113,071	1,026.50	13,043	808.20	5,358	834.10
75–79	767,613	1,001.50	673,796	1,027.30	66,625	802.20	24,685	841.90
75	137,919	1,002.20	120,038	1,029.40	12,527	807.00	4,908	840.70
76	151,271	1,005.00	131,894	1,032.70	13,553	804.80	5,302	835.60
77	152,982	1,004.20	134,325	1,030.50	13,294	802.90	4,873	840.10
78	159,038	999.90	140,405	1,024.60	13,330	801.00	4,809	838.10
79	166,403	996.80	147,134	1,020.60	13,921	796.00	4,793	856.00
80–84	819,838	996.80	734,890	1,018.40	61,294	786.30	20,924	854.50
80	166,130	993.90	147,605	1,016.60	13,355	795.90	4,625	846.30
81	164,920	995.30	147,142	1,018.00	12,870	787.40	4,395	848.30
82	168,655	992.80	151,307	1,014.10	12,507	782.30	4,275	852.30
83	162,349	998.00	146,358	1,018.90	11,506	777.80	3,909	861.00
84	157,784	1,004.30	142,478	1,024.60	11,056	786.70	3,720	867.70
85–89	617,256	1,031.80	563,226	1,051.50	39,186	787.00	12,652	894.60
85	156,616	1,015.60	142,508	1,034.60	10,238	790.10	3,311	881.80
86	142,613	1,026.90	129,935	1,046.70	9,125	786.40	3,036	883.50
87	118,061	1,033.00	107,257	1,054.00	7,931	788.60	2,450	900.60
88	107,549	1,045.40	98,645	1,065.00	6,417	783.60	2,119	903.20
89	92,417	1,049.50	84,881	1,068.60	5,475	783.30	1,736	919.80
90–94	298,192	1,018.00	273,896	1,037.00	18,048	759.30	5,382	868.40
95 or older	105,808	945.30	96,370	966.20	7,576	706.80	1,703	806.00
	By marital status
Widows	3,887,171	1,007.70	3,225,444	1,031.80	299,300	798.00	351,470	965.40
Surviving divorced wives (nondisabled)	338,390	1,034.20	237,747	1,047.30	32,824	865.90	67,001	1,070.60
	Men
Subtotal	47,881	829.10	24,564	832.40	5,412	791.50	17,769	837.10
60–61	8,376	765.50	2,902	775.30	398	767.70	5,071	759.60
62–64	15,441	911.60	6,552	930.70	1,115	900.40	7,757	896.80
65–69	10,723	944.70	6,112	951.80	1,485	879.20	3,096	962.30
70–74	3,930	757.40	2,502	781.20	801	770.50	605	649.00
75–79	3,414	692.20	2,246	717.90	670	703.30	482	558.10
80–84	2,763	640.00	1,919	659.60	456	621.10	371	564.90
85–89	1,735	613.00	1,179	630.70	289	615.20	250	537.70
90 or older	1,499	607.60	1,152	612.50	198	600.80	137	585.50
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 11,911 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A1.7 Number and average monthly benefit for disabled widow(er)s, by age, sex, marital status, and race, December 2006
Age, sex, and marital status	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age, sex, and marital status	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All disabled widow(er)s	220,178	630.70	117,928	640.50	32,802	550.20	68,476	653.40
	By age
50–54	28,571	630.20	9,582	614.40	3,477	536.00	15,363	662.30
50	2,607	614.20	741	583.70	293	518.70	1,559	647.20
51	4,125	615.00	1,232	590.90	483	524.00	2,388	647.40
52	5,875	633.10	1,910	605.50	657	526.60	3,275	671.60
53	7,130	630.30	2,258	613.70	841	524.30	3,994	662.90
54	8,834	639.90	3,441	634.90	1,203	558.30	4,147	668.50
55–59	79,169	634.60	36,983	639.10	11,073	553.10	30,749	659.40
55	10,681	636.30	4,619	637.40	1,463	558.40	4,549	660.90
56	12,628	630.70	5,556	646.10	1,878	548.40	5,130	645.50
57	15,376	635.30	7,114	638.80	2,245	560.60	5,935	660.60
58	18,364	638.00	8,703	639.20	2,574	557.00	7,022	667.10
59	22,120	632.50	10,991	636.40	2,913	544.10	8,113	659.70
60–65	112,438	628.10	71,363	644.70	18,252	551.10	22,364	639.20
60	22,603	633.60	11,894	640.30	2,977	553.70	7,635	655.30
61	20,565	626.10	11,712	642.70	3,150	545.80	5,630	637.90
62	21,430	628.90	13,449	644.20	3,507	553.30	4,386	643.50
63	21,629	628.90	14,930	648.30	3,669	550.80	2,941	629.50
64	20,348	624.10	15,018	646.90	3,823	552.30	1,411	578.10
65	5,863	621.10	4,360	643.10	1,126	549.60	361	584.10
	By sex and marital status
Women	212,063	637.40	114,437	647.00	31,365	554.00	65,342	661.70
Widows	181,965	636.30	97,236	647.00	27,281	551.10	56,747	659.80
Surviving divorced wives	30,098	643.80	17,201	646.70	4,084	572.90	8,595	674.20
Men	8,115	455.00	3,491	426.60	1,437	467.70	3,134	481.70
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 972 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A1.8 Number and average monthly benefit for parents, by age, sex, and race, December 2006
Age and sex	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age and sex	Number ^c	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All parents	1,889	892.20	971	918.30	197	858.20	693	865.80
	By age
62–69	154	952.70	51	1,001.30	20	996.10	83	912.50
70–74	236	874.00	75	910.90	33	894.90	123	844.10
75–79	344	918.90	160	982.60	39	827.10	137	875.40
80–84	415	897.60	215	933.90	30	910.20	164	846.20
85–89	366	915.80	212	927.40	40	894.10	111	901.80
90 or older	374	825.00	258	843.70	35	693.60	75	821.70
	By sex
Women	1,677	899.60	909	925.80	185	855.40	559	872.20
Men	212	833.70	62	808.90	12	900.60	134	838.90
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 28 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A3 Number and average monthly benefit, with reduction for early retirement, by type of benefit, sex, age, and race, December 2006
Age and type of benefit	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age and type of benefit	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	Retired workers
Total	22,597,344	978.20	20,042,666	994.90	1,751,137	873.20	768,809	786.80
