Annual Statistical Supplement, 2007
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Benefits Awarded
Dependents and Survivors
Year | Total | Wives with entitlement based on— | Husbands | |
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Care of children |
Age | |||
Wives and husbands of retired workers | ||||
1950 | 162,768 | 9,646 | 152,310 | 812 |
1955 | 288,915 | 21,692 | 263,816 | 3,407 |
1960 | 339,987 | 32,254 | 305,713 | 2,020 |
1965 | 321,015 | 44,087 | 275,717 | 1,211 |
1970 | 339,447 | 51,378 | 286,867 | 1,202 |
1975 | 350,558 | 60,184 | 289,600 | 774 |
1980 | 360,693 | 55,401 | 294,892 | 10,400 |
1981 | 338,540 | 50,993 | 277,641 | 9,906 |
1982 | 349,967 | 36,229 | 302,739 | 10,999 |
1983 | 356,274 | 35,309 | 308,922 | 12,043 |
1984 | 342,691 | 30,972 | 298,855 | 12,864 |
1985 | 356,558 | 30,454 | 312,849 | 13,255 |
1986 | 358,115 | 28,925 | 315,427 | 13,763 |
1987 | 333,333 | 26,099 | 294,499 | 12,735 |
1988 | 316,929 | 23,045 | 281,760 | 12,124 |
1989 | 310,498 | 21,285 | 278,655 | 10,558 |
1990 | 308,980 | 21,395 | 277,238 | 10,347 |
1991 | 307,000 | 21,154 | 276,236 | 9,610 |
1992 | 304,764 | 21,057 | 274,670 | 9,037 |
1993 | 290,728 | 19,945 | 262,240 | 8,543 |
1994 | 275,025 | 18,431 | 248,430 | 8,164 |
1995 | 258,740 | 17,214 | 233,731 | 7,795 |
1996 | 244,014 | 15,466 | 221,059 | 7,489 |
1997 | 268,012 | 14,040 | 246,229 | 7,743 |
1998 | 263,668 | 13,472 | 242,390 | 7,806 |
1999 | 275,568 | 13,521 | 253,559 | 8,488 |
2000 | 341,503 | 15,625 | 315,148 | 10,730 |
2001 | 314,547 | 13,743 | 289,757 | 11,047 |
2002 | 317,685 | 14,011 | 291,377 | 12,297 |
2003 | 305,831 | 12,832 | 280,883 | 12,116 |
2004 | 319,430 | 12,219 | 294,133 | 13,078 |
2005 | 329,225 | 11,630 | 303,976 | 13,619 |
2006 | 328,430 | 11,160 | 301,614 | 15,656 |
Wives and husbands of disabled workers | ||||
1958 a | 12,920 | 7,869 | 5,035 | 16 |
1959 b | 54,299 | 32,844 | 21,301 | 154 |
1960 | 54,187 | 38,326 | 15,756 | 105 |
1965 | 69,183 | 55,230 | 13,813 | 140 |
1970 | 96,304 | 74,913 | 21,227 | 164 |
1975 | 148,741 | 116,624 | 31,942 | 175 |
1980 | 108,500 | 74,922 | 32,616 | 962 |
1981 | 95,575 | 64,333 | 30,360 | 882 |
1982 | 77,835 | 45,463 | 31,540 | 832 |
1983 | 80,079 | 43,820 | 35,369 | 890 |
1984 | 81,834 | 46,433 | 34,470 | 931 |
1985 | 83,511 | 48,522 | 34,101 | 888 |
1986 | 82,435 | 47,711 | 33,797 | 927 |
1987 | 77,316 | 43,881 | 31,652 | 1,783 |
1988 | 73,790 | 41,627 | 29,634 | 2,529 |
1989 | 69,113 | 39,212 | 27,750 | 2,151 |
1990 | 69,667 | 40,458 | 27,023 | 2,186 |
1991 | 72,754 | 43,543 | 26,747 | 2,464 |
1992 | 78,083 | 47,841 | 27,502 | 2,740 |
1993 | 74,605 | 45,602 | 26,276 | 2,727 |
1994 | 69,549 | 42,824 | 24,240 | 2,485 |
1995 | 63,097 | 37,972 | 22,833 | 2,292 |
1996 | 57,528 | 33,638 | 21,775 | 2,115 |
1997 | 50,818 | 25,779 | 23,329 | 1,710 |
1998 | 47,550 | 23,190 | 22,693 | 1,667 |
1999 | 46,164 | 21,949 | 22,557 | 1,658 |
2000 | 43,941 | 19,801 | 22,399 | 1,741 |
2001 | 43,412 | 19,535 | 21,979 | 1,898 |
2002 | 45,600 | 20,621 | 22,863 | 2,116 |
2003 | 47,183 | 20,580 | 24,269 | 2,334 |
2004 | 48,016 | 19,423 | 26,070 | 2,523 |
2005 | 50,187 | 18,877 | 28,679 | 2,631 |
2006 | 49,521 | 16,837 | 30,270 | 2,414 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | ||||
NOTES: Benefits not necessarily payable at time of award. | ||||
Beginning with 2006, individuals whose benefits have been reinstated under the Expedited Reinstatement provisions are no longer included. Therefore, the statistics reported in this publication differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary. | ||||
a. January–November. | ||||
b. Includes December 1958. | ||||
CONTACT: Jennie H. Park (410) 965-9358. |
Basis of entitlement and age | Wives | Husbands | ||||||
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Total | Of retired workers | Of disabled workers | ||||||
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
|
All wives and husbands | 359,881 | 375.30 | 312,774 | 390.70 | 47,107 | 273.50 | 18,070 | 268.00 |
