Annual Statistical Supplement, 2008 - 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 2007
Type of benefit	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Type of benefit	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Total, OASDI	49,864,838	987.00	40,887,616	1,023.50	5,125,460	842.90	3,685,248	792.10
OASI	40,948,624	1,014.70	34,757,613	1,044.60	3,565,823	870.80	2,542,461	812.20
Retirement benefits	34,454,106	1,032.20	30,071,993	1,054.90	2,825,729	916.70	1,495,557	798.90
Retired workers	31,527,728	1,078.60	27,558,302	1,100.70	2,613,682	953.60	1,301,304	865.00
Spouses of retired workers	2,432,082	531.50	2,157,848	549.40	114,032	445.00	154,540	348.90
Children of retired workers	494,296	538.00	355,843	571.30	98,015	480.00	39,713	385.60
Survivor benefits	6,494,518	922.20	4,685,620	978.70	740,094	695.70	1,046,904	831.10
Children of deceased workers	1,891,706	704.30	1,108,777	763.90	364,422	588.90	410,109	646.10
Widowed mothers and fathers	164,665	781.80	104,463	841.90	21,039	673.60	38,525	678.90
Nondisabled widow(er)s	4,211,356	1,040.40	3,361,051	1,064.50	323,493	830.40	515,024	1,015.80
Disabled widow(er)s	224,982	645.50	110,440	653.50	30,952	560.20	82,541	668.00
Parents of deceased workers	1,809	918.00	889	943.60	188	896.10	705	893.70
DI	8,916,214	859.70	6,130,003	903.60	1,559,637	779.10	1,142,787	747.50
Disabled workers	7,098,723	1,004.00	4,952,546	1,043.60	1,199,718	931.80	873,786	899.80
Spouses of disabled workers	152,802	267.00	114,610	280.10	16,519	241.90	20,859	216.30
Children of disabled workers	1,664,689	299.00	1,062,847	318.60	343,400	271.30	248,142	255.90
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 166,514 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.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A1.1 Number and average monthly benefit for retired workers, by sex, age, and race, December 2007
Age	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All retired workers
Total	31,527,728	1,078.60	27,558,302	1,100.70	2,613,682	953.60	1,301,304	865.00
62–64	2,744,414	955.70	2,339,262	975.60	245,684	893.10	158,565	759.90
62	680,199	934.70	569,311	955.30	62,239	882.90	48,166	759.50
63	945,114	948.90	804,099	968.70	86,770	888.50	54,063	752.30
64	1,119,101	974.20	965,852	993.30	96,675	904.00	56,336	767.60
65–69	8,375,582	1,130.40	7,156,009	1,156.60	759,627	1,022.60	455,775	900.70
65	1,382,629	1,041.70	1,187,495	1,063.20	117,507	957.30	76,833	838.60
66	1,874,841	1,160.20	1,597,491	1,187.70	171,885	1,046.80	104,591	929.30
67	1,778,273	1,159.80	1,512,837	1,188.10	165,013	1,046.70	99,571	921.40
68	1,684,868	1,139.60	1,436,440	1,166.80	156,353	1,027.10	91,212	907.00
69	1,654,971	1,129.50	1,421,746	1,155.70	148,869	1,014.90	83,568	890.30
70–74	7,003,963	1,071.20	6,056,185	1,095.40	626,075	953.30	316,752	843.90
70	1,558,662	1,113.60	1,338,434	1,139.60	141,962	997.70	77,153	877.30
71	1,467,763	1,074.50	1,266,482	1,099.20	130,310	961.80	70,147	840.50
72	1,412,114	1,054.90	1,221,094	1,078.70	127,627	936.80	62,527	832.30
73	1,335,380	1,050.50	1,159,563	1,073.80	118,810	930.40	55,970	827.60
74	1,230,044	1,054.60	1,070,612	1,078.10	107,366	929.30	50,955	829.80
75–79	5,597,616	1,061.70	4,958,981	1,082.90	439,297	918.40	188,139	851.50
75	1,220,471	1,069.70	1,067,217	1,093.10	105,831	931.80	46,078	851.20
76	1,163,580	1,059.10	1,030,631	1,080.20	90,588	921.10	40,573	842.00
77	1,139,985	1,056.10	1,011,796	1,077.10	87,731	912.70	38,631	840.80
78	1,053,949	1,054.30	938,211	1,074.50	79,732	907.20	33,126	854.20
79	1,019,631	1,069.30	911,126	1,089.00	75,415	915.00	29,731	876.10
80–84	4,181,878	1,069.80	3,765,599	1,087.80	293,155	910.20	106,546	890.00
80	970,513	1,076.80	870,238	1,096.20	70,389	916.90	26,603	884.70
81	896,214	1,066.40	805,172	1,084.80	63,959	908.50	23,368	880.00
82	836,123	1,080.30	752,899	1,098.50	58,663	918.30	21,090	899.40
83	781,726	1,065.20	706,206	1,082.20	53,545	905.90	18,764	895.80
84	697,302	1,057.00	631,084	1,073.50	46,599	897.30	16,721	893.90
85–89	2,420,441	1,072.60	2,197,261	1,089.00	160,049	899.10	51,988	919.40
85	625,288	1,058.20	565,759	1,074.70	42,055	896.80	14,684	893.20
86	573,909	1,060.30	522,324	1,075.70	37,019	893.90	12,000	907.70
87	486,599	1,061.30	442,148	1,077.60	31,801	884.90	10,379	913.70
88	390,075	1,079.60	352,710	1,097.10	27,283	897.30	8,207	935.50
89	344,570	1,127.20	314,320	1,143.50	21,891	935.30	6,718	986.50
90–94	947,515	1,182.60	858,555	1,201.10	65,801	973.80	18,538	1,059.60
95 or older	256,319	1,085.30	226,450	1,109.90	23,994	872.40	5,001	971.80
	Men
Subtotal	16,111,553	1,215.70	14,137,017	1,246.50	1,221,533	1,037.00	730,011	925.70
62–64	1,364,105	1,123.20	1,158,207	1,160.20	123,770	964.70	81,714	841.00
62	332,541	1,102.50	277,440	1,140.40	31,057	954.20	23,814	856.80
63	469,892	1,115.10	397,946	1,152.70	43,900	958.00	27,955	828.50
64	561,672	1,142.30	482,821	1,177.80	48,813	977.50	29,945	840.10
65–69	4,471,986	1,307.40	3,829,475	1,349.30	377,097	1,116.40	263,388	974.20
65	707,169	1,218.20	606,406	1,256.60	59,297	1,038.80	41,146	913.50
66	1,006,636	1,344.80	860,175	1,388.70	85,470	1,143.20	60,515	1,007.90
67	957,854	1,339.70	817,307	1,384.30	81,585	1,143.00	58,537	994.60
68	908,369	1,311.80	776,782	1,354.10	77,348	1,123.60	53,818	976.40
69	891,958	1,296.70	768,805	1,336.50	73,397	1,110.90	49,372	956.80
70–74	3,754,706	1,210.90	3,261,862	1,245.30	304,526	1,037.20	185,961	895.80
70	836,404	1,271.10	721,029	1,309.70	69,847	1,090.50	45,171	935.30
71	786,892	1,218.20	681,307	1,254.00	63,490	1,047.00	41,700	894.90
72	757,362	1,189.70	658,029	1,223.10	62,107	1,018.90	36,787	883.70
73	716,284	1,180.70	625,288	1,212.90	57,567	1,009.00	32,878	873.80
74	657,764	1,183.10	576,209	1,215.00	51,515	1,006.60	29,425	876.00
75–79	2,951,778	1,182.90	2,636,879	1,209.50	204,831	993.60	104,556	897.50
75	649,528	1,201.10	571,918	1,232.50	50,733	1,007.90	26,166	899.00
76	618,768	1,181.90	552,498	1,208.80	42,511	994.60	22,767	889.60
77	604,159	1,175.20	540,664	1,201.40	40,986	987.50	21,501	884.40
78	552,319	1,168.00	496,336	1,192.20	36,544	982.70	18,119	897.30
79	527,004	1,186.30	475,463	1,209.90	34,057	990.00	16,003	924.10
80–84	2,065,520	1,169.00	1,875,738	1,189.40	126,420	978.90	56,635	932.80
80	495,088	1,191.40	448,083	1,214.20	31,389	991.60	14,231	935.70
81	449,923	1,169.50	407,975	1,190.60	28,019	976.80	12,388	923.60