62–64	2,838,893	937.70	2,445,575	956.00	248,220	872.50	144,192	740.40
62	710,952	911.70	604,421	930.30	63,167	860.20	42,869	726.50
63	1,016,393	927.80	877,497	945.20	89,686	862.70	49,010	736.60
64	1,111,548	963.30	963,657	981.90	95,367	889.90	52,313	755.40
65–69	6,084,092	1,035.30	5,276,006	1,056.30	519,576	946.00	287,264	813.00
65	1,229,725	1,018.60	1,059,209	1,040.10	106,178	939.30	63,923	794.70
66	1,307,547	1,056.40	1,127,123	1,079.10	113,243	969.00	66,926	824.80
67	1,234,136	1,043.00	1,068,600	1,064.30	106,256	951.80	59,034	823.00
68	1,208,407	1,036.50	1,054,447	1,056.60	100,910	942.50	52,884	816.20
69	1,104,277	1,018.90	966,627	1,038.10	92,989	922.80	44,497	804.50
70–74	4,593,789	955.00	4,059,816	972.10	377,891	850.90	153,549	764.10
70	1,031,502	978.50	906,667	996.80	84,652	881.50	39,886	770.20
71	971,341	952.90	856,046	970.20	81,451	848.90	33,542	764.80
72	901,493	939.70	797,254	956.30	74,556	837.20	29,159	750.90
73	840,046	941.50	744,318	958.10	68,646	835.60	26,461	754.80
74	849,407	958.60	755,531	974.80	68,586	845.80	24,501	779.10
75–79	3,824,675	951.30	3,455,341	966.00	268,016	828.70	91,232	769.80
75	816,289	945.90	734,035	960.90	58,901	834.10	22,187	757.10
76	808,689	944.60	729,026	959.40	57,522	827.10	20,865	761.30
77	753,940	943.50	680,941	958.10	52,986	821.60	17,684	767.20
78	735,689	959.10	666,464	973.60	50,532	830.00	15,956	784.50
79	710,068	965.50	644,875	980.10	48,075	830.60	14,540	788.40
80–84	2,858,549	958.20	2,610,767	971.40	183,058	819.50	53,947	804.60
80	654,741	955.40	595,876	969.30	43,471	819.80	12,836	788.80
81	627,056	972.80	571,640	986.70	40,792	833.40	12,210	811.50
82	581,107	956.70	531,385	969.70	36,983	818.40	10,619	806.70
83	522,298	950.10	478,384	962.70	32,376	810.40	9,651	808.30
84	473,347	953.20	433,482	966.00	29,436	811.10	8,631	811.50
85–89	1,616,066	981.20	1,485,906	994.10	97,276	820.30	26,258	853.10
85	438,917	955.40	403,872	967.60	26,178	808.50	7,166	818.20
86	372,827	957.60	342,756	970.10	22,397	803.00	6,163	828.90
87	304,690	974.00	278,865	987.60	19,431	810.50	5,091	856.10
88	274,306	1,015.50	252,937	1,028.20	15,934	847.20	4,273	891.40
89	225,326	1,038.30	207,476	1,052.40	13,336	854.70	3,565	914.50
90–94	621,330	1,034.60	567,394	1,049.60	41,894	858.60	9,814	923.40
95 or older	159,950	945.30	141,861	967.50	15,206	756.00	2,553	842.30
	Men
Subtotal	11,196,443	1,094.10	9,944,289	1,117.20	827,903	944.10	410,715	846.40
62–64	1,423,561	1,108.00	1,222,741	1,142.00	125,824	947.40	74,547	822.00
62	350,056	1,083.10	297,389	1,117.90	31,667	934.10	20,760	813.20
63	510,446	1,095.40	438,953	1,128.50	45,371	936.40	26,031	815.90
64	563,059	1,134.80	486,399	1,169.00	48,786	966.20	27,756	834.20
65–69	3,185,834	1,200.30	2,758,948	1,235.20	264,607	1,030.50	161,819	883.60
65	630,191	1,191.80	541,247	1,229.90	53,944	1,020.40	34,854	867.40
66	683,466	1,228.50	587,757	1,267.20	57,547	1,054.70	38,049	895.30
67	649,348	1,208.60	561,502	1,243.90	54,125	1,038.90	33,632	893.80
68	638,652	1,197.20	557,062	1,229.60	51,429	1,028.10	30,109	888.10
69	584,177	1,170.60	511,380	1,200.80	47,562	1,005.80	25,175	869.40
70–74	2,414,235	1,075.70	2,140,166	1,099.90	188,169	917.80	84,499	818.60
70	543,352	1,115.30	477,899	1,143.10	42,805	956.80	22,531	828.10
71	509,994	1,078.20	450,575	1,103.20	40,753	918.20	18,515	821.90
72	474,659	1,055.50	421,042	1,079.20	37,151	900.80	16,157	799.80
73	441,006	1,051.70	392,579	1,074.30	33,825	896.30	14,231	806.80
74	445,224	1,069.70	398,071	1,091.40	33,635	907.90	13,065	833.50
75–79	1,961,619	1,041.30	1,785,103	1,058.70	125,406	884.50	46,443	811.80
75	426,991	1,044.40	386,491	1,063.40	28,275	889.70	11,570	804.30
76	421,653	1,037.70	382,491	1,055.80	27,637	884.00	10,814	804.10
77	388,366	1,029.00	353,583	1,045.90	24,762	877.10	8,971	805.60
78	373,005	1,047.10	340,511	1,063.90	23,364	886.00	7,941	827.10
79	351,604	1,049.00	322,027	1,065.40	21,368	884.90	7,147	826.50
80–84	1,328,965	1,008.20	1,222,400	1,021.80	76,279	860.20	26,357	826.60
80	316,716	1,024.00	290,581	1,039.10	18,880	866.30	6,289	823.70
81	296,529	1,041.00	272,366	1,055.60	17,437	886.00	5,834	845.10
82	267,951	1,006.10	246,688	1,019.40	15,308	860.10	5,180	828.20
83	237,461	981.30	218,765	993.80	13,225	840.80	4,807	821.10
84	210,308	970.80	194,000	982.80	11,429	833.50	4,247	809.70
85–89	652,946	968.30	605,149	978.80	33,808	832.80	11,935	837.80
85	189,722	954.30	175,911	965.00	9,735	818.50	3,521	811.40
86	155,544	931.90	144,198	941.90	8,074	805.20	2,784	801.10
87	121,564	947.90	112,162	958.50	6,722	814.90	2,292	831.50
88	104,458	1,008.30	97,048	1,018.60	5,211	869.50	1,862	878.20
89	81,658	1,049.70	75,830	1,060.10	4,066	904.20	1,476	929.00
90–94	194,088	1,055.40	178,629	1,066.20	10,919	924.70	4,004	940.80
95 or older	35,195	925.40	31,153	941.40	2,891	786.70	1,111	842.40
	Women
Subtotal	11,400,901	864.40	10,098,377	874.60	923,234	809.50	358,094	718.40
62–64	1,415,332	766.40	1,222,834	770.00	122,396	795.50	69,645	653.10
62	360,896	745.50	307,032	748.60	31,500	785.80	22,109	645.20
63	505,947	758.80	438,544	761.80	44,315	787.20	22,979	646.80
64	548,489	787.30	477,258	791.30	46,581	810.00	24,557	666.20
65–69	2,898,258	853.90	2,517,058	860.10	254,969	858.30	125,445	721.90