By age | ||||||||
Entitlement based on care of children | 27,997 | 294.20 | 11,160 | 438.70 | 16,837 | 198.50 | 979 | 162.90 |
Under 35 | 6,150 | 169.50 | 829 | 347.20 | 5,321 | 141.80 | 197 | 122.80 |
35–39 | 4,358 | 224.60 | 926 | 382.70 | 3,432 | 181.90 | 187 | 139.90 |
40–44 | 4,917 | 274.00 | 1,490 | 410.20 | 3,427 | 214.80 | 196 | 162.20 |
45–49 | 4,612 | 328.60 | 2,067 | 431.60 | 2,545 | 245.00 | 177 | 171.00 |
50–54 | 3,500 | 386.20 | 2,144 | 457.70 | 1,356 | 273.10 | 103 | 169.50 |
55–59 | 2,578 | 446.90 | 2,026 | 483.60 | 552 | 312.20 | 79 | 227.00 |
60–61 | 1,005 | 498.10 | 900 | 519.10 | 105 | 317.90 | 24 | 376.00 |
62–64 | 877 | 398.60 | 778 | 413.10 | 99 | 284.20 | 16 | 167.00 |
Entitlement based on age | 331,884 | 382.20 | 301,614 | 388.90 | 30,270 | 315.10 | 17,091 | 274.00 |
62–64 | 250,535 | 371.10 | 223,268 | 378.70 | 27,267 | 308.90 | 5,873 | 247.20 |
62 | 164,964 | 360.30 | 142,095 | 369.80 | 22,869 | 301.40 | 2,495 | 211.50 |
63 | 38,255 | 354.30 | 35,877 | 356.70 | 2,378 | 318.30 | 1,140 | 229.50 |
64 | 47,316 | 422.50 | 45,296 | 424.30 | 2,020 | 382.90 | 2,238 | 296.10 |
65–69 | 68,794 | 427.10 | 66,195 | 429.10 | 2,599 | 374.70 | 7,256 | 299.70 |
65 | 45,734 | 444.80 | 44,148 | 447.70 | 1,586 | 365.60 | 3,119 | 329.90 |
66 | 9,428 | 415.10 | 9,050 | 416.20 | 378 | 388.60 | 1,211 | 288.20 |
67 | 6,003 | 382.80 | 5,719 | 382.50 | 284 | 389.10 | 1,156 | 264.80 |
68 | 4,194 | 369.00 | 3,979 | 368.10 | 215 | 386.20 | 950 | 291.10 |
69 | 3,435 | 371.80 | 3,299 | 370.90 | 136 | 395.00 | 820 | 261.20 |
70–74 | 8,629 | 351.80 | 8,300 | 352.00 | 329 | 345.80 | 2,540 | 272.20 |
75 or older | 3,926 | 365.10 | 3,851 | 364.60 | 75 | 387.60 | 1,422 | 256.60 |
By sex | ||||||||
Wives | ||||||||
Not divorced | 319,202 | 379.20 | 275,725 | 396.00 | 43,477 | 272.30 | . . . | . . . |
Divorced | 40,679 | 344.90 | 37,049 | 350.50 | 3,630 | 287.80 | . . . | . . . |
Husbands of— | ||||||||
Retired workers | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 15,656 | 278.80 |
Disabled workers | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 2,414 | 197.90 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||||
NOTES: Beginning with 2006, individuals whose benefits have been reinstated under the Expedited Reinstatement provisions are no longer included. Therefore, the statistics reported in this publication differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary. | ||||||||
. . . = not applicable. | ||||||||
a. Benefits awarded before the December increase are converted to the December rates before computation of the averages. | ||||||||
CONTACT: Jennie H. Park (410) 965-9358. |
Year | All children |
Children of— | ||
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Retired workers |
Deceased workers |
Disabled workers |
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Total | ||||
1957 | 313,163 | 81,842 | 231,321 | . . . |
1960 | 415,719 | 69,979 | 241,430 | 104,310 |
1965 | 783,202 | 134,187 | 451,399 | 197,616 |
1970 | 1,090,865 | 182,595 | 591,724 | 316,546 |
1975 | 1,331,913 | 225,579 | 591,118 | 515,216 |
1976 | 1,327,197 | 236,805 | 578,905 | 511,487 |
1977 | 1,365,513 | 259,447 | 587,589 | 518,477 |
1978 | 1,234,658 | 214,284 | 566,992 | 453,382 |
1979 | 1,191,521 | 247,800 | 544,549 | 399,172 |
1980 | 1,174,112 | 248,658 | 540,246 | 385,208 |
1981 | 1,086,547 | 211,406 | 535,487 | 339,654 |
1982 | 916,715 | 182,849 | 473,396 | 260,470 |
1983 | 752,839 | 144,945 | 380,992 | 226,895 |
1984 | 721,564 | 131,986 | 351,326 | 238,252 |
1985 | 713,632 | 128,076 | 332,531 | 253,025 |
1986 | 700,627 | 122,652 | 319,800 | 258,167 |
1987 | 685,299 | 117,984 | 310,573 | 256,742 |
1988 | 706,031 | 116,659 | 324,346 | 265,026 |
1989 | 675,362 | 106,491 | 307,484 | 261,387 |
1990 | 695,307 | 108,105 | 303,616 | 283,586 |
1991 | 726,908 | 107,261 | 301,459 | 318,188 |
1992 | 794,571 | 108,686 | 304,300 | 381,585 |
1993 | 816,454 | 106,566 | 311,290 | 398,598 |
1994 | 824,239 | 102,983 | 310,051 | 411,205 |