82	410,071	1,184.30	372,582	1,204.90	25,168	991.70	10,954	944.20
83	377,502	1,154.70	343,705	1,173.70	22,476	969.60	10,046	934.80
84	332,936	1,132.20	303,393	1,150.20	19,368	955.40	9,016	925.10
85–89	1,081,981	1,123.60	990,955	1,139.60	60,052	946.70	26,872	939.40
85	292,614	1,122.80	266,841	1,140.20	16,809	948.80	7,862	917.00
86	262,933	1,112.60	241,527	1,127.80	14,089	940.10	6,355	932.10
87	217,220	1,097.20	199,251	1,112.40	11,845	923.00	5,281	925.80
88	167,705	1,120.00	153,085	1,136.30	9,860	942.60	4,110	947.90
89	141,509	1,190.50	130,251	1,206.00	7,449	997.60	3,264	1,018.60
90–94	350,129	1,298.60	320,539	1,315.60	19,446	1,088.10	8,580	1,127.50
95 or older	71,348	1,195.60	63,362	1,220.90	5,391	965.40	2,305	998.80
	Women
Subtotal	15,416,175	935.20	13,421,285	947.20	1,392,149	880.30	571,293	787.40
62–64	1,380,309	790.10	1,181,055	794.50	121,914	820.50	76,851	673.80
62	347,658	774.10	291,871	779.30	31,182	811.90	24,352	664.40
63	475,222	784.50	406,153	788.40	42,870	817.30	26,108	670.80
64	557,429	804.70	483,031	808.90	47,862	829.00	26,391	685.40
65–69	3,903,596	927.50	3,326,534	934.70	382,530	930.20	192,387	800.00
65	675,460	856.80	581,089	861.30	58,210	874.30	35,687	752.20
66	868,205	946.30	737,316	953.30	86,415	951.40	44,076	821.30
67	820,419	949.90	695,530	957.50	83,428	952.70	41,034	817.10
68	776,499	938.10	659,658	946.40	79,005	932.70	37,394	807.10
69	763,013	934.00	652,941	942.90	75,472	921.50	34,196	794.20
70–74	3,249,257	909.70	2,794,323	920.40	321,549	873.80	130,791	770.10
70	722,258	931.30	617,405	940.90	72,115	907.90	31,982	795.50
71	680,871	908.60	585,175	919.00	66,820	880.80	28,447	760.80
72	654,752	898.80	563,065	910.00	65,520	858.90	25,740	758.90
73	619,096	899.90	534,275	911.00	61,243	856.60	23,092	761.80
74	572,280	906.80	494,403	918.70	55,851	857.90	21,530	766.70
75–79	2,645,838	926.60	2,322,102	939.10	234,466	852.80	83,583	794.00
75	570,943	920.20	495,299	932.20	55,098	861.80	19,912	788.40
76	544,812	919.60	478,133	931.50	48,077	856.10	17,806	781.20
77	535,826	921.80	471,132	934.40	46,745	847.20	17,130	786.00
78	501,630	929.20	441,875	942.40	43,188	843.30	15,007	802.10
79	492,627	944.10	435,663	957.10	41,358	853.20	13,728	820.20
80–84	2,116,358	973.00	1,889,861	986.90	166,735	858.20	49,911	841.30
80	475,425	957.40	422,155	971.00	39,000	856.70	12,372	826.00
81	446,291	962.50	397,197	976.20	35,940	855.30	10,980	830.80
82	426,052	980.30	380,317	994.40	33,495	863.10	10,136	851.00
83	404,224	981.60	362,501	995.40	31,069	859.90	8,718	851.00
84	364,366	988.20	327,691	1,002.40	27,231	856.00	7,705	857.30
85–89	1,338,460	1,031.30	1,206,306	1,047.40	99,997	870.50	25,116	898.00
85	332,674	1,001.30	298,918	1,016.30	25,246	862.20	6,822	865.80
86	310,976	1,016.00	280,797	1,031.00	22,930	865.60	5,645	880.20
87	269,379	1,032.30	242,897	1,049.00	19,956	862.20	5,098	901.20
88	222,370	1,049.10	199,625	1,067.00	17,423	871.60	4,097	923.10
89	203,061	1,083.10	184,069	1,099.30	14,442	903.20	3,454	956.00
90–94	597,386	1,114.60	538,016	1,132.90	46,355	925.90	9,958	1,001.10
95 or older	184,971	1,042.80	163,088	1,066.80	18,603	845.50	2,696	948.70
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 54,440 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A1.2 Number and average monthly benefit for disabled workers, by sex, age, and race, December 2007
Age	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All disabled workers
Total	7,098,723	1,004.00	4,952,546	1,043.60	1,199,718	931.80	873,786	899.80
Under 20	1,059	399.00	595	400.30	168	398.90	269	390.60
20–24	47,932	540.20	28,902	542.70	9,430	528.40	8,206	551.30
20	2,410	447.10	1,493	446.10	455	447.30	420	454.00
21	4,986	485.20	2,983	485.90	1,030	472.20	865	497.70
22	8,955	518.50	5,436	520.60	1,770	506.00	1,533	530.00
23	13,382	544.90	8,046	546.20	2,641	532.70	2,287	561.70
24	18,199	574.90	10,944	579.70	3,534	563.30	3,101	582.40
25–29	156,467	654.60	94,163	668.70	30,778	634.60	25,618	655.80
25	23,310	599.20	13,875	605.70	4,486	583.80	4,163	609.10
26	27,796	625.60	16,563	635.80	5,356	606.40	4,761	635.60
27	31,719	649.50	19,052	662.30	6,254	633.40	5,159	651.40
28	35,816	676.70	21,667	694.40	7,143	651.10	5,601	677.60
29	37,826	693.50	23,006	711.30	7,539	670.00	5,934	687.80
30–34	229,542	742.30	142,389	767.00	43,067	715.00	36,945	715.80
30	40,812	712.50	25,046	735.00	8,041	682.50	6,305	701.40
31	42,452	725.20	26,114	748.30	8,026	701.00	6,931	701.80
32	45,040	740.10	27,949	765.70	8,321	710.70	7,320	711.80
33	48,643	757.20	30,294	782.90	9,022	732.60	7,870	723.50
34	52,595	767.40	32,986	792.60	9,657	741.00	8,519	734.00
35–39	373,621	814.50	242,314	840.20	66,683	777.70	56,836	777.00
35	59,311	785.00	37,445	809.90	10,909	757.80	9,524	749.10
36	68,504	797.20	44,228	822.30	12,296	767.30	10,518	755.10
37	77,391	813.50	50,357	839.60	13,743	776.10	11,657	774.60
38	81,506	826.70	53,288	852.00	14,352	787.00	12,227	790.80
39	86,909	837.90	56,996	863.40	15,383	792.80	12,910	804.60
40–44	603,495	871.30	405,186	901.70	108,726	810.30	81,183	823.90
40	94,576	847.10	62,059	875.20	17,191	798.50	13,765	805.40
41	105,330	857.90	69,385	886.70	19,399	805.60	14,856	816.60
42	118,918	867.70	79,573	897.60	21,470	807.60	16,146	823.10
43	137,707	881.00	93,395	911.90	24,832	816.60	17,729	830.20
44	146,964	890.40	100,774	922.00	25,834	817.80	18,687	838.30
45–49	921,560	933.10	631,353	966.80	164,013	855.80	116,891	876.20
45	158,876	902.80	109,062	934.60	28,132	827.70	19,910	852.00
46	174,002	918.10	119,877	949.80	30,669	844.20	21,569	866.40
47	184,485	930.00	126,438	964.20	32,852	851.70	23,294	872.00
48	197,549	945.40	135,074	980.70	35,315	865.80	25,261	883.50
49	206,648	960.20	140,902	995.30	37,045	881.10	26,857	898.90
50–54	1,228,219	1,004.80	837,524	1,041.80	220,112	933.30	160,299	921.60
50	222,933	973.00	151,832	1,009.00	40,024	897.20	29,087	903.20
51	236,677	987.80	160,724	1,025.00	43,022	912.90	30,903	911.10
52	245,259	1,004.30	166,744	1,042.10	44,353	932.00	32,096	920.50
53	258,172	1,019.40	176,369	1,056.90	46,023	950.40	33,744	928.30
54	265,178	1,032.90	181,855	1,069.10	46,690	967.40	34,469	941.00
55–59	1,551,082	1,078.90	1,079,870	1,112.90	265,759	1,019.50	192,691	978.80
55	280,012	1,048.30	192,843	1,084.40	48,900	983.80	36,052	951.90
56	295,583	1,065.10	203,967	1,099.50	51,817	1,005.10	37,456	969.50
57	304,975	1,079.20	210,530	1,113.80	53,523	1,022.50	38,375	977.10