65	599,534	836.60	517,962	841.90	52,234	855.60	29,069	707.60
66	624,081	868.00	539,366	874.10	55,696	880.40	28,877	731.90
67	584,788	859.20	507,098	865.50	52,131	861.40	25,402	729.30
68	569,755	856.30	497,385	862.90	49,481	853.50	22,775	721.10
69	520,100	848.50	455,247	855.30	45,427	835.90	19,322	719.90
70–74	2,179,554	821.30	1,919,650	829.50	189,722	784.60	69,050	697.50
70	488,150	826.20	428,768	833.60	41,847	804.50	17,355	694.90
71	461,347	814.40	405,471	822.40	40,698	779.50	15,027	694.50
72	426,834	810.90	376,212	818.80	37,405	773.90	13,002	690.20
73	399,040	819.60	351,739	828.30	34,821	776.70	12,230	694.30
74	404,183	836.20	357,460	845.00	34,951	786.20	11,436	717.00
75–79	1,863,056	856.60	1,670,238	867.00	142,610	779.70	44,789	726.20
75	389,298	837.80	347,544	846.90	30,626	782.70	10,617	705.60
76	387,036	843.10	346,535	853.00	29,885	774.60	10,051	715.20
77	365,574	852.60	327,358	863.20	28,224	772.90	8,713	727.70
78	362,684	868.60	325,953	879.30	27,168	781.70	8,015	742.30
79	358,464	883.60	322,848	895.00	26,707	787.10	7,393	751.60
80–84	1,529,584	914.70	1,388,367	927.10	106,779	790.40	27,590	783.60
80	338,025	891.20	305,295	903.00	24,591	784.00	6,547	755.40
81	330,527	911.60	299,274	923.90	23,355	794.10	6,376	780.70
82	313,156	914.40	284,697	926.60	21,675	788.90	5,439	786.30
83	284,837	924.10	259,619	936.50	19,151	789.50	4,844	795.60
84	263,039	939.20	239,482	952.30	18,007	797.00	4,384	813.30
85–89	963,120	989.90	880,757	1,004.60	63,468	813.70	14,323	865.70
85	249,195	956.30	227,961	969.50	16,443	802.60	3,645	824.80
86	217,283	976.00	198,558	990.70	14,323	801.80	3,379	851.80
87	183,126	991.30	166,703	1,007.10	12,709	808.20	2,799	876.30
88	169,848	1,020.00	155,889	1,034.10	10,723	836.40	2,411	901.70
89	143,668	1,031.80	131,646	1,047.90	9,270	833.00	2,089	904.30
90–94	427,242	1,025.10	388,765	1,042.00	30,975	835.30	5,810	911.50
95 or older	124,755	951.00	110,708	974.90	12,315	748.80	1,442	842.30
	Disabled workers
Total	50,229	1,177.20	40,107	1,221.50	7,028	1,078.60	3,071	827.00
62	3,198	1,199.30	2,555	1,245.60	439	1,086.30	202	869.40
63	12,166	1,184.30	9,711	1,228.90	1,677	1,082.90	774	845.70
64	19,531	1,169.30	15,576	1,213.70	2,754	1,075.90	1,193	806.90
65	15,334	1,177.10	12,265	1,220.60	2,158	1,077.30	902	828.00
	Men
Subtotal	30,048	1,360.00	24,512	1,415.80	3,685	1,212.50	1,843	916.60
62	1,909	1,391.20	1,558	1,445.70	230	1,233.50	119	1,002.10
63	7,315	1,358.60	5,953	1,416.10	892	1,208.40	469	917.40
64	11,642	1,354.80	9,504	1,411.00	1,446	1,204.70	691	898.10
65	9,182	1,361.20	7,497	1,415.40	1,117	1,221.60	564	920.50
	Women
Subtotal	20,181	905.10	15,595	916.30	3,343	931.10	1,228	692.50
62	1,289	915.20	997	933.00	209	924.30	83	679.20
63	4,851	921.40	3,758	932.50	785	940.20	305	735.40
64	7,889	895.50	6,072	905.00	1,308	933.40	502	681.40
65	6,152	902.40	4,768	914.30	1,041	922.50	338	673.70
	Spouses
Total	2,058,675	494.70	1,869,756	506.40	89,249	410.70	95,039	347.80
	Wives
Subtotal	2,044,341	496.30	1,860,194	507.60	87,307	413.00	92,273	350.80
By age
62–64	274,055	455.20	238,447	472.30	13,937	377.00	21,213	315.10
62	64,868	439.90	56,157	455.30	3,411	371.60	5,133	317.10
63	97,035	448.70	84,566	465.60	4,862	371.10	7,463	309.30
64	112,152	469.60	97,724	487.80	5,664	385.40	8,617	318.80
65–69	583,955	511.30	515,844	528.10	29,739	423.20	37,676	352.20
65	126,536	496.50	110,203	515.30	6,772	406.00	9,383	342.30
66	123,264	508.00	107,759	526.30	6,541	420.90	8,840	351.20
67	115,786	513.80	102,303	530.80	5,853	425.90	7,498	353.70
68	112,144	521.00	100,100	536.20	5,515	435.30	6,414	360.10
69	106,225	519.60	95,479	533.70	5,058	433.00	5,541	359.30
70–74	478,914	504.50	438,489	514.70	21,253	421.10	18,152	363.10
70	102,770	513.90	93,077	526.30	4,687	427.60	4,825	362.70
71	100,470	507.70	91,449	518.90	4,695	421.40	4,155	364.50
72	95,037	500.10	87,074	509.80	4,235	419.80	3,506	363.60
73	89,736	499.70	82,626	509.00	3,922	413.70	2,994	361.70
74	90,901	499.60	84,263	507.70	3,714	421.80	2,672	362.70
75–79	393,311	498.60	368,997	505.00	13,544	419.00	9,465	372.70
75	88,446	501.30	82,541	508.40	3,228	426.00	2,405	366.40
76	86,327	500.40	80,872	507.10	2,981	422.60	2,204	370.00
77	78,540	499.00	73,802	505.60	2,651	413.20	1,829	373.00
78	72,945	497.00	68,669	503.10	2,437	411.40	1,585	378.60
79	67,053	493.80	63,113	499.40	2,247	419.10	1,442	380.20
80–84	224,757	484.80	213,099	489.20	6,547	406.30	4,326	390.90
85–89	76,921	498.20	73,469	501.60	1,953	412.30	1,227	421.90
90–94	11,676	504.20	11,163	508.70	291	389.50	192	426.90
95 or older	752	463.50	686	474.00	43	326.70	22	390.00
By type of benefit
Wives of retired workers	1,982,878	501.80	1,808,151	513.00	82,659	419.00	87,686	353.50
Wives of disabled workers	61,463	316.90	52,043	319.40	4,648	306.10	4,587	299.50
	Husbands
Subtotal	14,334	272.80	9,562	273.60	1,942	305.10	2,766	248.60
	Nondisabled widow(er)s
Total	2,486,005	935.10	1,899,653	948.60	225,798	763.70	354,812	973.20
60–64	440,209	1,004.10	172,493	1,052.30	23,222	856.00	244,081	984.30
60	51,102	987.30	14,124	1,046.80	1,970	859.10	34,961	970.60
61	69,609	970.00	20,741	1,031.30	3,108	821.50	45,708	952.50
62	91,234	1,002.00	29,720	1,058.60	4,228	855.70	57,187	983.60
63	110,225	1,020.70	40,181	1,073.30	5,226	874.30	64,713	1,000.10
