Annual Statistical Supplement, 2007

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Benefits in Current-Payment Status

Disabled Workers

Table 5.D1 Number, percentage, and average monthly benefit, by year of entitlement as disabled worker and sex, December 2006
Year of entitlement All disabled workers Men Women
Number Percentage
distribution		 Cumulative
percentage a		 Average
monthly
benefit
(dollars)		 Number Percentage
distribution		 Cumulative
percentage a		 Average
monthly
benefit
(dollars)		 Number Percentage
distribution		 Cumulative
percentage a		 Average
monthly
benefit
(dollars)
Total 6,806,918 100.0 . . . 977.70 3,643,121 100.0 . . . 1,097.40 3,163,797 100.0 . . . 839.80
Summary data
2000–2006 3,544,337 52.1 . . . 1,049.60 1,860,658 51.1 . . . 1,194.60 1,683,679 53.2 . . . 889.50
1995–1999 1,495,088 22.0 . . . 924.10 751,375 20.6 . . . 1,048.00 743,713 23.5 . . . 799.00
1990–1994 980,762 14.4 . . . 875.40 530,583 14.6 . . . 973.50 450,179 14.2 . . . 759.80
1985–1989 411,131 6.0 . . . 855.20 247,917 6.8 . . . 926.90 163,214 5.2 . . . 746.30
1980–1984 196,620 2.9 . . . 830.00 130,632 3.6 . . . 879.80 65,988 2.1 . . . 731.40
1975–1979 115,729 1.7 . . . 1,064.10 77,438 2.1 . . . 1,111.60 38,291 1.2 . . . 968.30
1970–1974 52,790 0.8 . . . 919.30 36,546 1.0 . . . 940.80 16,244 0.5 . . . 870.90
Before 1970 10,461 0.2 . . . 771.10 7,972 0.2 . . . 777.60 2,489 0.1 . . . 750.20
Single-year data
2006 281,875 4.1 4.1 1,096.10 159,056 4.4 4.4 1,234.10 122,819 3.9 3.9 917.30
2005 481,039 7.1 11.2 1,077.80 260,916 7.2 11.5 1,220.50 220,123 7.0 10.8 908.60
2004 592,017 8.7 19.9 1,073.60 313,672 8.6 20.1 1,221.90 278,345 8.8 19.6 906.40
2003 627,338 9.2 29.1 1,066.70 329,034 9.0 29.2 1,217.60 298,304 9.4 29.1 900.20
2002 599,231 8.8 37.9 1,044.10 309,970 8.5 37.7 1,191.30 289,261 9.1 38.2 886.20
2001 523,891 7.7 45.6 1,007.90 267,649 7.3 45.0 1,145.90 256,242 8.1 46.3 863.80
2000 438,946 6.4 52.1 989.80 220,361 6.0 51.1 1,125.80 218,585 6.9 53.2 852.70
1999 378,396 5.6 57.6 959.90 189,454 5.2 56.3 1,091.70 188,942 6.0 59.2 827.70
1998 324,231 4.8 62.4 925.00 162,008 4.4 60.7 1,051.10 162,223 5.1 64.3 799.00
1997 287,598 4.2 66.6 909.10 144,266 4.0 64.7 1,030.00 143,332 4.5 68.8 787.30
1996 262,853 3.9 70.5 903.90 133,159 3.7 68.3 1,023.00 129,694 4.1 72.9 781.60
1995 242,010 3.6 74.0 907.10 122,488 3.4 71.7 1,024.90 119,522 3.8 76.7 786.30