1995 | 808,578 | 101,239 | 306,044 | 401,295 |
1996 | 798,485 | 98,655 | 302,480 | 397,350 |
1997 | 757,346 | 97,594 | 297,204 | 362,548 |
1998 | 763,170 | 96,893 | 294,851 | 371,426 |
1999 | 773,166 | 99,826 | 295,196 | 378,144 |
2000 | 776,676 | 115,358 | 297,686 | 363,632 |
2001 | 796,174 | 110,680 | 302,445 | 383,049 |
2002 | 846,361 | 116,186 | 310,395 | 419,780 |
2003 | 852,354 | 111,992 | 305,409 | 434,953 |
2004 | 858,562 | 115,391 | 309,472 | 433,699 |
2005 | 907,547 | 123,494 | 314,786 | 469,267 |
2006 | 897,035 | 126,860 | 321,155 | 449,020 |
Children under age 18 | ||||
1940 | 59,382 | 8,249 | 51,133 | . . . |
1945 | 127,514 | 7,215 | 120,299 | . . . |
1950 | 122,641 | 25,495 | 97,146 | . . . |
1955 | 238,795 | 40,402 | 198,393 | . . . |
1960 | 391,366 | 57,239 | 231,611 | 102,516 |
1965 | 523,453 | 84,707 | 263,637 | 175,109 |
1970 | 678,940 | 99,353 | 337,960 | 241,627 |
1975 | 806,770 | 115,347 | 300,139 | 391,284 |
1980 | 573,828 | 111,610 | 227,139 | 235,079 |
1981 | 512,939 | 84,793 | 228,317 | 199,829 |
1982 | 457,445 | 81,502 | 222,738 | 153,205 |
1983 | 444,467 | 80,117 | 211,396 | 152,954 |
1984 | 449,242 | 74,328 | 202,163 | 172,721 |
1985 | 464,908 | 74,128 | 200,576 | 190,204 |
1986 | 465,115 | 70,915 | 196,008 | 198,192 |
1987 | 451,370 | 66,672 | 184,668 | 195,030 |
1988 | 452,519 | 63,586 | 192,278 | 196,655 |
1989 | 446,308 | 59,073 | 189,285 | 197,950 |
1990 | 468,439 | 60,588 | 189,792 | 218,059 |
1991 | 502,442 | 60,618 | 191,537 | 250,287 |
1992 | 559,725 | 61,034 | 192,689 | 306,002 |
1993 | 575,247 | 59,515 | 198,469 | 317,263 |
1994 | 586,342 | 57,677 | 201,598 | 327,067 |
1995 | 571,650 | 57,215 | 198,848 | 315,587 |
1996 | 561,687 | 56,126 | 194,333 | 311,228 |
1997 | 517,118 | 54,841 | 184,237 | 278,040 |
1998 | 516,100 | 54,218 | 182,118 | 279,764 |
1999 | 522,946 | 57,019 | 182,159 | 283,768 |
2000 | 525,390 | 68,440 | 184,762 | 272,188 |
2001 | 542,147 | 64,207 | 188,300 | 289,640 |
2002 | 578,906 | 66,992 | 192,226 | 319,688 |
2003 | 580,166 | 63,793 | 187,060 | 329,313 |
2004 | 578,844 | 65,490 | 188,435 | 324,919 |
2005 | 609,993 | 69,008 | 189,509 | 351,476 |
2006 | 585,334 | 69,819 | 189,654 | 325,861 |
Disabled adult children | ||||
1957 | 29,507 | 17,249 | 12,258 | . . . |
1960 | 24,353 | 12,740 | 9,819 | 1,794 |
1965 | 21,398 | 10,017 | 8,668 | 2,713 |
1970 | 24,547 | 11,348 | 9,425 | 3,774 |
1975 | 32,707 | 14,636 | 11,182 | 6,889 |
1976 | 34,517 | 15,602 | 11,546 | 7,369 |
1977 | 36,210 | -- | -- | 7,885 |
1978 | 33,611 | 15,378 | 11,013 | 7,220 |
1979 | 33,419 | 15,967 | 10,999 | 6,453 |
1980 | 33,470 | 16,650 | 10,626 | 6,194 |
1981 | 30,545 | 15,365 | 9,745 | 5,435 |
1982 | 28,707 | 14,772 | 9,685 | 4,250 |
1983 | 33,639 | 17,309 | 11,223 | 5,107 |
1984 | 36,427 | 18,330 | 12,556 | 5,541 |
1985 | 39,083 | 19,661 | 12,709 | 6,713 |
1986 | 40,525 | 20,295 | 13,244 | 6,986 |
1987 | 39,665 | 20,761 | 12,117 | 6,787 |
1988 | 38,702 | 20,544 | 11,512 | 6,646 |
1989 | 37,001 | 19,668 | 10,975 | 6,358 |
1990 | 38,772 | 20,862 | 11,277 | 6,633 |
1991 | 41,086 | 21,850 | 11,684 | 7,552 |
1992 | 47,009 | 23,615 | 13,846 | 9,548 |
1993 | 47,246 | 23,173 | 13,819 | 10,254 |
1994 | 44,483 | 22,119 | 12,590 | 9,774 |
1995 | 43,275 | 21,566 | 11,930 | 9,779 |
1996 | 40,583 | 20,169 | 11,061 | 9,353 |
1997 | 38,701 | 19,611 | 10,616 | 8,474 |
1998 | 39,941 | 19,932 | 10,914 | 9,095 |
1999 | 41,748 | 20,467 | 11,430 | 9,851 |
2000 | 43,845 | 22,567 | 11,621 | 9,657 |
2001 | 43,042 | 21,307 | 11,872 | 9,863 |
2002 | 46,636 | 22,881 | 12,685 | 11,070 |
2003 | 47,235 | 22,024 | 12,920 | 12,291 |
2004 | 48,772 | 22,531 | 13,999 | 12,242 |
2005 | 53,807 | 25,154 | 14,982 | 13,671 |
2006 | 58,519 | 25,679 | 17,467 | 15,373 |
Students | ||||
1965 | 238,351 | 39,463 | 179,094 | 19,794 |
1970 | 387,378 | 71,894 | 244,339 | 71,145 |
1975 | 492,436 | 95,596 | 279,797 | 117,043 |
1976 | 544,739 | 108,197 | 295,058 | 141,484 |
1977 | 574,760 | -- | -- | 148,227 |