64	118,039	1,017.40	67,727	1,044.60	8,690	856.80	41,512	1,006.90
65–69	519,858	1,004.70	393,035	1,020.40	51,183	822.50	74,778	1,049.00
65	126,666	994.40	82,103	1,004.40	11,292	799.50	33,093	1,037.00
66	106,109	1,032.40	77,827	1,039.70	10,250	843.70	17,875	1,110.70
67	98,196	1,016.00	76,678	1,030.60	9,983	837.10	11,372	1,078.20
68	96,630	998.40	78,185	1,017.40	9,863	820.00	8,405	1,034.20
69	92,257	981.60	78,242	1,011.20	9,795	814.70	4,033	821.70
70–74	411,361	945.10	350,598	973.70	45,563	778.70	13,893	776.80
70	83,976	964.20	71,216	993.40	9,269	800.50	3,238	802.40
71	83,782	950.20	71,216	980.90	9,288	775.00	3,037	773.30
72	83,732	946.00	71,308	973.40	9,422	786.60	2,745	785.00
73	78,547	934.90	67,106	963.20	8,648	767.60	2,521	761.80
74	81,324	929.10	69,752	956.60	8,936	762.10	2,352	752.30
75–79	415,529	914.20	362,109	939.00	42,285	745.10	9,812	738.00
75	81,192	927.00	70,427	952.50	8,356	757.60	2,128	754.50
76	85,524	923.30	74,176	949.60	8,893	751.20	2,162	741.10
77	82,930	918.70	72,309	944.00	8,464	747.40	1,899	729.50
78	82,260	906.30	72,022	930.10	8,130	739.80	1,864	723.90
79	83,623	895.90	73,175	919.10	8,442	729.10	1,759	738.70
80–84	363,543	871.00	321,330	892.00	34,295	705.70	6,841	720.00
85–89	221,979	843.20	198,606	861.80	19,191	677.90	3,583	691.80
90–94	85,660	778.20	76,731	795.70	7,384	621.50	1,412	644.40
95 or older	27,866	760.50	24,751	776.90	2,675	626.60	412	642.30
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based.
a. Includes 34,732 persons of unknown race.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A4 Number and total monthly benefits, by trust fund and type of benefit, December 1940–2006, selected years
Year	OASDI			Retired workers	Disabled workers	Wives and husbands	Children	Widowed mothers and fathers	Widow(er)s	Parents	Special age-72 beneficiaries
Year	Total	OASI trust fund	DI trust fund	Retired workers	Disabled workers	Wives and husbands	Children	Widowed mothers and fathers	Widow(er)s	Parents	Special age-72 beneficiaries
	Number
1940	222,488	222,488	. . .	112,331	. . .	29,749	54,648	20,499	4,437	824	. . .
1945	1,288,107	1,288,107	. . .	518,234	. . .	159,168	390,134	120,581	93,781	6,209	. . .
1950	3,477,243	3,477,243	. . .	1,770,984	. . .	508,350	699,703	169,438	314,189	14,579	. . .
1955	7,960,616	7,960,616	. . .	4,473,971	. . .	1,191,963	1,276,240	291,916	701,360	25,166	. . .
1957	11,128,897	10,979,047	149,850	6,197,532	149,850	1,827,048	1,502,077	328,309	1,095,137	28,944	. . .
1960	14,844,589	14,157,138	687,451	8,061,469	455,371	2,345,983	2,000,451	401,358	1,543,843	36,114	. . .
1965	20,866,767	19,127,716	1,739,051	11,100,584	988,074	2,806,912	3,092,659	471,816	2,371,433	35,289	. . .
1966	22,767,252	20,796,930	1,970,322	11,658,443	1,097,190	2,860,026	3,392,970	487,755	2,602,015	34,540	634,313
1970	26,228,629	23,563,634	2,664,995	13,349,175	1,492,948	2,951,552	4,122,305	523,136	3,227,160	28,729	533,624
1975	32,084,511	27,732,311	4,352,200	16,588,001	2,488,774	3,320,310	4,972,008	581,845	3,888,705	21,444	223,424
1980	35,584,955	30,906,511	4,678,444	19,562,085	2,858,680	3,477,427	4,606,517	562,316	4,410,515	14,779	92,636
1985	37,058,317	33,151,003	3,907,314	22,431,930	2,656,638	3,374,599	3,319,490	371,659	4,862,805	9,541	31,655
1990	39,832,125	35,566,144	4,265,981	24,838,100	3,011,294	3,366,975	3,187,010	303,923	5,111,482	5,908	7,433
1991	40,592,173	36,079,133	4,513,040	25,288,719	3,194,938	3,370,454	3,268,252	300,661	5,158,383	5,467	5,299
1992	41,507,188	36,617,492	4,889,696	25,757,727	3,467,783	3,382,189	3,391,173	294,176	5,205,375	5,083	3,682
1993	42,245,719	36,992,153	5,253,566	26,104,305	3,725,966	3,367,206	3,527,483	289,350	5,224,279	4,673	2,457
1994	42,883,470	37,299,951	5,583,519	26,407,756	3,962,954	3,337,484	3,653,887	283,072	5,232,379	4,318	1,620
1995	43,387,259	37,529,603	5,857,656	26,672,806	4,185,263	3,289,551	3,734,097	275,020	5,225,519	3,976	1,027
1996	43,736,836	37,664,802	6,072,034	26,898,072	4,385,623	3,194,080	3,802,791	242,135	5,209,812	3,670	653
1997	43,971,086	37,818,047	6,153,039	27,274,572	4,508,134	3,129,129	3,771,774	230,222	5,053,442	3,419	394
1998	44,245,731	37,911,161	6,334,570	27,510,535	4,698,319	3,054,073	3,768,928	220,610	4,989,855	3,186	225
1999	44,595,624	38,071,894	6,523,730	27,774,677	4,879,455	2,987,307	3,794,795	212,401	4,943,915	2,931	143
2000	45,414,794	38,741,432	6,673,362	28,498,945	5,042,334	2,963,326	3,802,863	203,052	4,901,437	2,748	89
2001	45,877,506	38,964,263	6,913,243	28,836,774	5,274,183	2,898,861	3,839,381	197,375	4,828,327	2,564	41
2002	46,444,317	39,233,049	7,221,268	29,190,137	5,543,981	2,832,767	3,910,256	194,117	4,770,638	2,400	21
2003	47,038,486	39,443,034	7,595,452	29,531,611	5,873,673	2,772,577	3,960,909	190,252	4,707,215	2,238	21
2004	47,687,693	39,737,824	7,949,869	29,952,465	6,198,271	2,721,657	3,986,319	183,829	4,643,035	2,108	9
2005	48,434,281	40,128,579	8,305,702	30,460,836	6,518,989	2,680,259	4,024,815	178,396	4,568,991	1,992	3
2006	49,122,624	40,510,508	8,612,116	30,976,143	6,806,918	2,632,069	4,040,530	171,453	4,493,620	1,889	2
	Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars)
1940	4,070	4,070	. . .	2,539	. . .	361	668	402	90	11	. . .