1994 227,970 3.3 77.4 901.30 116,863 3.2 74.9 1,014.70 111,107 3.5 80.2 782.00
1993 214,836 3.2 80.5 876.80 113,753 3.1 78.0 983.40 101,083 3.2 83.4 756.70
1992 202,710 3.0 83.5 864.90 110,752 3.0 81.1 961.80 91,958 2.9 86.3 748.30
1991 185,696 2.7 86.2 860.80 104,079 2.9 83.9 949.20 81,617 2.6 88.9 748.10
1990 149,550 2.2 88.4 866.30 85,136 2.3 86.3 948.40 64,414 2.0 91.0 757.70
1989 111,471 1.6 90.1 870.00 64,844 1.8 88.0 949.50 46,627 1.5 92.4 759.40
1988 89,800 1.3 91.4 869.50 53,023 1.5 89.5 948.00 36,777 1.2 93.6 756.40
1987 76,577 1.1 92.5 862.80 46,328 1.3 90.8 936.70 30,249 1.0 94.5 749.50
1986 70,384 1.0 93.6 836.80 43,786 1.2 92.0 901.90 26,598 0.8 95.4 729.70
1985 62,899 0.9 94.5 820.00 39,936 1.1 93.1 878.40 22,963 0.7 96.1 718.50
1984 55,172 0.8 95.3 808.80 35,798 1.0 94.0 861.50 19,374 0.6 96.7 711.50
1983 44,830 0.7 96.0 808.70 29,780 0.8 94.9 859.30 15,050 0.5 97.2 708.40
1982 36,227 0.5 96.5 814.70 24,327 0.7 95.5 863.40 11,900 0.4 97.6 715.00
1981 30,583 0.4 96.9 846.80 20,537 0.6 96.1 893.70 10,046 0.3 97.9 750.90
1980 29,808 0.4 97.4 902.50 20,190 0.6 96.7 947.90 9,618 0.3 98.2 807.20
1979 26,576 0.4 97.8 1,043.70 17,720 0.5 97.1 1,097.70 8,856 0.3 98.5 935.50
1978 23,654 0.3 98.1 1,129.50 15,661 0.4 97.6 1,182.20 7,993 0.3 98.7 1,026.30
1977 22,839 0.3 98.4 1,092.10 15,344 0.4 98.0 1,137.90 7,495 0.2 99.0 998.20
1976 22,392 0.3 98.8 1,047.40 15,006 0.4 98.4 1,094.30 7,386 0.2 99.2 952.10
1975 20,268 0.3 99.1 1,001.70 13,707 0.4 98.8 1,038.10 6,561 0.2 99.4 925.60
1974 17,293 0.3 99.3 954.60 11,616 0.3 99.1 984.30 5,677 0.2 99.6 893.70
1973 13,831 0.2 99.5 922.70 9,357 0.3 99.4 943.90 4,474 0.1 99.7 878.60
1972 8,494 0.1 99.7 914.90 5,952 0.2 99.5 936.30 2,542 0.1 99.8 865.00
1971 7,355 0.1 99.8 895.20 5,323 0.1 99.7 911.80 2,032 0.1 99.9 851.90
1970 5,817 0.1 99.8 843.20 4,298 0.1 99.8 859.00 1,519 b 99.9 798.70
1969 4,488 0.1 99.9 804.00 3,443 0.1 99.9 813.00 1,045 b 100.0 774.40
1968 4,983 0.1 100.0 733.20 3,767 0.1 100.0 738.20 1,216 b 100.0 717.70
1967 579 b 100.0 804.00 441 b 100.0 804.90 138 b 100.0 801.00
1966 258 b 100.0 855.00 199 b 100.0 846.50 59 b 100.0 883.90
1965 116 b 100.0 796.60 89 b 100.0 813.10 27 b 100.0 742.20
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).
Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Represents those entitled in specified year or later.
b. Less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: Shirley Turpin (410) 965-0181.