58	326,776	1,090.60	228,466	1,123.50	55,602	1,034.80	39,888	989.20
59	343,736	1,104.30	244,064	1,136.00	55,917	1,046.00	40,920	1,002.70
60–65	1,985,746	1,123.20	1,490,250	1,158.60	290,982	1,051.20	194,848	967.70
60	373,240	1,119.40	273,634	1,150.50	55,633	1,056.00	41,248	1,006.00
61	355,000	1,122.20	263,772	1,155.50	51,772	1,056.50	37,352	985.70
62	319,729	1,120.70	236,380	1,158.60	49,007	1,053.70	32,840	956.20
63	329,624	1,125.40	249,084	1,162.30	48,415	1,053.00	30,776	949.00
64	339,574	1,128.90	260,518	1,165.30	48,269	1,047.30	29,637	950.00
65	268,579	1,122.60	206,862	1,160.30	37,886	1,036.20	22,995	934.50
	Men
Subtotal	3,773,912	1,125.90	2,692,023	1,180.70	603,273	1,003.00	437,607	988.90
Under 20	623	403.80	362	401.20	85	418.00	159	397.20
20–24	28,380	552.20	17,168	556.90	5,302	531.90	5,040	565.40
20	1,399	456.80	860	461.30	261	431.10	248	471.00
21	2,955	498.60	1,774	504.50	576	473.50	533	509.80
22	5,344	532.40	3,268	539.20	987	509.00	958	538.00
23	7,954	556.20	4,800	557.70	1,482	538.40	1,421	579.60
24	10,728	586.40	6,466	592.50	1,996	568.60	1,880	596.80
25–29	86,530	669.10	52,191	686.90	16,298	639.50	14,571	670.90
25	13,347	613.20	7,974	623.80	2,502	589.50	2,415	621.50
26	15,716	639.30	9,409	652.70	2,896	614.30	2,732	648.50
27	17,645	663.60	10,636	679.70	3,312	637.50	2,970	665.70
28	19,424	693.50	11,764	714.20	3,693	658.40	3,152	698.60
29	20,398	710.40	12,408	733.50	3,895	674.10	3,302	703.50
30–34	118,519	763.10	73,383	793.40	21,253	721.50	19,839	735.90
30	21,455	729.70	13,145	756.70	4,036	684.60	3,450	722.20
31	22,251	742.50	13,763	771.40	3,926	703.40	3,772	717.50
32	23,200	760.40	14,292	791.50	4,092	716.10	4,007	732.80
33	24,906	780.70	15,556	812.50	4,445	742.90	4,094	742.50
34	26,707	792.90	16,627	824.60	4,754	752.40	4,516	758.60
35–39	192,012	845.60	123,611	878.00	33,082	795.70	30,830	803.00
35	30,156	813.10	18,954	844.30	5,256	775.00	5,153	772.10
36	34,986	825.80	22,363	859.20	6,082	783.00	5,692	773.90
37	39,558	843.60	25,581	876.40	6,765	792.60	6,245	800.40
38	42,181	857.90	27,502	888.70	7,081	807.60	6,666	815.90
39	45,131	873.00	29,211	905.60	7,898	811.10	7,074	839.20
40–44	314,743	917.20	210,607	954.10	55,364	839.60	43,957	864.00
40	49,232	885.40	32,193	919.40	8,667	826.90	7,453	835.70
41	55,094	898.90	36,099	933.60	9,859	833.30	8,176	851.70
42	61,851	910.90	41,217	947.40	10,971	834.80	8,691	860.40
43	71,757	930.80	48,411	968.80	12,689	847.30	9,645	875.60
44	76,809	942.90	52,687	981.20	13,178	849.30	9,992	887.10
45–49	483,943	1,004.70	334,412	1,047.20	84,064	896.50	60,185	941.50
45	82,984	962.40	57,072	1,001.70	14,347	862.30	10,539	905.90
46	91,143	981.60	63,016	1,021.90	15,693	880.60	11,339	922.30
47	96,951	999.30	67,000	1,042.10	16,733	889.80	12,109	935.60
48	103,692	1,024.00	71,792	1,068.40	18,098	909.80	12,783	956.00
49	109,173	1,042.70	75,532	1,086.80	19,193	928.20	13,415	977.10
50–54	643,244	1,111.90	450,734	1,159.70	111,854	994.10	75,021	1,018.00
50	117,378	1,064.80	81,485	1,111.30	20,679	947.40	14,113	987.80
51	123,942	1,085.80	85,970	1,134.00	22,079	967.80	14,812	999.00
52	128,468	1,111.00	89,912	1,159.20	22,518	993.50	14,898	1,016.10
53	135,026	1,133.40	95,218	1,181.50	23,133	1,015.60	15,521	1,031.50
54	138,430	1,155.20	98,149	1,202.00	23,445	1,039.20	15,677	1,051.70
55–59	825,507	1,226.30	594,483	1,271.70	132,524	1,110.30	91,327	1,114.20
55	146,549	1,179.60	104,523	1,226.90	24,242	1,063.30	16,605	1,065.70
56	156,172	1,204.30	111,850	1,249.10	25,823	1,088.80	17,201	1,100.80
57	162,809	1,223.20	116,402	1,268.50	26,872	1,110.70	18,071	1,114.10
58	175,543	1,243.40	126,795	1,287.90	27,873	1,130.40	19,294	1,129.90
59	184,434	1,268.70	134,913	1,312.70	27,714	1,151.00	20,156	1,150.70
60–65	1,080,411	1,314.30	835,072	1,360.70	143,447	1,184.70	96,678	1,116.50
60	201,968	1,294.80	151,972	1,338.10	27,923	1,170.30	20,518	1,157.40
61	191,985	1,306.10	146,742	1,351.20	25,590	1,179.20	18,500	1,135.90
62	173,958	1,309.80	132,464	1,359.20	24,285	1,189.20	16,370	1,100.60
63	179,612	1,322.20	140,029	1,369.60	23,712	1,194.20	15,205	1,094.90
64	185,299	1,331.30	146,596	1,377.30	23,473	1,195.30	14,646	1,098.90
65	147,589	1,325.80	117,269	1,372.60	18,464	1,182.70	11,439	1,085.90
	Women
Subtotal	3,324,811	865.60	2,260,523	880.30	596,445	859.90	436,179	810.40
Under 20	436	392.20	233	399.00	83	379.30	110	381.00
20–24	19,552	522.70	11,734	521.80	4,128	523.90	3,166	528.90
20	1,011	433.70	633	425.50	194	469.10	172	429.40
21	2,031	465.60	1,209	458.70	454	470.60	332	478.20
22	3,611	497.90	2,168	492.50	783	502.20	575	516.70
23	5,428	528.30	3,246	529.30	1,159	525.40	866	532.30
24	7,471	558.30	4,478	561.30	1,538	556.40	1,221	560.10
25–29	69,937	636.60	41,972	646.10	14,480	629.00	11,047	635.90
25	9,963	580.30	5,901	581.20	1,984	576.60	1,748	592.00
26	12,080	607.60	7,154	613.70	2,460	597.00	2,029	618.20
27	14,074	631.80	8,416	640.30	2,942	628.80	2,189	632.10
28	16,392	656.90	9,903	671.00	3,450	643.30	2,449	650.50
29	17,428	673.80	10,598	685.30	3,644	665.60	2,632	668.10
30–34	111,023	720.20	69,006	738.90	21,814	708.70	17,106	692.40
30	19,357	693.30	11,901	711.00	4,005	680.30	2,855	676.20
31	20,201	706.20	12,351	722.50	4,100	698.70	3,159	683.00
32	21,840	718.40	13,657	738.60	4,229	705.40	3,313	686.50
33	23,737	732.60	14,738	751.70	4,577	722.60	3,776	702.90
34	25,888	741.10	16,359	760.10	4,903	729.90	4,003	706.20
35–39	181,609	781.60	118,703	800.80	33,601	759.90	26,006	746.20
35	29,155	755.80	18,491	774.60	5,653	741.80	4,371	721.90
36	33,518	767.30	21,865	784.60	6,214	751.90	4,826	732.90
37	37,833	782.00	24,776	801.60	6,978	760.10	5,412	744.90
38	39,325	793.20	25,786	812.80	7,271	766.90	5,561	760.70
39	41,778	800.00	27,785	819.10	7,485	773.40	5,836	762.70
40–44	288,752	821.40	194,579	844.90	53,362	779.80	37,226	776.70
40	45,344	805.50	29,866	827.50	8,524	769.60	6,312	769.60
41	50,236	813.10	33,286	835.80	9,540	776.90	6,680	773.60
42	57,067	820.80	38,356	844.10	10,499	779.10	7,455	779.70
43	65,950	826.90	44,984	850.70	12,143	784.50	8,084	776.00
44	70,155	832.90	48,087	857.20	12,656	785.10	8,695	782.20
45–49	437,617	853.90	296,941	876.30	79,949	813.10	56,706	807.00
45	75,892	837.60	51,990	860.90	13,785	791.60	9,371	791.40
46	82,859	848.20	56,861	869.80	14,976	806.00	10,230	804.40
47	87,534	853.20	59,438	876.30	16,119	812.30	11,185	803.10
48	93,857	858.50	63,282	881.30	17,217	819.50	12,478	809.40