1945	23,801	23,801	. . .	12,538	. . .	2,040	4,858	2,391	1,893	81	. . .
1950	126,857	126,857	. . .	77,678	. . .	11,995	19,366	5,801	11,481	535	. . .
1955	411,613	411,613	. . .	276,942	. . .	39,416	46,444	13,403	34,152	1,256	. . .
1957	605,455	594,552	10,904	400,250	10,904	62,802	57,952	16,102	55,944	1,501	. . .
1960	936,321	888,320	48,000	596,849	40,668	90,503	93,275	23,795	89,054	2,178	. . .
1965	1,516,802	1,395,817	120,986	931,532	96,599	120,796	159,428	30,882	174,883	2,683	. . .
1966	1,638,548	1,502,863	135,685	983,338	107,627	123,262	175,100	31,983	192,821	2,642	21,777
1970	2,628,326	2,385,926	242,400	1,576,551	196,010	175,323	279,845	45,258	328,245	2,965	24,128
1975	5,727,758	5,047,656	680,102	3,436,752	562,180	332,159	544,048	85,676	747,903	3,685	15,354
1980	10,682,791	9,422,206	1,260,585	6,678,216	1,059,792	569,528	864,242	138,426	1,358,836	4,080	9,672
1985	15,901,579	14,441,682	1,459,896	10,736,304	1,285,375	796,351	858,006	123,557	2,094,003	3,609	4,373
1990	21,686,763	19,716,655	1,970,108	14,966,531	1,768,313	1,004,852	991,628	124,340	2,827,012	2,849	1,238
1991	23,076,535	20,912,298	2,164,237	15,914,665	1,946,823	1,049,463	1,045,006	127,510	2,989,385	2,767	915
1992	24,442,156	22,033,164	2,408,992	16,810,432	2,171,080	1,089,504	1,100,812	128,748	3,138,250	2,676	655
1993	25,662,445	23,011,870	2,650,575	17,595,964	2,390,829	1,117,643	1,160,403	129,752	3,264,849	2,557	448
1994	26,936,223	24,032,186	2,904,037	18,415,099	2,620,982	1,144,466	1,226,468	131,463	3,394,982	2,459	303
1995	28,148,078	24,993,131	3,154,947	19,199,157	2,853,365	1,164,029	1,283,288	131,430	3,514,262	2,349	197
1996	29,426,079	26,017,474	3,408,605	20,038,023	3,087,223	1,177,458	1,356,685	124,678	3,639,632	2,252	129
1997	30,463,716	26,884,933	3,578,782	20,864,462	3,252,919	1,185,143	1,389,552	122,488	3,646,898	2,173	79
1998	31,298,873	27,519,891	3,778,982	21,449,654	3,444,259	1,179,882	1,417,362	120,247	3,685,349	2,074	46
1999	32,578,327	28,548,030	4,030,297	22,339,070	3,679,691	1,188,814	1,473,988	120,157	3,774,601	1,975	30
2000	34,848,920	30,517,277	4,331,642	24,066,918	3,965,304	1,233,598	1,547,808	120,812	3,912,527	1,934	19
2001	36,504,206	31,823,443	4,680,763	25,215,898	4,295,600	1,246,333	1,624,285	122,526	3,997,687	1,868	9
2002	37,854,453	32,823,008	5,031,445	26,125,090	4,625,445	1,242,317	1,692,471	124,267	4,043,051	1,806	5
2003	39,541,528	34,048,860	5,492,667	27,230,634	5,060,493	1,247,504	1,763,910	126,278	4,110,963	1,744	3
2004	41,574,348	35,573,407	6,000,941	28,601,329	5,542,045	1,262,709	1,838,926	126,734	4,200,895	1,707	2
2005	44,351,668	37,743,696	6,607,972	30,521,815	6,114,705	1,298,722	1,945,508	129,246	4,339,977	1,694	1
2006	46,938,032	39,763,705	7,174,327	32,351,856	6,655,048	1,322,423	2,031,723	129,721	4,445,575	1,685	1
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance). . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A5 Number and average age, by type of benefit, December 2006
Type of benefit	Number ^a (thousands)	Average age
Total, OASDI	49,123	66
OASI	40,511	71
Retired workers	30,976	74
Spouses of retired workers	2,479	73
Children of retired workers	490	24
Under age 18	282	13
Disabled adult children	192	41
Students, aged 18–19	16	18
Children of deceased workers	1,899	22
Under age 18	1,321	12
Disabled adult children	513	48
Students, aged 18–19	65	18
Nondisabled widow(er)s	4,273	77
Widowed mothers and fathers	171	43
Disabled widow(er)s	220	59
Parents of deceased workers	2	82
DI	8,612	45
Disabled workers	6,807	52
Spouses of disabled workers	153	53
Children of disabled workers	1,652	13
Under age 18	1,530	12
Disabled adult children	72	27
Students, aged 18–19	50	18
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Shirley Turpin (410) 965-0181.

Table 5.A6 Number and average monthly benefit, by age, sex, type of benefit, and race, December 2006
Type of benefit	All races ^a	White	Black	Other ^b
	Number ^c (thousands)
Total, OASDI	49,123	40,555	5,046	3,361
	By age and sex
Adults	45,082	38,001	4,231	2,710
Men	19,626	16,654	1,794	1,117
Women	25,456	21,347	2,436	1,592
Children	4,041	2,554	815	652
Under age 18	3,133	1,896	653	568
Disabled adult children	777	575	134	65
Students, aged 18–19	131	83	28	19
Retired workers and their spouses and children	33,945	29,736	2,772	1,372
Retired workers	30,976	27,167	2,557	1,194
Spouses	2,479	2,216	117	140
Children	490	354	98	38
Disabled workers and their spouses and children	8,612	5,963	1,503	1,074
Disabled workers	6,807	4,786	1,146	812
Spouses	153	115	17	21
Children	1,652	1,062	340	241
Survivors of deceased workers	6,566	4,856	771	916
Nondisabled widow(er)s	4,273	3,488	338	436
Disabled widow(er)s	220	118	33	68
Widowed mothers and fathers	171	110	23	37
Children	1,899	1,139	377	373
Parents	2	1	d	1

Retired workers	1,044.40	1,065.20	920.30	842.30
Men	1,177.50	1,205.90	1,002.40	903.50
Women	904.60	916.10	847.70	764.40
Disabled workers	977.70	1,014.80	908.30	874.60
Men	1,097.40	1,149.20	978.50	961.90
Women	839.80	852.70	836.30	785.00
Widowed mothers and fathers	756.60	813.20	651.80	653.90
Nondisabled widow(er)s	1,007.80	1,031.40	804.50	976.30
Surviving children	683.70	740.40	571.30	624.70
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based. Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Includes 160,543 persons of unknown race. In years prior to 1993, persons of unknown race were included with White.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
d. Less than 500.