Table 5.D2 Number and percentage distribution, by monthly benefit and sex, December 2006
Monthly benefit (dollars) Total Men Women
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All disabled workers 6,806,918 100.0 3,643,121 100.0 3,163,797 100.0
Less than 300.00 180,032 2.6 56,576 1.6 123,456 3.9
300.00–349.90 95,751 1.4 30,540 0.8 65,211 2.1
350.00–399.90 115,855 1.7 38,807 1.1 77,048 2.4
400.00–449.90 121,669 1.8 40,483 1.1 81,186 2.6
450.00–499.90 136,632 2.0 47,548 1.3 89,084 2.8
500.00–549.90 214,639 3.2 77,656 2.1 136,983 4.3
550.00–599.90 291,269 4.3 109,269 3.0 182,000 5.8
600.00–649.90 384,795 5.7 146,799 4.0 237,996 7.5
650.00–699.90 399,291 5.9 160,603 4.4 238,688 7.5
700.00–749.90 389,512 5.7 165,633 4.5 223,879 7.1
750.00–799.90 372,336 5.5 167,332 4.6 205,004 6.5
800.00–849.90 352,912 5.2 166,511 4.6 186,401 5.9
850.00–899.90 328,998 4.8 161,593 4.4 167,405 5.3
900.00–949.90 309,562 4.5 159,057 4.4 150,505 4.8
950.00–999.90 285,742 4.2 152,258 4.2 133,484 4.2
1,000.00–1,049.90 265,637 3.9 147,290 4.0 118,347 3.7
1,050.00–1,099.90 245,397 3.6 141,848 3.9 103,549 3.3
1,100.00–1,149.90 224,700 3.3 134,929 3.7 89,771 2.8
1,150.00–1,199.90 206,465 3.0 128,502 3.5 77,963 2.5
1,200.00–1,249.90 188,137 2.8 121,540 3.3 66,597 2.1
1,250.00–1,299.90 171,946 2.5 114,625 3.1 57,321 1.8
1,300.00–1,349.90 158,591 2.3 108,792 3.0 49,799 1.6
1,350.00–1,399.90 146,386 2.2 103,048 2.8 43,338 1.4
1,400.00–1,449.90 140,181 2.1 101,091 2.8 39,090 1.2
1,450.00–1,499.90 147,110 2.2 108,924 3.0 38,186 1.2
1,500.00–1,549.90 133,616 2.0 101,385 2.8 32,231 1.0
1,550.00–1,599.90 117,513 1.7 90,545 2.5 26,968 0.9
1,600.00–1,649.90 107,150 1.6 83,861 2.3 23,289 0.7
1,650.00–1,699.90 102,240 1.5 80,908 2.2 21,332 0.7
1,700.00–1,749.90 111,376 1.6 88,916 2.4 22,460 0.7
1,750.00–1,799.90 91,572 1.3 74,623 2.0 16,949 0.5
1,800.00 or more 269,906 4.0 231,629 6.4 38,277 1.2
Average benefit (dollars) 977.70 1,097.40 839.80
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Angela Y. Harper (410) 966-9541.
Table 5.D3 Number and total monthly benefits, by sex, December 1957–2006, selected years
Year All disabled workers Men Women
Number Total monthly
benefits
(thousands
of dollars)		 Number Total monthly
benefits
(thousands
of dollars)		 Number Total monthly
benefits
(thousands
of dollars)
1957 149,850 10,904 121,172 8,903 28,678 2,001
1958 237,719 19,516 189,883 16,138 47,836 3,378
1959 334,443 29,765 264,201 24,417 70,242 5,348
1960 455,371 40,668 356,277 33,034 99,094 7,633
1965 988,074 96,599 734,047 74,946 254,027 21,656
1970 1,492,948 196,010 1,068,986 148,194 423,962 47,819
1975 2,488,774 562,180 1,710,923 418,013 777,851 144,167
1980 2,858,680 1,059,792 1,928,030 784,266 930,650 275,525
1985 2,656,638 1,285,375 1,784,750 953,156 871,888 332,219