1978 | 544,396 | 105,719 | 291,434 | 147,243 |
1979 | 553,889 | 117,118 | 292,766 | 144,005 |
1980 | 566,814 | 120,398 | 302,481 | 143,935 |
1981 | 543,063 | 111,248 | 297,425 | 134,390 |
1982 | 430,563 | 86,575 | 240,973 | 103,015 |
1983 | 274,726 | 47,519 | 158,373 | 68,834 |
1984 | 235,895 | 39,328 | 136,577 | 59,990 |
1985 | 209,641 | 34,287 | 119,246 | 56,108 |
1986 | 194,987 | 31,442 | 110,556 | 52,989 |
1987 | 194,264 | 30,551 | 108,788 | 54,925 |
1988 | 214,810 | 32,529 | 120,556 | 61,725 |
1989 | 192,053 | 27,750 | 107,224 | 57,079 |
1990 | 188,096 | 26,655 | 102,547 | 58,894 |
1991 | 183,380 | 24,793 | 98,238 | 60,349 |
1992 | 187,837 | 24,037 | 97,765 | 66,035 |
1993 | 193,961 | 23,878 | 99,002 | 71,081 |
1994 | 193,414 | 23,187 | 95,863 | 74,364 |
1995 | 193,653 | 22,458 | 95,266 | 75,929 |
1996 | 196,215 | 22,360 | 97,086 | 76,769 |
1997 | 201,527 | 23,142 | 102,351 | 76,034 |
1998 | 207,129 | 22,743 | 101,819 | 82,567 |
1999 | 208,472 | 22,340 | 101,607 | 84,525 |
2000 | 207,441 | 24,351 | 101,303 | 81,787 |
2001 | 210,985 | 25,166 | 102,273 | 83,546 |
2002 | 220,819 | 26,313 | 105,484 | 89,022 |
2003 | 224,953 | 26,175 | 105,429 | 93,349 |
2004 | 230,946 | 27,370 | 107,038 | 96,538 |
2005 | 243,747 | 29,332 | 110,295 | 104,120 |
2006 | 253,182 | 31,362 | 114,034 | 107,786 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | ||||
NOTES: Beginning with 2006, individuals whose benefits have been reinstated under the Expedited Reinstatement provisions are no longer included. Therefore, the statistics reported in this publication differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary. | ||||
. . . = not applicable; -- = not available. | ||||
CONTACT: Jennie H. Park (410) 965-9358. |
Age | Total children |
Children of— | ||||||
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Retired workers |
Deceased workers |
Disabled workers |
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Total number |
Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
|
All children | ||||||||
Total | 897,035 | 450.00 | 126,860 | 481.30 | 321,155 | 682.90 | 449,020 | 274.50 |
Children under age 18 | ||||||||
Subtotal | 585,334 | 399.60 | 69,819 | 461.50 | 189,654 | 651.30 | 325,861 | 239.80 |
Under 1 | 43,183 | 283.20 | 2,591 | 420.30 | 9,627 | 567.20 | 30,965 | 183.50 |
1 | 18,477 | 340.60 | 1,130 | 418.60 | 6,536 | 583.00 | 10,811 | 185.90 |
2 | 19,389 | 346.70 | 1,364 | 423.70 | 6,850 | 592.90 | 11,175 | 186.30 |
3 | 21,034 | 354.90 | 1,550 | 402.30 | 7,532 | 600.90 | 11,952 | 193.80 |
4 | 22,633 | 358.80 | 1,812 | 400.50 | 8,019 | 610.20 | 12,802 | 195.50 |
5 | 24,488 | 365.20 | 2,065 | 394.30 | 8,635 | 616.80 | 13,788 | 203.30 |
6 | 26,194 | 364.90 | 2,346 | 397.70 | 8,953 | 623.70 | 14,895 | 204.20 |
7 | 27,918 | 373.00 | 2,573 | 403.80 | 9,655 | 624.20 | 15,690 | 213.50 |
8 | 29,825 | 379.00 | 2,978 | 410.00 | 10,131 | 633.80 | 16,716 | 219.10 |
9 | 31,501 | 385.90 | 3,282 | 415.80 | 10,447 | 642.90 | 17,772 | 229.30 |
10 | 33,798 | 388.40 | 3,732 | 423.60 | 10,916 | 649.30 | 19,150 | 232.70 |
11 | 37,041 | 394.90 | 4,293 | 427.40 | 11,835 | 656.70 | 20,913 | 240.00 |
12 | 40,230 | 407.80 | 4,897 | 441.80 | 12,895 | 665.70 | 22,438 | 252.10 |
13 | 43,120 | 416.20 | 5,708 | 451.60 | 13,329 | 673.60 | 24,083 | 265.40 |
14 | 45,208 | 434.50 | 6,383 | 473.10 | 14,236 | 679.00 | 24,589 | 282.90 |
15 | 45,893 | 459.00 | 7,267 | 489.20 | 14,713 | 704.50 | 23,913 | 298.80 |
16 | 43,414 | 490.80 | 8,217 | 533.80 | 14,538 | 711.80 | 20,659 | 318.20 |
17 | 31,988 | 517.70 | 7,631 | 555.80 | 10,807 | 730.20 | 13,550 | 326.60 |
Disabled adult children | ||||||||
Subtotal | 58,519 | 455.60 | 25,679 | 435.50 | 17,467 | 614.60 | 15,373 | 308.40 |
Under 20 | 19,651 | 449.70 | 3,633 | 430.00 | 8,240 | 621.60 | 7,778 | 276.70 |
20–24 | 10,154 | 460.80 | 3,313 | 444.30 | 3,403 | 624.60 | 3,438 | 314.70 |
25–29 | 7,678 | 462.20 | 3,995 | 445.10 | 1,836 | 611.80 | 1,847 | 350.80 |
30–34 | 7,903 | 463.20 | 5,067 | 444.30 | 1,521 | 605.00 | 1,315 | 371.80 |