CONTACT: Shirley Turpin (410) 965-0181.

Table 5.A7 Number and average monthly benefit for women, by type of benefit, basis of entitlement, and race, December 2006
Type of benefit and basis of entitlement	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Type of benefit and basis of entitlement	Number (thousands)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number (thousands)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number (thousands)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number (thousands)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All women
Total ^c	25,454	870.50	21,346	884.20	2,436	810.60	1,592	780.90
Workers	18,271	893.40	15,361	907.10	1,923	844.30	926	773.30
Retired	15,107	904.60	13,191	916.10	1,357	847.70	525	764.40
Full benefit	3,705	1,028.50	3,092	1,051.70	434	928.80	167	862.80
Reduced benefit	11,401	864.40	10,099	874.60	923	809.50	358	718.40
Disabled	3,164	839.80	2,170	852.70	566	836.30	401	785.00
Wives of retired and disabled workers	2,585	506.30	2,304	522.70	128	409.60	147	336.80
Entitlement based on care of children	126	288.30	90	312.20	16	259.50	19	202.50
Husband retired	45	440.20	34	465.40	6	393.80	5	307.90
Husband disabled	81	204.70	55	217.00	11	190.80	14	169.30
Entitlement based on age	2,459	517.50	2,214	531.30	112	431.50	128	356.70
Husband retired	2,392	522.90	2,157	536.60	106	437.10	123	358.60
Full benefit	409	625.00	349	659.30	24	500.00	35	371.50
Reduced benefit	1,983	501.80	1,808	513.00	83	419.00	88	353.50
Husband disabled	67	325.20	57	327.00	5	320.30	5	310.90
Widows	4,598	984.00	3,681	1,014.90	385	775.80	519	920.10
Entitlement based on care of children	161	763.20	104	821.40	21	652.50	35	658.40
Nondisabled, aged 60 or older	4,231	1,009.30	3,467	1,032.30	333	803.90	419	981.90
Disabled, aged 50–64	206	637.70	110	647.00	30	554.10	65	662.10
	Women aged 65 or older
Total ^c	19,777	892.50	17,311	905.00	1,658	818.60	758	769.10
Entitled as worker	13,777	918.40	12,031	930.60	1,249	852.90	463	781.00
Worker only	7,915	889.30	6,635	904.90	907	828.00	356	760.30
Dually entitled	5,862	957.70	5,396	962.10	342	918.80	108	849.40
Wife's benefit	2,332	628.40	2,201	631.50	78	567.70	48	586.60
Widow's benefit	3,530	1,175.30	3,195	1,189.90	263	1,023.50	60	1,058.80
Entitled as wife or widow only	6,000	832.80	5,280	846.60	409	714.00	294	750.20
Wife's benefit	2,185	525.30	1,975	538.40	98	439.30	107	365.00
Widow's benefit	3,815	1,009.00	3,304	1,030.90	312	800.30	188	969.30
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Race and ethnic designations are collected from the form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card). For dependents and survivor beneficiaries, race is assumed to be the same as that shown on the SS-5 for the wage earner on whose earnings record the benefit is based. Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Includes 80,254 persons of unknown race. In years prior to 1993, persons of unknown race were included with White.
b. Includes Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and a subset of the total number of beneficiaries of Hispanic origin. The distribution of beneficiaries among those three groups is not available.
c. Excludes parents, special age-72 beneficiaries, and disabled adult children receiving benefits because of a childhood disability.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A8 Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly benefit for persons with benefits based on special minimum primary insurance amount, by type of benefit and sex, December 2006
Type of benefit and sex	Number	Average primary insurance amount (dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All beneficiaries	102,296	599.40	737.20
	Retirement benefits
Total	94,863	595.00	753.00
Retired workers	91,915	595.70	769.60
Men	19,610	565.40	502.20
Women	72,305	604.00	842.20
Wives and husbands of retired workers	2,621	570.40	232.20
Children of retired workers	327	590.50	240.50
	Disability benefits
Total	19	575.30	546.00
	Survivor benefits
Total	7,414	656.10	536.30
Nondisabled widow(er)s	6,079	655.10	550.60
Disabled widow(er)s	106	650.90	407.60
Widowed mothers and fathers	25	614.80	410.50
Children of deceased workers	1,204	662.80	477.80
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164.

Table 5.A10 Number and average monthly benefit for beneficiaries aged 60 or older, by sex, type of benefit, and age, December 2006
Type of benefit	Total, 60 or older	60–61	62–64	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–94	95 or older ^a
	Number (thousands)
	All beneficiaries
Total ^b	39,799	823	4,508	9,597	8,071	6,874	5,259	3,080	1,236	351
Retired workers	30,976	. . .	2,840	8,099	6,834	5,582	4,121	2,343	914	243
Widow(er)s, parents, and mothers and fathers	4,397	167	388	614	608	771	823	619	300	106
Wives and husbands	2,516	5	283	663	610	508	308	115	21	2
Disabled workers	1,796	632	972	193	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	114	19	25	29	19	12	6	3	1	^c
	Men
Subtotal	17,003	363	1,989	4,500	3,703	2,963	2,039	1,042	335	68
Retired workers	15,869	. . .	1,424	4,357	3,678	2,944	2,028	1,038	333	67
Widowers, parents, and fathers	52	10	17	11	4	3	3	2	1	c
Husbands	45	^c	2	11	12	10	6	2	1	c
Disabled workers	983	343	533	107	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	53	10	12	14	9	5	2	1	^c	^c
	Women
Subtotal	22,797	460	2,518	5,097	4,368	3,911	3,220	2,038	901	284
Retired workers	15,107	. . .	1,416	3,742	3,155	2,638	2,093	1,306	581	176
Widows, parents, and mothers	4,345	157	370	603	604	768	820	618	298	106
Wives	2,471	5	281	652	598	498	302	113	21	2
Disabled workers	813	289	439	86	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	60	9	12	15	10	7	4	2	^c	^c
	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All beneficiaries
Total ^b	1,006.50	1,030.00	940.60	1,046.90	988.30	989.40	997.30	1,031.20	1,110.10	1,006.80
Retired workers	1,044.40	. . .	937.70	1,092.30	1,030.40	1,031.50	1,034.20	1,056.00	1,153.70	1,038.30
Widow(er)s, parents, and mothers and fathers	997.60	884.30	948.60	1,026.90	996.70	1,000.10	995.50	1,030.60	1,016.30	943.80
Wives and husbands	513.20	442.80	453.80	517.30	520.40	520.80	517.80	541.60	578.90	552.90
Disabled workers	1,089.30	1,083.80	1,094.20	1,082.80	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	638.70	676.10	679.20	658.40	609.90	575.80	550.20	522.50	498.30	c
	Men
Subtotal	1,178.10	1,231.40	1,150.70	1,258.70	1,160.00	1,145.10	1,121.40	1,105.70	1,274.20	1,131.80
Retired workers	1,177.50	. . .	1,108.00	1,263.30	1,164.70	1,149.60	1,125.20	1,108.90	1,279.00	1,137.20
Widowers, parents, and fathers	804.50	716.00	867.90	939.30	757.60	694.70	642.20	619.60	610.00	c
Husbands	293.60	c	244.70	307.20	302.00	287.20	282.50	288.50	300.20	c
Disabled workers	1,278.90	1,263.20	1,288.90	1,279.00	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	636.60	667.60	673.00	652.10	602.20	572.70	539.80	521.60	c	c
	Women
Subtotal	878.50	871.10	774.60	859.90	842.70	871.40	918.70	993.10	1,049.10	976.80
Retired workers	904.60	. . .	766.40	893.00	873.90	899.60	946.10	1,014.00	1,082.00	1,000.50
Widows, parents, and mothers	999.90	895.20	952.30	1,028.50	998.30	1,001.50	996.70	1,031.80	1,017.80	945.20
Wives	517.20	444.70	455.60	520.80	524.90	525.60	522.50	546.80	589.30	573.00
Disabled workers	860.20	870.80	857.70	837.20	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	640.50	685.00	685.30	664.60	616.40	578.20	556.10	522.90	c	c
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components. . . . = not applicable.