1986 2,728,463 1,331,144 1,826,835 985,003 901,628 346,141
1987 2,785,859 1,415,811 1,857,172 1,044,647 928,687 371,165
1988 2,830,284 1,498,637 1,876,878 1,101,675 953,406 396,962
1989 2,895,364 1,609,780 1,906,379 1,176,403 988,985 433,376
1990 3,011,294 1,768,313 1,967,408 1,283,579 1,043,886 484,735
1991 3,194,938 1,946,823 2,067,777 1,401,006 1,127,161 545,817
1992 3,467,783 2,171,080 2,219,789 1,546,924 1,247,994 624,156
1993 3,725,966 2,390,829 2,357,332 1,685,025 1,368,634 705,804
1994 3,962,954 2,620,982 2,473,061 1,824,195 1,489,893 796,787
1995 4,185,263 2,853,365 2,568,359 1,956,168 1,616,904 897,197
1996 4,385,623 3,087,223 2,644,454 2,083,123 1,741,169 1,004,100
1997 4,508,134 3,252,919 2,666,486 2,158,017 1,841,648 1,094,902
1998 4,698,319 3,444,259 2,737,296 2,252,129 1,961,023 1,192,130
1999 4,879,455 3,679,691 2,801,163 2,371,141 2,078,292 1,308,550
2000 5,042,334 3,965,304 2,856,411 2,521,252 2,185,923 1,444,052
2001 5,274,183 4,295,600 2,951,833 2,697,162 2,322,350 1,598,438
2002 5,543,981 4,625,445 3,070,001 2,872,308 2,473,980 1,753,137
2003 5,873,673 5,060,493 3,224,624 3,114,704 2,649,049 1,945,789
2004 6,198,271 5,542,045 3,373,723 3,381,312 2,824,548 2,160,733
2005 6,518,989 6,114,705 3,517,259 3,697,352 3,001,730 2,417,352
2006 6,806,918 6,655,048 3,643,121 3,998,054 3,163,797 2,656,994
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164.
Table 5.D4 Number, average age, and percentage distribution, by sex and age, December 1957–2006, selected years
Year Number
(thousands)		 Average
age		 Percentage distribution
Total,
all ages		 Under 30 30–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–FRA
Men
1957 121 59.4 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.5 29.9 51.6
1958 190 59.5 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.2 29.7 52.1
1959 264 59.3 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.0 30.7 50.3
1960 356 57.3 100.0 0.5 3.3 3.0 4.9 16.6 26.7 44.9
1965 734 54.4 100.0 1.0 7.5 7.6 10.4 15.4 24.7 33.3
1970 1,069 53.9 100.0 3.3 6.8 6.9 10.9 15.2 23.2 33.7
1975 1,711 53.5 100.0 4.6 7.5 6.2 9.7 15.8 23.2 33.0
1980 1,928 52.9 100.0 4.1 9.6 6.0 8.9 14.3 24.0 33.1
1985 1,785 51.9 100.0 4.6 12.3 7.3 8.6 12.9 21.4 32.9
1986 1,827 51.4 100.0 4.9 13.3 7.9 8.9 12.7 20.7 31.5
1987 1,857 51.1 100.0 4.8 13.8 8.5 9.4 12.5 20.1 30.8
1988 1,869 50.9 100.0 4.7 14.3 9.0 9.8 12.7 19.6 29.9
1989 1,906 50.7 100.0 4.5 14.7 9.6 10.3 12.7 19.4 28.8
1990 1,965 50.4 100.0 4.5 15.2 10.3 10.7 12.7 19.1 27.5
1991 2,066 50.1 100.0 4.5 15.6 10.7 11.2 13.0 18.6 26.4
1992 2,221 49.9 100.0 4.6 16.0 11.0 12.0 13.4 18.0 25.0
1993 2,358 49.6 100.0 4.6 16.2 11.2 12.3 13.9 17.9 23.9
1994 2,476 49.6 100.0 4.3 16.1 11.4 12.8 14.2 17.8 23.4
1995 2,573 49.7 100.0 4.0 15.5 11.5 13.4 14.5 18.0 23.2
1996 2,650 49.9 100.0 3.6 14.8 11.6 13.7 15.0 18.3 22.9