35–39 | 7,408 | 461.90 | 5,558 | 442.70 | 1,078 | 620.90 | 772 | 378.10 |
40 or older | 5,725 | 438.60 | 4,113 | 403.00 | 1,389 | 557.80 | 223 | 351.80 |
Students aged 18–19 | ||||||||
Subtotal | 253,182 | 565.10 | 31,362 | 562.80 | 114,034 | 746.00 | 107,786 | 374.40 |
18 | 252,824 | 565.20 | 31,270 | 563.00 | 113,913 | 746.20 | 107,641 | 374.40 |
19 | 358 | 469.00 | 92 | 490.20 | 121 | 599.00 | 145 | 347.00 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||||
NOTE: Beginning with 2006, individuals whose benefits have been reinstated under the Expedited Reinstatement provisions are no longer included. Therefore, the statistics reported in this publication differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary. | ||||||||
a. Benefits awarded before the December increase are converted to the December rates before computation of the averages. | ||||||||
CONTACT: Jennie H. Park (410) 965-9358. |
Year | Total | Mothers | Fathers | Widowed | Surviving divorced mothers and fathers |
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Subtotal | With at least 1 child under age 16 a |
Entitled solely because of at least 1 disabled child b |
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1950 | 41,101 | 41,101 | . . . | 41,089 | 41,089 | . . . | 12 |
1951 | 78,323 | 78,323 | . . . | 78,181 | 78,181 | . . . | 142 |
1952 | 64,875 | 64,875 | . . . | 64,776 | 64,776 | . . . | 99 |
1953 | 71,945 | 71,945 | . . . | 71,861 | 71,861 | . . . | 84 |
1954 | 70,775 | 70,775 | . . . | 70,699 | 70,699 | . . . | 76 |
1955 | 76,018 | 76,018 | . . . | 75,927 | 75,927 | . . . | 91 |
1956 | 67,475 | 67,475 | . . . | 67,410 | 67,410 | . . . | 65 |
1957 | 88,174 | 88,174 | . . . | 88,102 | 86,088 | 2,014 | 72 |
1958 c | 81,467 | 81,467 | . . . | 81,392 | 80,130 | 1,262 | 75 |
1959 d | 102,020 | 102,020 | . . . | 101,933 | 100,234 | 1,699 | 87 |
1960 | 92,607 | 92,607 | . . . | 92,507 | 90,939 | 1,568 | 100 |
1961 | 98,449 | 98,449 | . . . | 98,374 | 96,778 | 1,596 | 75 |
1962 | 99,925 | 99,925 | . . . | 99,835 | 98,099 | 1,736 | 90 |
1963 | 104,960 | 104,960 | . . . | 104,866 | 102,828 | 2,038 | 94 |
1964 | 106,249 | 106,249 | . . . | 106,137 | 103,778 | 2,359 | 112 |
1965 | 100,005 | 100,005 | . . . | 99,804 | 97,972 | 1,832 | 201 |
1966 | 107,135 | 107,135 | . . . | 106,677 | 105,270 | 1,407 | 458 |
1967 | 110,762 | 110,762 | . . . | 110,283 | 108,842 | 1,441 | 479 |
1968 | 113,765 | 113,765 | . . . | 113,323 | 111,869 | 1,454 | 442 |
1969 | 116,922 | 116,922 | . . . | 116,434 | 115,035 | 1,399 | 488 |
1970 | 112,377 | 112,377 | . . . | 111,887 | 110,459 | 1,428 | 490 |
1971 | 116,548 | 116,548 | . . . | 115,996 | 114,266 | 1,730 | 552 |
1972 | 117,699 | 117,699 | . . . | 117,034 | 113,822 | 3,212 | 665 |
1973 | 118,775 | 118,775 | . . . | 112,511 | 109,574 | 2,937 | 6,264 |
1974 | 109,221 | 109,221 | . . . | 102,584 | 99,705 | 2,879 | 6,637 |
1975 | 116,224 | 111,372 | 4,852 | 108,002 | 103,597 | 4,405 | 8,222 |
1976 | 113,520 | 107,339 | 6,181 | 105,158 | 99,781 | 5,377 | 8,362 |
1977 | 118,821 | 111,473 | 7,348 | 109,050 | 103,492 | 5,558 | 9,771 |
1978 | 110,015 | 103,391 | 6,624 | 100,247 | 96,834 | 3,413 | 9,768 |
1979 | 110,424 | 103,805 | 6,619 | 99,413 | 96,249 | 3,164 | 11,011 |
1980 | 107,809 | 99,922 | 7,887 | 96,005 | 92,768 | 3,237 | 11,804 |
1981 | 99,653 | 92,138 | 7,515 | 81,079 | 78,069 | 3,010 | 11,059 |
1982 | 86,786 | 80,198 | 6,588 | 70,019 | 67,301 | 2,718 | 10,179 |
1983 | 82,464 | 76,271 | 6,193 | 66,711 | 63,304 | 3,407 | 9,560 |
1984 | 73,794 | 68,164 | 5,630 | 59,256 | 54,962 | 4,294 | 8,908 |
1985 | 72,241 | 66,992 | 5,249 | 62,881 | 58,507 | 4,374 | 9,360 |
1986 | 69,340 | 64,147 | 5,193 | 60,200 | 55,639 | 4,561 | 9,140 |
1987 | 64,777 | 59,626 | 5,151 | 56,329 | 52,051 | 4,278 | 8,448 |
1988 | 62,676 | 57,859 | 4,817 | 54,833 | 50,655 | 4,178 | 7,843 |
1989 | 59,525 | 54,916 | 4,609 | 51,992 | 48,226 | 3,766 | 7,533 |
1990 | 58,060 | 53,346 | 4,714 | 50,879 | 47,673 | 3,206 | 7,181 |