a. Includes 43,110 persons aged 100 or older—6,137 men and 36,973 women.
b. Includes special age-72 beneficiaries.
c. Fewer than 500 beneficiaries.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A14 Number and percentage distribution of women aged 62 or older, by basis of entitlement, type of benefit, and dual entitlement status, December 1960–2006, selected years
Entitlement	1960	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2006
	Number (thousands)
All women 62 or older ^a	6,619	11,374	14,010	16,350	18,412	19,954	20,888	21,381	22,066	22,286
Entitled as worker ^b	2,866	5,753	7,586	9,304	10,805	12,037	12,974	14,013	15,291	15,631
Worker only	2,563	4,786	5,926	6,710	7,096	7,359	7,554	8,117	9,126	9,415
Dually entitled ^c	303	967	1,660	2,594	3,709	4,678	5,420	5,896	6,165	6,217
Wife's benefit	159	388	617	1,016	1,594	2,077	2,398	2,568	2,650	2,676
Widow's benefit	141	574	1,039	1,575	2,112	2,600	3,022	3,327	3,514	3,540
Entitled as wife or widow only ^c	3,753	5,621	6,424	7,046	7,607	7,917	7,914	7,368	6,775	6,654
Wife's benefit	2,174	2,546	2,745	2,884	3,018	3,059	2,985	2,768	2,511	2,466
Widow's benefit ^d	1,546	3,048	3,659	4,148	4,580	4,853	4,926	4,598	4,264	4,187
	Percentage distribution
All women 62 or older ^a	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Entitled as worker ^b	43.3	50.6	54.1	56.9	58.7	60.3	62.1	65.5	69.3	70.1
Worker only	38.7	42.1	42.3	41.0	38.5	36.9	36.2	38.0	41.4	42.3
Dually entitled ^c	4.6	8.5	11.8	15.9	20.1	23.4	25.9	27.6	28.0	27.9
Wife's benefit	2.4	3.4	4.4	6.2	8.7	10.4	11.5	12.0	12.0	12.0
Widow's benefit	2.1	5.0	7.4	9.6	11.5	13.0	14.4	15.6	16.0	15.9
Entitled as wife or widow only ^c	56.7	49.4	45.9	43.1	41.3	39.7	37.9	34.5	30.7	29.9
Wife's benefit	32.8	22.4	19.6	17.6	16.4	15.3	14.3	12.9	11.4	11.1
Widow's benefit ^d	23.4	26.8	26.1	25.4	24.9	24.3	23.6	21.5	19.3	18.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record. All data for 2005 and dual entitlement data for 1995 and 2000 are based on a 10 percent sample. All other years are 100 percent data.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
a. Excludes special age-72 beneficiaries and disabled adult children.
b. Includes disabled workers.
c. Includes parents. Excludes dually entitled disabled workers.
d. Includes disabled widows and mothers.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A15 Number and average monthly benefit for women aged 65 or older, by basis of entitlement, type of benefit, and dual entitlement status, December 2006
Entitlement	Total	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90 or older
	Number
All women 65 or older ^a	19,776,626	5,081,146	4,357,390	3,903,330	3,215,332	2,035,641	1,183,787
Entitled as worker	13,776,606	3,827,159	3,155,456	2,637,880	2,093,238	1,305,668	757,205
Worker only	7,915,001	2,737,074	1,956,867	1,387,207	949,422	523,764	360,667
Dually entitled	5,861,605	1,090,085	1,198,589	1,250,673	1,143,816	781,904	396,538
Wife's benefit	2,331,841	791,363	666,347	489,882	273,746	95,475	15,028
Widow's benefit	3,529,764	298,722	532,242	760,791	870,070	686,429	381,510
Entitled as wife or widow only	6,000,020	1,253,987	1,201,934	1,265,450	1,122,094	729,973	426,582
Wife's benefit	2,185,102	651,922	597,788	497,837	302,256	112,717	22,582
Widow's benefit	3,814,918	602,065	604,146	767,613	819,838	617,256	404,000
	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All women 65 or older ^a	892.50	860.40	843.30	871.90	919.20	993.50	1,032.10
Entitled as worker	918.40	891.80	873.90	899.60	946.10	1,014.00	1,063.10
Worker only	889.30	923.80	870.00	852.00	850.80	872.30	1,002.00
Dually entitled	957.70	811.40	880.10	952.50	1,025.20	1,108.90	1,118.60
Wife's benefit	628.40	658.30	627.90	606.00	590.90	603.40	646.30
Widow's benefit	1,175.30	1,216.80	1,195.90	1,175.60	1,161.80	1,179.20	1,137.20
Entitled as wife or widow only	832.80	764.80	762.90	814.30	869.00	956.90	977.20
Wife's benefit	525.30	520.80	524.90	525.60	522.50	546.80	588.00
Widow's benefit	1,009.00	1,029.00	998.30	1,001.50	996.80	1,031.80	998.90
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Excludes parents, special age-72 beneficiaries, and disabled adult children.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A16 Number and average monthly benefit for adult beneficiaries, by sex, type of benefit, and age, December 2006
Type of benefit	Number (thousands)				Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Type of benefit	All ages	Under 62	62–64	65 or older	All ages	Under 62	62–64	65 or older
	All adult beneficiaries
Total ^a	45,859	6,883	4,508	34,468	990.10	900.00	940.60	1,014.60
Retired workers	30,976	. . .	2,840	28,136	1,044.40	. . .	937.70	1,055.20
Disabled workers	6,807	5,642	972	193	977.70	954.00	1,094.20	1,082.80
Wives and husbands of retired workers	2,479	39	242	2,198	517.60	431.60	478.80	523.40
Wives and husbands of disabled workers	153	82	42	30	257.80	202.50	308.30	339.10
Nondisabled widow(er)s	4,273	121	319	3,833	1,007.80	977.40	1,014.20	1,008.20
Disabled widow(er)s	220	151	63	6	630.70	632.40	627.40	621.10