49	97,475	867.80	65,370	889.40	17,852	830.40	13,442	820.90
50–54	584,975	887.00	386,790	904.30	108,258	870.50	85,278	836.70
50	105,555	871.00	70,347	890.40	19,345	843.60	14,974	823.50
51	112,735	880.10	74,754	899.70	20,943	854.90	16,091	830.20
52	116,791	887.00	76,832	905.00	21,835	868.40	17,198	837.60
53	123,146	894.40	81,151	910.80	22,890	884.50	18,223	840.30
54	126,748	899.20	83,706	913.30	23,245	895.10	18,792	848.60
55–59	725,575	911.10	485,387	918.50	133,235	929.10	101,364	856.90
55	133,463	904.10	88,320	915.70	24,658	905.60	19,447	854.80
56	139,411	909.10	92,117	917.90	25,994	921.90	20,255	858.10
57	142,166	914.30	94,128	922.50	26,651	933.50	20,304	855.00
58	151,233	913.20	101,671	918.50	27,729	938.70	20,594	857.30
59	159,302	914.00	109,151	917.60	28,203	942.80	20,764	859.00
60–65	905,335	895.10	655,178	900.90	147,535	921.30	98,170	821.20
60	171,272	912.50	121,662	916.30	27,710	940.80	20,730	856.10
61	163,015	905.50	117,030	910.10	26,182	936.50	18,852	838.20
62	145,771	895.10	103,916	902.80	24,722	920.60	16,470	812.60
63	150,012	889.80	109,055	896.20	24,703	917.50	15,571	806.50
64	154,275	885.80	113,922	892.60	24,796	907.20	14,991	804.60
65	120,990	874.80	89,593	882.30	19,422	897.00	11,556	784.70
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 72,673 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A1.3 Number and average monthly benefit for spouses, by marital status, basis of entitlement, age, and race, December 2007
Basis of entitlement and age	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Basis of entitlement and age	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All spouses
Total	2,584,884	515.90	2,272,458	535.80	130,551	419.30	175,399	333.10
	Wives
Subtotal	2,535,460	520.10	2,244,169	538.70	124,599	422.80	160,477	339.50
Entitlement based on care of children	118,574	298.00	84,237	323.70	15,177	266.90	18,573	210.90
Under 35	15,067	166.50	10,324	177.80	1,952	146.30	2,667	140.80
35–39	17,178	201.90	11,759	217.10	2,102	183.90	3,219	159.20
40–44	22,108	252.40	15,328	271.40	2,789	232.20	3,879	194.80
45–49	23,213	308.60	16,215	333.70	3,112	280.50	3,769	226.60
50–54	18,224	361.00	13,058	390.90	2,440	322.10	2,645	252.70
55–59	11,953	408.90	8,882	435.80	1,547	369.80	1,490	292.50
60–61	4,690	459.00	3,681	484.10	578	389.60	419	337.60
62–64	6,141	488.50	4,990	510.50	657	419.10	485	358.60
Entitlement based on age	2,416,886	531.00	2,159,932	547.10	109,422	444.40	141,904	356.30
62–64	256,340	458.50	219,237	478.80	13,339	384.20	23,299	312.20
62	59,765	442.30	50,823	461.00	3,214	372.40	5,560	314.30
63	87,915	452.10	74,653	472.80	4,740	383.10	8,374	308.30
64	108,660	472.60	93,761	493.20	5,385	392.30	9,365	314.50
65–69	649,077	534.20	562,444	556.70	33,461	445.80	52,356	351.70
65	132,744	507.80	114,652	529.50	6,732	416.80	11,165	340.40
66	133,535	534.60	115,218	558.40	7,012	440.00	11,135	350.20
67	130,158	541.50	112,340	565.00	6,783	453.40	10,887	356.10
68	126,957	541.70	110,171	564.10	6,554	457.30	10,070	354.90
69	125,683	546.60	110,063	567.20	6,380	462.80	9,099	359.00
70–74	581,730	540.90	517,376	557.80	28,217	459.50	35,088	360.50
70	123,023	546.00	108,018	566.00	6,159	465.50	8,665	357.10
71	119,337	540.20	105,471	558.40	5,847	462.70	7,810	356.40
72	118,078	539.30	104,988	556.10	5,888	457.70	7,001	361.50
73	114,214	539.50	102,411	554.60	5,377	459.30	6,190	365.70
74	107,078	538.90	96,488	553.50	4,946	450.80	5,422	364.50
75–79	485,618	540.10	445,991	551.20	19,274	452.60	18,908	375.50
75	107,274	538.20	97,349	551.20	4,753	455.50	4,894	365.30
76	103,397	540.90	94,854	552.50	4,130	452.90	4,114	369.00
77	100,358	540.80	92,414	551.50	3,788	456.10	3,853	375.10
78	90,613	540.90	83,665	551.00	3,422	449.20	3,240	385.90
79	83,976	540.20	77,709	549.70	3,181	447.10	2,807	391.20
80–84	302,338	537.70	281,797	545.10	10,534	452.40	8,791	409.20
85–89	118,410	552.90	111,291	558.90	3,713	458.70	2,882	432.70
90–94	21,363	603.40	19,967	610.90	769	482.90	525	479.30
95 or older	2,010	588.70	1,829	598.30	115	460.00	55	499.40
	Husbands
Subtotal	49,424	298.70	28,289	307.10	5,952	346.30	14,922	264.40
Under 62	1,721	177.30	1,134	181.10	215	183.60	357	161.50
62–64	2,548	253.60	1,638	256.80	400	268.30	498	231.70
65–69	11,265	316.30	6,812	318.30	1,420	373.70	2,988	284.40
70–74	13,082	314.00	7,185	321.80	1,483	385.70	4,373	277.70
75–79	10,874	296.60	5,804	314.40	1,306	341.70	3,714	253.80
80–84	6,412	290.30	3,649	305.60	711	317.80	2,006	253.60
85–89	2,606	296.20	1,492	306.30	325	336.20	752	257.70
90 or older	916	306.60	575	318.40	92	329.00	234	269.70
	Spouses of retired workers
Total	2,432,082	531.50	2,157,848	549.40	114,032	445.00	154,540	348.90
	Wives
Subtotal	2,387,833	535.60	2,132,834	552.10	108,935	448.70	140,632	356.80
By basis of entitlement
Care of children	42,159	456.70	32,463	483.50	5,126	407.50	4,511	321.40
Under 35	1,334	385.60	1,017	405.70	164	350.90	150	290.00
35–39	2,591	387.70	1,923	413.50	344	337.80	322	287.50
40–44	5,107	411.40	3,804	437.80	689	364.70	610	300.90
45–49	8,100	442.10	6,091	467.80	1,056	409.90	941	314.00
50–54	8,864	460.70	6,823	488.30	1,062	414.10	959	318.80
55–59	7,343	474.40	5,637	502.20	881	435.90	820	325.70
60–61	3,530	501.30	2,823	526.50	406	425.80	294	365.30
62–64	5,290	513.10	4,345	534.60	524	446.90	415	372.40
Age	2,345,674	537.00	2,100,371	553.10	103,809	450.80	136,121	358.00
62–64	215,846	485.30	184,569	508.70	10,657	406.80	20,278	314.70
62	46,304	479.40	39,284	502.60	2,352	405.40	4,542	319.90
63	73,237	479.70	62,130	504.00	3,773	403.80	7,235	310.80
64	96,305	492.30	83,155	515.00	4,532	410.10	8,501	315.30
65–69	624,959	541.50	542,718	564.30	31,269	452.70	50,256	352.90
65	123,445	520.80	106,854	543.50	6,030	427.60	10,398	342.40
66	127,657	543.20	110,446	567.30	6,434	448.00	10,627	351.90
67	126,147	547.50	109,102	571.30	6,386	459.60	10,532	356.50
68	124,116	546.00	107,903	568.50	6,264	461.60	9,804	355.20
69	123,594	549.90	108,413	570.50	6,155	466.10	8,895	359.60
70–74	576,701	542.30	513,425	559.30	27,664	461.30	34,589	360.10
70	121,421	548.30	106,758	568.30	5,988	468.30	8,496	356.50
71	118,125	541.90	104,513	560.10	5,728	464.60	7,683	355.60
72	117,058	540.80	104,189	557.50	5,774	458.90	6,904	361.90
73	113,522	540.50	101,872	555.50	5,294	460.80	6,124	365.20
74	106,575	539.60	96,093	554.20	4,880	451.80	5,382	364.20
75–79	484,371	540.50	445,019	551.60	19,127	453.10	18,785	375.30