1997 2,671 50.2 100.0 3.3 13.9 11.6 13.6 15.7 18.9 23.0
1998 2,741 50.5 100.0 3.1 13.3 11.6 13.7 16.1 19.4 22.9
1999 2,802 50.6 100.0 2.9 12.6 11.6 13.8 16.7 19.7 22.9
2000 2,857 50.7 100.0 2.8 11.8 11.5 13.9 17.3 20.0 22.8
2001 2,952 50.9 100.0 2.9 11.2 11.1 14.0 17.4 20.5 23.0
2002 3,069 51.0 100.0 3.1 10.5 10.7 14.0 17.2 21.1 23.3
2003 3,226 51.3 100.0 3.2 9.9 10.4 13.8 17.1 21.4 24.2
2004 3,373 51.6 100.0 3.2 9.4 9.9 13.8 17.0 21.8 24.9
2005 3,517 51.9 100.0 3.2 8.9 9.4 13.5 17.0 22.4 25.7
2006 3,643 52.2 100.0 3.1 8.5 8.9 13.2 17.0 22.4 27.0
Women
1957 29 57.9 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.6 39.2 35.2
1958 48 58.2 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8 37.5 38.6
1959 70 58.4 100.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 36.8 39.7
1960 99 56.7 100.0 0.3 3.2 3.2 5.3 19.4 31.4 37.2
1965 254 55.2 100.0 0.6 5.4 6.3 9.8 16.2 27.3 34.3
1970 424 55.0 100.0 1.9 5.1 5.6 10.1 15.9 26.0 35.3
1975 778 54.4 100.0 3.3 6.1 5.3 9.0 16.3 25.5 34.5
1980 931 53.7 100.0 3.4 8.2 5.3 8.2 14.4 25.4 35.0
1982 858 53.9 100.0 3.3 8.5 5.1 7.2 13.7 25.2 37.0
1983 838 53.6 100.0 3.5 9.3 5.7 7.5 12.9 24.3 36.8
1984 849 53.2 100.0 3.7 10.2 6.3 7.8 12.8 23.2 36.0
1985 872 52.6 100.0 3.8 11.2 6.9 8.3 12.9 22.3 34.6
1986 902 52.0 100.0 4.1 12.1 7.6 8.8 12.9 21.6 32.9
1987 929 51.7 100.0 4.2 12.7 8.2 9.4 12.9 20.9 31.7
1988 952 51.4 100.0 4.0 13.1 8.7 9.9 13.2 20.6 30.5
1989 989 51.1 100.0 4.0 13.5 9.2 10.6 13.4 20.1 29.2
1990 1,046 50.8 100.0 3.9 14.0 9.8 11.1 13.4 19.9 27.9
1991 1,133 50.5 100.0 4.0 14.3 10.3 11.6 13.8 19.4 26.5
1992 1,252 50.1 100.0 4.3 14.6 10.7 12.2 14.3 18.8 25.0
1993 1,371 49.9 100.0 4.3 14.9 11.0 12.6 14.8 18.9 23.5
1994 1,491 49.9 100.0 4.1 14.8 11.2 13.1 15.3 18.7 22.8
1995 1,614 49.9 100.0 3.8 14.5 11.5 13.6 15.7 18.8 22.2
1996 1,736 50.0 100.0 3.4 14.1 11.6 13.9 16.2 19.0 21.7
1997 1,835 50.2 100.0 3.1 13.3 11.6 14.0 16.8 19.6 21.5
1998 1,956 50.5 100.0 3.0 12.8 11.5 14.2 17.0 20.0 21.6
1999 2,071 50.5 100.0 2.8 12.1 11.5 14.3 17.5 20.4 21.5
2000 2,179 50.7 100.0 2.7 11.5 11.3 14.5 17.9 20.7 21.5
2001 2,313 50.8 100.0 2.7 11.1 11.1 14.4 18.0 21.1 21.6
2002 2,467 50.9 100.0 2.7 10.6 10.8 14.4 17.8 21.5 22.1
2003 2,642 51.2 100.0 3.0 10.1 10.4 14.2 17.7 21.5 23.1
2004 2,819 51.5 100.0 3.0 9.7 10.0 14.1 17.6 21.8 23.8
2005 2,993 51.7 100.0 2.9 9.2 9.6 13.8 17.7 22.3 24.5
2006 3,164 52.0 100.0 2.8 9.0 9.2 13.5 17.6 22.2 25.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record. Data for 1988 and 1990–2005 are based on a 10 percent sample. All other years are 100 percent data.
NOTES: Provisions for Railroad Retirement beneficiaries are described in the section Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
FRA = full retirement age.
. . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164.