Mothers and fathers	171	165	5	1	756.60	754.60	821.40	778.40
Disabled adult children	777	682	25	70	642.40	644.00	679.20	613.90
	Men
Subtotal	20,050	3,411	1,989	14,650	1,148.10	1,007.00	1,150.70	1,180.60
Retired workers	15,869	. . .	1,424	14,445	1,177.50	. . .	1,108.00	1,184.30
Disabled workers	3,643	3,003	533	107	1,097.40	1,057.00	1,288.90	1,279.00
Husbands of retired workers	42	b	2	40	298.30	b	276.70	299.00
Husbands of disabled workers	5	2	1	2	208.40	162.60	183.80	250.70
Nondisabled widowers	48	8	15	24	829.10	765.50	911.60	798.40
Disabled widowers	8	6	2	b	455.00	454.90	455.90	b
Fathers	11	11	b	b	657.20	655.80	b	b
Disabled adult children	424	381	12	31	640.20	641.40	673.00	612.40
	Women
Subtotal	25,808	3,472	2,518	19,818	867.40	794.80	774.60	891.90
Retired workers	15,107	. . .	1,416	13,691	904.60	. . .	766.40	918.90
Disabled workers	3,164	2,639	439	86	839.80	836.90	857.70	837.20
Wives of retired workers	2,437	39	240	2,157	521.40	431.60	480.20	527.60
Wives of disabled workers	149	80	41	28	259.40	203.40	310.80	346.60
Nondisabled widows	4,226	112	304	3,809	1,009.80	993.20	1,019.40	1,009.50
Disabled widows	212	145	62	5	637.40	640.30	631.80	624.50
Mothers	161	155	5	1	763.20	761.30	823.70	779.80
Disabled adult children	352	302	12	38	645.10	647.20	685.30	615.00
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components. . . . = not applicable.
a. Includes parents and special age-72 beneficiaries. Excludes student beneficiaries aged 18–19.
b. Fewer than 500 beneficiaries.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165.

Table 5.A17 Number and average monthly benefit for disabled beneficiaries, by type of benefit, December 1957–2006
Year	Number				Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Year	All disabled beneficiaries	Workers	Disabled adult children	Widow(er)s	Workers	Disabled adult children	Widow(er)s
1957	178,719	149,850	28,869	. . .	72.76	38.62	. . .
1958	284,744	237,719	47,025	. . .	82.10	39.62	. . .
1959	416,896	334,443	82,453	. . .	89.00	42.96	. . .
1960	559,425	455,371	104,054	. . .	89.31	44.15	. . .
1961	742,296	618,075	124,221	. . .	89.59	45.28	. . .
1962	888,131	740,867	147,264	. . .	89.99	45.67	. . .
1963	993,656	827,014	166,642	. . .	90.59	46.45	. . .
1964	1,077,695	894,173	183,522	. . .	91.12	47.35	. . .
1965	1,186,464	988,074	198,390	. . .	97.76	51.77	. . .
1966	1,310,911	1,097,190	213,721	. . .	98.09	52.42	. . .
1967	1,422,778	1,193,120	229,658	. . .	98.43	53.41	. . .
1968	1,560,517	1,295,300	243,654	21,563	111.86	61.83	72.25
1969	1,690,982	1,394,291	257,222	39,469	112.74	62.79	71.02
1970	1,812,786	1,492,948	270,557	49,281	131.26	73.21	82.00
1971	1,990,098	1,647,684	285,671	56,743	146.52	81.37	90.11
1972	2,202,090	1,832,916	305,007	64,167	179.32	98.81	109.54
1973	2,415,383	2,016,626	319,988	78,769	183.00	100.14	111.14
1974	2,670,092	2,236,882	341,082	92,128	205.70	112.45	125.87
1975	2,960,620	2,488,774	362,335	109,511	225.90	122.80	137.70
1976	3,171,198	2,670,208	381,563	119,427	245.17	132.32	147.01
1977	3,368,954	2,837,432	404,246	127,276	265.30	142.12	156.11
1978	3,429,421	2,879,774	419,896	129,751	288.30	153.66	165.46
1979	3,435,761	2,870,590	435,338	129,833	322.00	171.55	180.52
1980	3,436,429	2,858,680	450,169	127,580	370.70	198.95	205.02
1981	3,361,130	2,776,519	463,021	121,590	413.20	224.51	226.58
1982	3,192,379	2,603,599	472,408	116,372	440.60	245.07	242.11
1983	3,168,992	2,569,029	488,372	111,591	456.20	257.78	250.33
1984	3,212,040	2,596,516	506,373	109,151	470.70	270.28	306.24
1985	3,289,485	2,656,638	525,842	107,005	483.80	281.92	315.26
1986	3,380,480	2,728,463	545,043	106,974	487.90	288.79	319.74
1987	3,453,414	2,785,859	561,273	106,282	508.20	304.32	333.89
1988	3,507,707	2,830,284	574,300	103,123	529.50	320.21	348.05
1989	3,583,451	2,895,364	586,457	101,630	556.00	339.47	366.72
1990	3,712,763	3,011,294	600,480	100,989	587.20	361.71	388.93
1991	3,925,472	3,194,938	616,045	114,489	609.40	378.86	406.96
1992	4,236,080	3,467,783	636,973	131,324	626.10	393.61	422.65
1993	4,529,466	3,725,966	656,485	147,015	641.70	407.20	434.20
1994	4,796,313	3,962,954	672,683	160,676	661.40	422.40	446.30
1995	5,044,388	4,185,263	686,101	173,024	681.80	437.30	458.30
1996	5,264,321	4,385,623	696,787	181,911	703.90	454.30	471.00
1997	5,400,781	4,508,134	704,709	187,938	721.60	468.60	480.40
1998	5,605,272	4,698,319	712,772	194,181	733.10	479.40	487.30
1999	5,798,776	4,879,455	720,526	198,795	754.10	495.60	499.90
2000	5,972,450	5,042,334	728,689	201,427	786.40	518.30	519.70
2001	6,214,972	5,274,183	736,546	204,243	814.50	537.60	536.70
2002	6,495,868	5,543,981	744,529	207,358	834.30	550.40	548.10
2003	6,835,846	5,873,673	752,814	209,359	861.60	567.00	563.80
2004	7,168,270	6,198,271	759,264	210,735	894.10	587.60	582.70
2005	7,500,525	6,518,989	768,535	213,001	938.00	616.30	609.40
2006	7,803,692	6,806,918	776,596	220,178	977.70	642.40	630.70
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164.

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