75	106,848	538.80	97,001	551.80	4,711	456.60	4,858	365.40
76	103,087	541.30	94,619	552.80	4,080	453.30	4,092	369.10
77	100,122	541.20	92,233	551.90	3,758	456.50	3,829	374.20
78	90,448	541.20	83,542	551.30	3,405	449.70	3,215	385.70
79	83,866	540.40	77,624	550.00	3,173	447.20	2,791	391.40
80–84	302,056	537.80	281,582	545.20	10,503	452.40	8,756	409.30
85–89	118,373	552.90	111,264	559.00	3,708	458.80	2,877	432.80
90–94	21,358	603.50	19,965	610.90	766	484.50	525	479.30
95 or older	2,010	588.70	1,829	598.30	115	460.00	55	499.40
By marital status
Nondivorced wives	2,253,673	536.10	2,019,260	552.60	95,371	447.60	134,170	353.90
Divorced wives	134,160	527.40	113,574	542.10	13,564	456.80	6,462	416.90
	Husbands
Subtotal	44,249	308.50	25,014	319.80	5,097	364.30	13,908	268.30
	Spouses of disabled workers
Total	152,802	267.00	114,610	280.10	16,519	241.90	20,859	216.30
	Wives
Subtotal	147,627	268.80	111,335	282.20	15,664	242.10	19,845	216.60
By basis of entitlement
Care of children	76,415	210.50	51,774	223.50	10,051	195.20	14,062	175.50
Under 35	13,733	145.20	9,307	152.90	1,788	127.50	2,517	131.90
35–39	14,587	168.80	9,836	178.70	1,758	153.70	2,897	145.00
40–44	17,001	204.70	11,524	216.50	2,100	188.70	3,269	175.00
45–49	15,113	237.10	10,124	253.10	2,056	214.10	2,828	197.50
50–54	9,360	266.60	6,235	284.30	1,378	251.20	1,686	215.10
55–59	4,610	304.40	3,245	320.30	666	282.30	670	251.90
60–61	1,160	330.50	858	344.60	172	304.30	125	272.60
62–64	851	335.60	645	348.20	133	309.30	70	276.70
Age	71,212	331.30	59,561	333.30	5,613	325.90	5,783	316.50
62–64	40,494	315.90	34,668	319.50	2,682	294.40	3,021	295.30
62	13,461	314.70	11,539	319.40	862	282.10	1,018	289.30
63	14,678	314.40	12,523	317.70	967	302.30	1,139	291.90
64	12,355	319.00	10,606	321.80	853	297.80	864	306.80
65–69	24,118	344.60	19,726	346.40	2,192	347.00	2,100	324.40
65	9,299	334.80	7,798	337.70	702	324.00	767	312.80
66	5,878	348.90	4,772	352.70	578	350.70	508	314.30
67	4,011	350.30	3,238	350.30	397	352.90	355	344.90
68	2,841	354.90	2,268	355.00	290	365.80	266	344.90
69	2,089	350.90	1,650	350.00	225	374.20	204	330.90
70–74	5,029	375.20	3,951	374.30	553	373.60	499	385.10
70	1,602	368.80	1,260	367.10	171	365.80	169	384.80
71	1,212	374.30	958	370.40	119	368.60	127	405.80
72	1,020	373.00	799	375.70	114	397.70	97	332.40
73	692	378.70	539	377.30	83	360.30	66	417.10
74	503	397.70	395	400.40	66	377.60	40	395.70
75 or older	1,571	383.20	1,216	379.90	186	390.10	163	397.90
By marital status
Nondivorced wives	140,207	266.80	105,433	281.20	14,795	236.70	19,223	213.60
Divorced wives	7,420	305.40	5,902	301.00	869	332.80	622	308.40
	Husbands
Subtotal	5,175	215.00	3,275	209.80	855	239.00	1,014	211.20
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 6,476 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A1.4 Number and average monthly benefit for children, by type of benefit, age, and race, December 2007
Age	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All children
Total	4,050,691	517.40	2,527,467	549.50	805,837	440.30	697,964	492.50
Under age 18	3,119,523	477.00	1,864,864	504.50	639,256	408.50	599,548	466.40
Under 1	11,602	322.80	6,686	326.90	2,328	269.80	2,487	365.80
1	27,038	341.30	15,415	355.90	5,791	288.10	5,593	363.30
2	38,922	364.20	22,245	379.20	8,166	303.90	8,225	388.90
3	51,492	376.70	29,663	393.70	10,514	315.10	10,984	395.10
4	66,152	392.60	38,195	411.10	13,488	331.40	14,069	406.00
5	80,846	399.90	46,875	420.40	16,603	334.60	16,922	411.70
6	99,496	406.90	57,791	428.80	20,410	340.90	20,792	415.10
7	118,745	417.10	69,365	437.20	24,357	354.80	24,448	426.10
8	137,026	427.70	80,610	449.40	27,661	362.20	28,125	433.40
9	159,054	434.10	94,326	457.30	32,608	369.20	31,468	435.10
10	179,413	445.00	106,849	469.60	36,376	378.10	35,458	442.30
11	202,786	454.80	122,136	479.40	40,761	391.30	39,054	447.20
12	229,034	465.90	138,111	491.20	45,990	401.10	44,033	456.60
13	263,288	477.40	158,178	503.90	54,314	412.30	49,609	466.50
14	300,588	488.50	179,805	516.90	62,984	422.90	56,316	472.90
15	341,337	504.80	205,587	534.90	70,770	435.70	63,139	485.40
16	385,442	533.70	232,906	566.30	79,390	456.80	70,936	513.40
17	427,262	552.50	260,121	585.10	86,745	473.60	77,890	532.10
Disabled adult children	794,677	660.30	578,155	681.20	136,713	571.00	77,006	663.70
18–19	14,019	535.70	8,548	555.40	2,849	465.70	2,515	551.80
20–24	70,678	556.90	41,233	570.40	15,688	493.20	13,276	592.30
25–29	69,271	602.10	42,534	618.40	15,535	546.60	10,752	618.40
30–34	70,243	635.80	46,318	652.80	14,588	578.20	8,906	641.50
35–39	84,910	667.40	59,912	683.10	15,790	604.30	8,857	675.20
40–44	104,350	683.00	75,821	702.10	18,913	600.00	9,340	697.10
45–49	108,556	698.50	81,021	719.40	18,822	599.80	8,435	719.30
50–54	89,783	707.30	69,233	727.70	13,994	597.00	6,378	728.40
55–59	64,992	709.90	52,388	727.10	8,478	585.20	4,018	746.20
60–64	46,206	699.10	38,673	713.80	5,130	561.40	2,320	758.90
65–69	30,123	685.40	25,707	697.70	3,091	561.30	1,283	737.60
70–74	19,134	636.70	16,700	646.90	1,890	536.00	531	670.70
75–79	12,377	597.60	11,030	605.90	1,092	510.20	252	613.50
80 or older	10,035	556.40	9,037	565.60	853	466.90	143	508.90
Students, aged 18–19	136,491	609.80	84,448	640.80	29,868	523.30	21,410	608.40
18	127,758	610.40	79,798	641.50	27,268	520.80	19,986	608.50
19	8,733	600.90	4,650	627.70	2,600	549.90	1,424	607.80
	Children of retired workers
Subtotal	494,296	538.00	355,843	571.30	98,015	480.00	39,713	385.60
Under age 18	281,848	509.60	184,195	548.10	67,989	469.20	29,308	363.00
Under 1	539	454.30	327	475.50	141	476.10	70	310.50
1	1,265	452.70	781	484.20	341	436.40	143	319.30
2	2,065	476.40	1,303	504.00	495	478.20	264	339.10
3	2,761	463.70	1,772	488.10	658	455.90	328	351.50
4	3,852	467.30	2,488	497.50	925	449.00	434	336.10
5	4,884	465.30	3,143	493.60	1,180	447.10	556	345.50
6	6,395	466.30	4,084	492.70	1,621	452.80	683	342.00
7	7,835	471.70	5,094	501.00	1,891	454.30	843	336.10
8	9,597	470.10	6,210	502.20	2,380	443.40	998	335.00
9	11,586	467.60	7,454	499.30	2,980	440.10	1,134	332.80
10	14,074	473.90	9,184	505.70	3,451	446.80	1,422	334.40
11	16,823	478.90	10,877	513.50	4,218	447.50	1,708	337.40
12	20,178	483.10	13,073	518.30	4,976	455.30	2,098	332.30
13	24,568	489.60	15,848	525.00	6,185	460.40	2,503	339.80
14	29,245	497.70	18,855	533.90	7,345	466.60	3,011	348.10