1991 | 57,896 | 52,889 | 5,007 | 50,787 | 47,695 | 3,092 | 7,109 |
1992 | 56,402 | 51,273 | 5,129 | 49,341 | 46,302 | 3,039 | 7,061 |
1993 | 56,408 | 51,358 | 5,050 | 49,465 | 46,420 | 3,045 | 6,943 |
1994 | 54,732 | 49,825 | 4,907 | 48,217 | 45,346 | 2,871 | 6,515 |
1995 | 51,645 | 46,874 | 4,771 | 45,368 | 42,817 | 2,551 | 6,277 |
1996 | 49,150 | 44,732 | 4,418 | 43,538 | 41,192 | 2,346 | 5,612 |
1997 | 43,504 | 39,805 | 3,699 | 38,565 | 36,396 | 2,169 | 4,939 |
1998 | 42,395 | 38,533 | 3,862 | 37,739 | 35,577 | 2,162 | 4,656 |
1999 | 41,756 | 37,926 | 3,830 | 37,271 | 35,092 | 2,179 | 4,485 |
2000 | 40,491 | 36,521 | 3,970 | 36,197 | 34,241 | 1,956 | 4,294 |
2001 | 41,323 | 37,106 | 4,217 | 36,728 | 34,753 | 1,975 | 4,595 |
2002 | 40,829 | 36,534 | 4,295 | 36,186 | 34,264 | 1,922 | 4,643 |
2003 | 39,206 | 34,712 | 4,494 | 34,797 | 32,979 | 1,818 | 4,409 |
2004 | 40,030 | 35,499 | 4,531 | 35,876 | 34,176 | 1,700 | 4,154 |
2005 | 38,248 | 34,036 | 4,212 | 34,256 | 32,872 | 1,384 | 3,992 |
2006 | 35,981 | 31,995 | 3,986 | 32,216 | 30,954 | 1,262 | 3,765 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | |||||||
NOTE: . . . = not applicable. | |||||||
a. Prior to August 1981, benefits were payable to mothers and fathers caring for a child under age 18. For mothers and fathers caring for a child who was at least age 14 and who were entitled in August 1981, benefits were continued until the child attained age 18 or September 1983, whichever came earlier. | |||||||
b. Excludes mothers and fathers who had both disabled and nondisabled entitled children in their care. | |||||||
c. January–November. | |||||||
d. Includes December 1958. | |||||||
CONTACT: Jennie H. Park (410) 965-9358. |
Age, sex, and type of benefit | Nondisabled | Disabled widow(er)s | Widowed mothers and fathers |
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Widows | Widowers | |||||||
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
Number | Average monthly benefit a (dollars) |
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All widow(er)s | 453,754 | 846.30 | 29,884 | 561.00 | 28,682 | 622.10 | 35,981 | 739.90 |
By age | ||||||||
Under 25 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1,327 | 580.20 |
25–29 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 3,017 | 615.40 |
30–34 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 4,675 | 653.40 |
35–39 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 6,580 | 689.50 |
40–44 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 7,850 | 768.90 |
45–49 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 6,688 | 822.30 |
50–54 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 13,360 | 617.50 | 3,598 | 841.30 |
55–59 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 15,050 | 625.60 | 1,626 | 837.70 |
60–64 | 149,287 | 983.50 | 13,216 | 770.40 | 268 | 653.50 | 570 | 782.40 |
60 | 67,150 | 988.20 | 5,320 | 752.60 | 101 | 628.90 | 155 | 778.10 |
61 | 22,417 | 1,011.20 | 3,830 | 763.40 | 70 | 653.80 | 140 | 826.10 |
62 | 20,978 | 968.40 | 1,707 | 825.80 | 48 | 693.60 | 113 | 789.00 |
63 | 17,060 | 944.00 | 1,007 | 772.60 | 35 | 652.00 | 97 | 738.10 |
64 | 21,661 | 986.40 | 1,349 | 788.60 | 14 | 695.10 | 65 | 752.80 |
65–69 | 91,039 | 777.00 | 4,719 | 552.20 | 4 | 848.10 | 50 | 630.50 |
65 | 45,248 | 858.30 | 2,304 | 720.00 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
66 | 11,150 | 708.90 | 631 | 423.30 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
67 | 11,383 | 697.60 | 592 | 394.90 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
68 | 11,639 | 693.60 | 584 | 384.10 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
69 | 11,619 | 687.20 | 608 | 364.70 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
70–74 | 60,903 | 711.80 | 3,135 | 349.00 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
70 | 11,839 | 698.80 | 617 | 354.70 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
71 | 12,191 | 705.50 | 666 | 363.30 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
72 | 12,058 | 711.10 | 657 | 340.10 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
73 | 12,348 | 714.40 | 607 | 347.40 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
74 | 12,467 | 728.60 | 588 | 338.40 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
75–79 | 64,186 | 765.20 | 3,090 | 323.20 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
75 | 12,937 | 748.00 | 667 | 341.20 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
76 | 13,060 | 767.50 | 621 | 331.80 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
77 | 12,878 | 768.60 | 600 | 309.60 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
78 | 12,907 | 769.30 | 617 | 320.70 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
79 | 12,404 | 773.00 | 585 | 310.40 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
80 or older | 88,339 | 837.40 | 5,724 | 329.30 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
By sex | ||||||||
Men | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1,615 | 440.50 | 3,986 | 617.90 |
Women | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 27,067 | 632.90 | 31,995 | 755.10 |
Widow or mother | 395,874 | 843.90 | . . . | . . . | 23,160 | 630.30 | 28,496 | 756.50 |
Surviving divorced wife or mother | 57,880 | 862.60 | . . . | . . . | 3,907 | 648.80 | 3,499 | 743.80 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | ||||||||
NOTE: . . . = not applicable. | ||||||||
a. Benefits awarded before the December increase are converted to the December rates before computation of the averages. | ||||||||
CONTACT: Jennie H. Park (410) 965-9358. |
Year | Total | Entitled because of age |
Entitled because of disability |
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Widows | Widowers | Widows | Widowers | ||
1950 | 66,735 | 66,672 | 63 | . . . | . . . |
1951 | 89,591 | 89,324 | 267 | . . . | . . . |
1952 | 92,302 | 91,992 | 310 | . . . | . . . |
1953 | 112,866 | 112,467 | 399 | . . . | . . . |
1954 | 128,026 | 127,626 | 400 | . . . | . . . |
1955 | 140,624 | 140,273 | 351 | . . . | . . . |
1956 | 253,524 | 253,191 | 333 | . . . | . . . |
1957 | 244,633 | 244,172 | 461 | . . . | . . . |
1958 a | 199,320 | 198,948 | 372 | . . . | . . . |
1959 b | 252,683 | 252,100 | 583 | . . . | . . . |
1960 | 239,267 | 238,813 | 454 | . . . | . . . |
1961 | 251,275 | 250,606 | 669 | . . . | . . . |
1962 | 267,051 | 266,465 | 586 | . . . | . . . |
1963 | 278,709 | 278,138 | 571 | . . . | . . . |
1964 | 283,263 | 282,689 | 574 | . . . | . . . |
1965 | 359,431 | 358,875 | 556 | . . . | . . . |
1966 | 403,595 | 403,035 | 560 | . . . | . . . |
1967 | 355,589 | 355,032 | 557 | . . . | . . . |
1968 | 375,391 | 352,280 | 604 | 22,438 | 69 |
1969 | 375,753 | 353,928 | 625 | 21,127 | 73 |
1970 | 363,216 | 347,031 | 576 | 15,546 | 63 |
1971 | 381,262 | 363,689 | 551 | 16,960 | 62 |
1972 | 402,809 | 382,452 | 544 | 19,739 | 74 |
1973 | 372,167 | 351,793 | 651 | 19,660 | 63 |
1974 | 363,693 | 343,317 | 550 | 19,793 | 33 |
1975 | 377,246 | 353,249 | 476 | 23,476 | 45 |
1976 | 385,373 | 362,229 | 489 | 22,603 | 52 |
1977 | 416,735 | 383,057 | 10,416 | 22,981 | 281 |
1978 | 403,679 | 375,750 | 9,022 | 18,553 | 354 |
1979 | 445,555 | 418,883 | 9,272 | 17,136 | 264 |
1980 | 452,156 | 424,690 | 11,412 | 15,789 | 265 |
1981 | 480,772 | 453,307 | 13,311 | 13,868 | 286 |
1982 | 492,451 | 465,070 | 14,941 | 12,222 | 218 |
1983 | 501,688 | 470,764 | 16,512 | 14,144 | 268 |
1984 | 499,677 | 464,979 | 17,533 | 16,847 | 318 |
1985 | 501,673 | 467,197 | 17,390 | 16,759 | 327 |
1986 | 491,052 | 454,903 | 17,731 | 18,033 | 385 |
1987 | 475,035 | 440,803 | 17,836 | 16,062 | 334 |
1988 | 457,574 | 424,107 | 18,139 | 14,979 | 349 |
1989 | 449,139 | 416,154 | 17,817 | 14,830 | 338 |
1990 | 451,862 | 417,925 | 18,513 | 15,058 | 366 |
1991 | 468,788 | 420,190 | 19,008 | 28,951 | 639 |
1992 | 472,078 | 419,413 | 19,430 | 32,477 | 758 |
1993 | 466,198 | 414,941 | 19,422 | 31,036 | 799 |
1994 | 459,340 | 410,323 | 19,114 | 29,075 | 828 |