15	35,193	508.10	23,241	547.30	8,311	465.00	3,591	356.80
16	41,775	551.30	27,654	596.70	9,679	490.50	4,392	401.50
17	49,213	566.60	32,807	612.30	11,212	505.10	5,130	410.60
Disabled adult children	196,038	573.50	160,080	592.80	26,326	500.60	9,273	451.70
18–19	2,180	528.10	1,569	551.80	464	492.30	139	392.20
20–24	12,047	542.10	8,622	572.00	2,513	485.80	891	415.60
25–29	15,885	558.00	11,783	583.00	2,845	499.10	1,230	457.90
30–34	21,508	570.90	16,865	592.20	3,064	510.60	1,537	461.20
35–39	32,203	591.20	26,595	611.20	3,779	512.20	1,781	466.90
40–44	40,751	591.90	34,023	609.70	5,044	514.70	1,640	463.00
45–49	36,613	580.30	30,763	597.50	4,618	502.00	1,164	443.40
50–54	21,088	557.30	17,978	571.70	2,512	482.90	549	431.90
55–59	9,264	546.70	8,037	559.20	969	470.60	230	432.10
60–64	3,315	528.90	2,858	542.20	353	442.70	85	434.00
65–69	907	533.00	757	552.70	124	428.60	22	443.10
70 or older	277	492.80	230	510.10	41	418.90	5	285.20
Students, aged 18–19	16,410	603.30	11,568	643.20	3,700	531.60	1,132	430.10
18	15,454	605.60	10,982	645.40	3,389	532.80	1,073	429.60
19	956	565.20	586	602.90	311	517.90	59	439.20
	Children of deceased workers
Subtotal	1,891,706	704.30	1,108,777	763.90	364,422	588.90	410,109	646.10
Under age 18	1,302,665	691.30	703,977	765.70	256,684	572.10	335,968	627.20
Under 1	2,227	628.20	929	710.50	352	483.80	937	602.50
1	7,117	603.90	3,354	676.50	1,398	485.90	2,352	572.00
2	12,139	613.90	5,813	688.70	2,330	496.30	3,957	574.20
3	17,691	615.80	8,734	690.10	3,332	502.30	5,581	567.90
4	23,780	633.50	11,865	712.40	4,449	514.60	7,400	579.00
5	30,138	637.60	15,208	718.80	5,752	514.70	9,088	580.10
6	37,974	644.20	19,484	724.00	7,137	522.50	11,267	583.60
7	46,368	652.60	23,869	729.10	8,912	538.50	13,481	592.80
8	54,633	660.50	28,590	736.50	10,399	540.80	15,527	601.30
9	64,214	664.60	34,132	740.70	12,465	544.20	17,466	602.30
10	73,049	673.70	39,220	749.50	13,959	551.40	19,712	610.00
11	83,461	678.60	45,571	752.80	16,038	557.10	21,621	613.00
12	96,469	683.70	52,866	756.00	18,685	561.70	24,651	621.60
13	112,094	691.30	61,247	764.00	22,361	571.40	28,067	628.70
14	130,182	694.30	71,102	767.30	26,354	577.10	32,074	629.50
15	149,484	705.00	81,911	780.00	30,364	585.00	36,285	637.40
16	170,493	721.90	93,987	793.20	34,366	602.60	40,945	659.60
17	191,152	735.50	106,095	804.50	38,031	615.10	45,557	676.60
Disabled adult children	521,293	728.70	366,542	753.70	93,048	626.90	59,859	734.00
18–19	6,263	704.20	3,270	766.50	1,246	598.60	1,708	660.50
20–24	31,995	702.60	15,264	754.30	7,098	617.70	9,390	683.50
25–29	33,728	727.60	17,808	769.00	8,286	651.90	7,369	713.10
30–34	35,419	745.10	20,285	785.10	8,630	662.30	6,215	729.20
35–39	44,355	758.30	27,529	791.80	10,145	669.50	6,428	756.70
40–44	60,248	754.90	39,494	792.30	13,065	641.90	7,471	756.20
45–49	71,513	760.30	49,998	795.50	14,061	633.30	7,245	764.90
50–54	68,674	753.50	51,246	782.50	11,471	622.30	5,828	756.40
55–59	55,723	737.00	44,347	757.60	7,508	600.10	3,788	765.30
60–64	42,890	712.30	35,814	727.50	4,777	570.20	2,235	771.30
65–69	29,216	690.20	24,950	702.10	2,967	566.80	1,261	742.70
70–74	18,947	638.10	16,545	648.20	1,864	537.60	526	674.40
75–79	12,314	598.20	10,978	606.50	1,081	511.50	252	613.50
80 or older	10,008	556.50	9,014	565.70	849	466.80	143	508.90
Students, aged 18–19	67,748	765.20	38,258	829.60	14,690	642.40	14,282	720.80
18	62,948	768.40	35,976	832.30	13,269	641.30	13,226	723.80
19	4,800	723.60	2,282	788.30	1,421	652.80	1,056	682.80
	Children of disabled workers
Subtotal	1,664,689	299.00	1,062,847	318.60	343,400	271.30	248,142	255.90
Under age 18	1,535,010	289.10	976,692	308.10	314,583	261.90	234,272	248.70
Under 1	8,836	237.80	5,430	252.40	1,835	212.90	1,480	218.50
1	18,656	233.60	11,280	251.70	4,052	207.30	3,098	206.90
2	24,718	232.20	15,129	249.50	5,341	203.80	4,004	209.00
3	31,040	232.70	19,157	249.80	6,524	205.30	5,075	207.80
4	38,520	236.50	23,842	252.10	8,114	217.60	6,235	205.40
5	45,824	236.70	28,524	253.20	9,671	213.70	7,278	206.30
6	55,127	236.60	34,223	253.10	11,652	214.00	8,842	206.00
7	64,542	241.30	40,402	256.70	13,554	220.20	10,124	211.60
8	72,796	247.40	45,810	263.10	14,882	224.50	11,600	217.00
9	83,254	251.70	52,740	267.90	17,163	229.70	12,868	217.20
10	92,290	259.60	58,445	276.00	18,966	238.10	14,324	222.20
11	102,502	268.70	65,688	284.10	20,505	250.10	15,725	231.30
12	112,387	275.90	72,172	292.40	22,329	254.70	17,284	236.40
13	126,626	285.70	81,083	303.20	25,768	262.70	19,039	244.10
14	141,161	296.90	89,848	315.20	29,285	273.10	21,231	254.00
15	156,660	312.90	100,435	332.10	32,095	286.80	23,263	268.40
16	173,174	344.10	111,265	367.00	35,345	305.90	25,599	298.80
17	186,897	361.70	121,219	385.60	37,502	320.60	27,203	313.10
Disabled adult children	77,346	419.90	51,533	440.90	17,339	378.30	7,874	378.30
18–19	5,576	349.40	3,709	370.80	1,139	309.50	668	307.00
20–24	26,636	388.60	17,347	407.80	6,077	350.80	2,995	358.90
25–29	19,658	422.40	12,943	443.60	4,404	379.30	2,153	386.00
30–34	13,316	449.90	9,168	471.60	2,894	399.00	1,154	408.70
35–39	8,352	478.20	5,788	496.50	1,866	436.30	648	438.80
40 or older	3,808	495.60	2,578	516.70	959	454.10	256	437.70
Students, aged 18–19	52,333	410.60	34,622	431.20	11,478	368.20	5,996	374.50
18	49,356	410.30	32,840	431.20	10,610	366.20	5,687	374.00
19	2,977	414.60	1,782	430.30	868	393.10	309	383.50
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 19,423 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.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A1.5 Number and average monthly benefit for widowed mothers and fathers, by age, sex, marital status, and race, December 2007
Age, sex, and marital status	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age, sex, and marital status	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All widowed mothers and fathers	164,665	781.80	104,463	841.90	21,039	673.60	38,525	678.90
	By age
Under 25	2,130	589.00	1,241	619.40	157	485.70	732	559.60
25–29	8,856	628.60	5,272	670.30	981	501.70	2,591	592.20
25	1,132	613.80	665	653.30	110	480.50	355	582.40
26	1,390	621.10	840	658.30	131	494.50	418	585.30
27	1,772	633.40	1,058	673.00	172	495.80	540	600.10
28	2,089	639.50	1,262	682.10	249	526.10	575	595.30
29	2,473	627.00	1,447	672.70	319	496.00	703	592.60
30–34	17,493	658.90	10,590	709.30	2,316	539.90	4,559	602.80
30	2,750	638.20	1,696	684.80	327	511.20	723	586.90