1995 | 444,899 | 396,725 | 18,577 | 28,762 | 835 |
1996 | 438,081 | 390,962 | 18,508 | 27,783 | 828 |
1997 | 440,076 | 393,014 | 18,516 | 27,691 | 855 |
1998 | 443,669 | 395,231 | 19,039 | 28,494 | 905 |
1999 | 469,806 | 419,205 | 20,951 | 28,654 | 996 |
2000 | 505,021 | 453,334 | 23,645 | 26,997 | 1,045 |
2001 | 495,848 | 443,267 | 24,309 | 27,179 | 1,093 |
2002 | 522,537 | 465,627 | 27,306 | 28,211 | 1,393 |
2003 | 508,306 | 451,583 | 28,209 | 27,130 | 1,384 |
2004 | 513,839 | 456,732 | 29,033 | 26,621 | 1,453 |
2005 | 516,949 | 457,549 | 29,579 | 28,127 | 1,694 |
2006 | 512,320 | 453,754 | 29,884 | 27,067 | 1,615 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | |||||
NOTES: Beginning with 2006, individuals whose benefits have been reinstated under the Expedited Reinstatement provisions are no longer included. Therefore, the statistics reported in this publication differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary. | |||||
. . . = not applicable. | |||||
a. January–November. | |||||
b. Includes December 1958. | |||||
CONTACT: Jennie H. Park (410) 965-9358. |
Year | Number of— | Average lump sum per worker (dollars) |
|
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Deceased workers |
Lump-sum payments |
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1940 | 61,080 | 75,095 | 145.79 |
1941 | 90,941 | 117,303 | 144.58 |
1942 | 103,322 | 134,991 | 144.77 |
1943 | 122,185 | 163,011 | 145.66 |
1944 | 151,869 | 205,117 | 145.68 |
1945 | 178,813 | 247,012 | 146.05 |
1946 | 179,588 | 250,706 | 151.74 |
1947 | 181,992 | 218,787 | 162.16 |
1948 | 200,090 | 213,096 | 161.50 |
1949 | 202,154 | 212,614 | 164.02 |
1950 | 200,411 | 209,960 | 147.81 |
1951 | 414,470 | 431,229 | 138.24 |
1952 | 437,896 | 456,531 | 178.20 |
1953 | 511,986 | 532,846 | 174.16 |
1954 | 516,158 | 536,341 | 207.86 |
1955 | 566,830 | 589,612 | 202.72 |
1956 | 546,984 | 572,291 | 200.80 |
1957 | 689,282 | 718,672 | 201.63 |
1958 a | 656,825 | 683,964 | 202.52 |
1959 b | 822,413 | 855,032 | 212.67 |
1960 | 778,660 | 809,194 | 211.55 |
1961 | 813,464 | 843,308 | 210.46 |
1962 | 865,217 | 892,261 | 212.02 |
1963 | 968,651 | 1,015,536 | 212.61 |
1964 | 1,011,414 | 1,073,044 | 213.94 |
1965 | 989,848 | 1,046,874 | 226.01 |
1966 | 1,060,335 | 1,138,317 | 224.00 |
1967 | 1,133,787 | 1,217,980 | 222.51 |
1968 | 1,158,666 | 1,216,910 | 236.30 |
1969 | 1,253,467 | 1,295,897 | 232.60 |
1970 | 1,220,248 | 1,257,687 | 243.90 |
1971 | 1,251,831 | 1,283,924 | 244.20 |
1972 | 1,290,133 | 1,320,637 | 247.90 |
1973 | 1,299,223 | 1,325,833 | 253.10 |
1974 | 1,285,221 | 1,307,890 | 254.64 |
1975 | 1,334,914 | 1,344,095 | 252.47 |
1976 | 1,321,516 | 1,328,008 | 251.60 |
1977 | 1,227,390 | 1,240,304 | 254.17 |
1978 | 1,437,275 | 1,451,140 | 254.65 |
1979 | 1,500,944 | 1,515,614 | 254.68 |
1980 | 1,552,617 | 1,566,330 | 254.70 |
1981 | 1,305,261 | 1,321,565 | 254.72 |
1982 | 797,096 | 808,041 | 255.00 |
1983 | 805,524 | 807,537 | 255.00 |
1984 | 825,494 | 831,761 | 255.00 |
1985 | 823,053 | 825,395 | 255.00 |
1986 | 809,487 | 811,946 | 255.00 |
1987 | 810,066 | 812,814 | 255.00 |
1988 | 839,802 | 842,037 | 255.00 |
1989 | 829,682 | 831,825 | 255.00 |
1990 | 830,799 | 832,900 | 255.00 |
1991 | 847,838 | 850,100 | 255.00 |
1992 | 855,073 | 857,614 | 255.00 |
1993 | 860,861 | 863,492 | 255.00 |
1994 | 852,289 | 855,278 | 255.00 |
1995 | 835,360 c | 838,015 c | 255.00 |
1996 | 832,304 | 835,277 | 255.00 |
1997 | 825,176 | 828,072 | 255.00 |
1998 | 833,770 | 836,468 | 255.00 |
1999 | 873,890 | 876,878 | 255.00 |
2000 | 845,135 c | 850,411 c | 255.00 |
2001 | 843,983 c | 849,102 c | 255.00 |
2002 | 837,338 | 842,060 | 255.00 |
2003 | 817,591 | 821,613 | 255.00 |
2004 | 821,491 | 826,408 | 255.00 |
2005 | 827,492 | 830,912 | 255.00 |
2006 | 817,859 | 821,581 | 255.00 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. | |||
a. January–November. | |||
b. Includes December 1958. | |||
c. Revised data. | |||
CONTACT: Jennie H. Park (410) 965-9358. |