31	3,053	653.20	1,816	704.00	395	543.10	841	595.30
32	3,430	659.70	2,064	714.70	460	530.70	902	600.10
33	3,873	667.10	2,362	717.60	531	545.60	973	611.20
34	4,387	667.90	2,652	717.00	603	555.40	1,120	613.80
35–39	27,832	714.20	17,237	772.90	3,582	601.70	6,921	628.00
35	4,851	682.00	2,951	736.80	626	579.10	1,258	605.70
36	5,385	692.90	3,340	751.10	668	577.40	1,362	607.80
37	5,804	717.90	3,578	775.20	771	617.10	1,440	630.90
38	5,921	726.90	3,748	789.60	726	588.30	1,429	634.40
39	5,871	744.00	3,620	803.00	791	637.50	1,432	657.40
40–44	34,216	791.90	21,896	856.40	4,021	675.60	8,183	678.10
40	6,358	763.50	4,008	827.50	782	642.40	1,548	661.00
41	6,402	776.30	3,995	839.20	760	668.20	1,628	675.10
42	6,996	783.20	4,560	848.50	827	664.60	1,583	659.80
43	7,245	809.50	4,654	875.00	821	695.70	1,743	689.20
44	7,215	821.50	4,679	885.20	831	704.60	1,681	702.40
45–49	33,379	849.10	21,701	912.50	3,993	740.30	7,530	725.30
45	7,239	836.10	4,724	900.70	863	730.40	1,619	706.90
46	7,080	842.70	4,614	905.40	811	729.70	1,628	723.30
47	6,855	852.00	4,438	921.40	861	736.30	1,530	717.10
48	6,330	855.40	4,132	913.50	727	760.20	1,436	736.40
49	5,875	862.60	3,793	924.60	731	749.00	1,317	748.10
50–54	21,003	865.40	13,360	931.00	2,802	755.00	4,719	746.30
50	5,460	870.90	3,520	934.80	702	755.80	1,204	753.70
51	4,810	872.30	3,065	937.30	603	764.80	1,120	752.00
52	4,182	859.10	2,670	924.10	538	762.70	953	732.90
53	3,517	867.00	2,199	937.10	497	749.90	796	748.90
54	3,034	851.10	1,906	916.70	462	737.30	646	739.20
55–59	10,529	867.10	6,700	915.20	1,632	766.30	2,133	791.90
55	2,644	870.20	1,652	924.70	392	751.90	578	792.20
56	2,240	869.80	1,413	919.40	331	788.00	488	781.20
57	2,043	876.40	1,264	926.80	336	804.20	423	781.40
58	1,833	856.50	1,188	894.70	304	746.70	335	817.00
59	1,769	859.00	1,183	905.20	269	735.40	309	795.20
60–61	3,530	853.90	2,389	892.20	552	759.70	570	785.90
60	1,831	867.40	1,210	904.30	290	792.70	320	799.10
61	1,699	839.30	1,179	879.80	262	723.20	250	769.00
62 or older	5,697	835.80	4,077	872.20	1,003	736.90	587	757.80
	By sex and marital status
Women	154,287	788.90	98,148	850.40	19,525	674.40	36,000	684.20
Mothers	140,517	789.20	88,674	853.30	18,278	674.00	33,001	681.80
Surviving divorced mothers	13,770	785.40	9,474	823.40	1,247	679.60	2,999	711.00
Men	10,378	676.80	6,315	709.70	1,514	663.10	2,525	602.80
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 638 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A1.6 Number and average monthly benefit for nondisabled widow(er)s, by sex, age, marital status, and race, December 2007
Age, sex, and marital status	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age, sex, and marital status	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All nondisabled widow(er)s	4,211,356	1,040.40	3,361,051	1,064.50	323,493	830.40	515,024	1,015.80
	Women
Subtotal	4,160,409	1,042.60	3,336,439	1,065.90	318,121	830.50	494,217	1,021.80
	By age
60–61	121,379	1,028.80	34,613	1,097.30	4,792	871.70	81,868	1,009.10
60	51,112	1,036.60	13,752	1,109.10	1,860	889.50	35,460	1,016.30
61	70,267	1,023.10	20,861	1,089.50	2,932	860.50	46,408	1,003.60
62–64	288,810	1,048.90	97,440	1,111.10	13,098	886.70	177,957	1,027.00
62	80,196	1,036.60	24,286	1,106.00	3,540	881.20	52,297	1,015.10
63	96,076	1,047.80	31,922	1,109.70	4,318	880.20	59,729	1,026.90
64	112,538	1,058.70	41,232	1,115.30	5,240	895.70	65,931	1,036.50
65–69	601,934	1,079.90	417,034	1,091.20	51,782	869.30	132,057	1,127.70
65	132,476	1,049.70	75,634	1,067.70	10,078	838.60	46,559	1,066.40
66	122,268	1,110.50	80,184	1,113.60	9,880	885.70	31,987	1,172.30
67	117,200	1,099.10	84,425	1,104.70	10,516	886.10	22,050	1,180.70
68	114,823	1,082.10	86,508	1,092.50	10,556	875.30	17,553	1,157.80
69	115,167	1,060.30	90,283	1,077.00	10,752	860.90	13,908	1,108.40
70–74	575,430	1,030.00	485,064	1,062.20	57,833	842.40	30,914	882.20
70	104,517	1,036.30	86,670	1,070.80	10,550	847.80	7,063	900.90
71	109,207	1,030.10	91,546	1,062.70	11,147	850.10	6,205	880.90
72	116,897	1,026.00	98,645	1,058.70	11,736	834.20	6,181	875.40
73	123,159	1,030.60	104,552	1,061.10	12,434	846.00	5,824	880.90
74	121,650	1,027.70	103,651	1,059.00	11,966	834.80	5,641	869.10
75–79	729,036	1,031.80	636,134	1,059.50	63,670	827.50	26,834	868.70
75	131,863	1,026.70	113,028	1,057.20	12,697	831.90	5,704	863.40
76	137,845	1,032.00	119,928	1,060.10	12,154	828.50	5,306	871.20
77	150,411	1,035.50	131,125	1,064.10	13,163	827.80	5,603	863.50
78	151,901	1,034.40	133,393	1,061.10	12,828	825.20	5,188	874.10
79	157,016	1,029.80	138,660	1,054.90	12,828	824.00	5,033	872.20
80–84	803,629	1,025.30	717,648	1,047.80	60,556	811.30	22,713	887.30
80	163,280	1,027.70	144,421	1,051.60	13,294	820.00	5,004	894.20
81	162,464	1,023.60	144,427	1,046.50	12,682	818.90	4,831	879.30
82	160,228	1,025.50	143,041	1,048.50	12,140	809.70	4,541	880.60
83	162,378	1,022.20	145,721	1,043.80	11,748	804.30	4,361	885.10
84	155,279	1,027.60	140,038	1,048.60	10,692	800.80	3,976	898.20
85–89	632,064	1,053.80	574,905	1,073.90	40,582	810.30	14,301	920.20
85	149,492	1,034.60	135,012	1,055.00	10,235	810.20	3,735	903.60
86	146,624	1,046.60	133,468	1,065.80	9,312	812.70	3,305	917.70
87	131,730	1,057.30	120,007	1,077.30	8,282	808.90	2,958	920.10
88	107,632	1,064.10	97,819	1,085.30	7,077	811.70	2,333	931.80
89	96,586	1,078.40	88,599	1,098.10	5,676	806.90	1,970	942.00
90–94	300,161	1,061.30	275,493	1,081.30	17,980	788.20	5,746	916.00
95 or older	107,966	983.90	98,108	1,005.50	7,828	739.70	1,827	832.50
	By marital status
Widows	3,816,615	1,040.00	3,104,903	1,064.70	286,357	823.50	414,560	1,005.10
Surviving divorced wives (nondisabled)	343,794	1,071.20	231,536	1,082.80	31,764	893.00	79,657	1,108.80
	Men
Subtotal	50,947	864.50	24,612	866.90	5,372	825.00	20,807	872.80
60–61	9,424	794.50	3,186	804.60	455	800.90	5,779	788.60
62–64	15,221	941.00	5,721	966.80	968	923.90	8,510	925.70
65–69	12,810	995.80	6,842	1,003.50	1,549	924.20	4,375	1,009.40
70–74	3,974	786.50	2,444	811.70	809	810.50	699	674.10
75–79	3,480	715.90	2,265	738.20	664	735.30	535	601.10
80–84	2,804	655.50	1,895	675.90	448	663.90	444	560.60
85–89	1,814	626.50	1,203	645.70	290	635.90	301	547.40
90 or older	1,420	624.10	1,056	626.90	189	613.50	164	623.20
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 11,788 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A1.7 Number and average monthly benefit for disabled widow(er)s, by age, sex, marital status, and race, December 2007
Age, sex, and marital status	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age, sex, and marital status	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All disabled widow(er)s	224,982	645.50	110,440	653.50	30,952	560.20	82,541	668.00
	By age
50–54	29,154	635.90	8,890	614.90	3,184	529.30	16,919	668.00
50	2,707	622.90	749	598.70	275	516.20	1,666	652.60
51	4,360	625.70	1,336	608.00	479	520.80	2,529	655.70
52	5,644	630.20	1,693	612.30	614	532.80	3,301	658.70
53	7,560	645.20	2,363	614.40	819	529.30	4,333	684.70
54	8,883	640.70	2,749	624.60	997	534.80	5,090	671.00
55–59	77,614	650.30	32,228	651.90	10,040	565.40	34,998	674.20
55	10,895	653.90	3,929	651.00	1,350	564.40	5,566	678.30
56	13,072	650.60	5,214	649.50	1,633	564.70	6,168	675.20
57	14,852	646.80	6,102	656.20	1,993	558.60	6,679	665.70
58	17,899	650.60	7,693	651.80	2,368	574.20	7,745	673.90
59	20,896	650.60	9,290	650.80	2,696	563.40	8,840	677.50
60–65	118,214	644.70	69,322	659.10	17,728	562.80	30,624	660.80
60	23,880	646.20	11,413	651.70	3,003	552.70	9,347	670.30
61	22,462	648.30	11,710	656.20	2,884	567.60	7,766	667.60
62	20,068	641.60	11,373	659.60	3,048	557.90	5,568	652.00
63	20,744	644.80	12,988	661.00	3,364	564.40	4,306	660.10
64	20,927	643.90	14,392	663.80	3,549	565.10	2,893	643.60
65	10,133	641.30	7,446	662.40	1,880	572.00	744	608.30
	By sex and marital status
Women	216,204	652.70	106,969	660.50	29,533	564.20	78,713	676.40
Widows	185,450	650.80	90,595	659.80	25,594	561.00	68,550	673.20
Surviving divorced wives	30,754	664.30	16,374	664.10	3,939	585.00	10,163	698.00
Men	8,778	468.80	3,471	437.80	1,419	477.20	3,828	494.80
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 1,049 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A1.8 Number and average monthly benefit for parents, by age, sex, and race, December 2007
Age and sex	All races ^a		White		Black		Other ^b
Age and sex	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)	Number	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All parents	1,809	918.00	889	943.60	188	896.10	705	893.70
	By age
62–69	151	981.30	43	1,016.50	19	1,088.10	88	944.80
70–74	206	933.00	68	1,012.50	30	913.70	105	889.40
75–79	356	905.40	153	960.90	41	868.90	153	866.90
80–84	384	936.40	181	988.30	32	915.40	165	882.20
85–89	363	922.70	211	942.30	36	851.30	112	907.40
90 or older	349	869.40	233	865.00	30	827.30	82	898.80
	By sex
Women	1,594	926.50	833	950.50	175	897.10	563	902.80
Men	215	854.90	56	840.70	13	883.60	142	857.70
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.
a. Includes 27 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A3 Number and average monthly benefit, with reduction for early retirement, by type of benefit, sex, age, and race, December 2007
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	23,078,917	1,011.30	20,404,083	1,029.10	1,798,729	905.90	843,352	810.70
62–64	2,743,592	955.60	2,338,567	975.50	245,600	893.10	158,524	759.90
62	680,114	934.70	569,237	955.30	62,235	882.90	48,160	759.50
63	944,735	948.90	803,784	968.60	86,728	888.40	54,041	752.30
64	1,118,743	974.10	965,546	993.20	96,637	903.90	56,323	767.60
65–69	6,376,565	1,070.40	5,516,886	1,092.80	540,597	980.70	317,821	836.30
65	1,306,199	1,024.40	1,128,270	1,046.20	109,205	944.80	68,333	793.40
66	1,381,889	1,092.10	1,191,268	1,116.20	117,462	1,000.70	72,922	846.90
67	1,287,745	1,091.20	1,109,945	1,114.60	111,232	1,001.60	66,293	852.50
68	1,213,163	1,075.40	1,050,747	1,097.30	104,036	981.70	58,178	849.80
69	1,187,569	1,068.30	1,036,656	1,088.90	98,662	971.80	52,095	842.30
70–74	4,743,108	998.80	4,180,004	1,016.80	390,912	895.40	170,314	796.70
70	1,084,445	1,049.90	949,614	1,069.50	90,772	951.30	43,822	830.20
71	1,011,195	1,008.50	889,277	1,027.20	82,464	909.00	39,220	794.90
72	950,342	982.20	838,033	1,000.00	79,102	875.50	32,924	788.40
73	879,635	968.80	778,359	986.00	72,266	862.70	28,496	774.40
74	817,491	970.60	724,721	987.70	66,308	861.40	25,852	777.70
75–79	3,817,054	980.10	3,436,044	995.50	275,058	858.30	97,946	793.50
75	823,851	988.10	733,304	1,004.80	65,909	872.00	23,874	803.10
76	789,185	975.40	710,149	990.70	56,419	859.80	21,494	781.20
77	778,830	974.30	702,522	989.40	54,862	853.30	20,224	784.90
78	722,863	973.10	653,424	988.10	50,142	846.80	17,036	791.00
79	702,325	989.40	636,645	1,004.30	47,726	855.20	15,318	809.80
80–84	2,905,365	991.10	2,650,038	1,005.20	187,529	848.50	56,785	825.00
80	674,406	995.70	612,801	1,010.70	45,216	855.90	13,923	812.70
81	617,919	985.80	562,679	1,000.10	40,571	844.70	12,211	813.90
82	588,511	1,003.40	536,737	1,017.70	37,899	858.30	11,572	837.10
83	541,388	987.50	495,187	1,000.90	34,156	843.90	10,040	832.40
84	483,141	980.70	442,634	993.70	29,687	835.00	9,039	835.00
85–89	1,675,549	998.40	1,538,784	1,011.50	101,354	839.20	28,648	861.30
85	433,728	984.40	397,294	997.50	26,714	836.90	8,052	835.30
86	397,911	986.70	366,267	999.20	23,509	834.20	6,581	846.80
87	334,395	989.40	307,363	1,002.60	20,037	827.10	5,626	855.30
88	269,863	1,005.80	246,919	1,019.90	17,181	836.20	4,611	884.70
89	239,652	1,047.20	220,941	1,060.20	13,913	873.60	3,778	922.00
90–94	645,191	1,070.70	590,570	1,085.90	41,679	885.10	10,411	956.10
95 or older	172,493	987.90	153,190	1,009.80	16,000	797.70	2,903	882.50
	Men
Subtotal	11,413,127	1,131.20	10,100,759	1,156.00	849,245	977.70	450,401	871.50
62–64	1,363,607	1,123.20	1,157,782	1,160.20	123,722	964.70	81,689	841.00
62	332,482	1,102.50	277,388	1,140.40	31,055	954.20	23,809	856.80
63	469,662	1,115.10	397,753	1,152.60	43,875	957.90	27,943	828.50
64	561,463	1,142.30	482,641	1,177.80	48,792	977.50	29,937	840.10
65–69	3,313,989	1,240.20	2,861,767	1,277.70	273,455	1,064.90	178,210	907.60
65	661,501	1,196.70	569,343	1,235.30	55,213	1,021.60	36,767	863.50
66	716,863	1,267.80	616,217	1,308.70	59,447	1,085.70	41,081	918.20
67	672,837	1,262.90	578,798	1,302.20	56,231	1,087.70	37,692	921.90
68	637,076	1,241.00	551,289	1,276.70	52,601	1,069.40	33,097	920.90
69	625,712	1,229.30	546,120	1,262.10	49,963	1,057.60	29,573	914.80
70–74	2,483,205	1,127.30	2,193,493	1,153.40	194,364	966.60	94,360	853.30
70	571,109	1,201.50	500,338	1,232.00	46,018	1,034.50	24,691	895.40
71	529,987	1,144.60	466,524	1,172.80	41,284	983.60	22,063	852.60
72	495,888	1,106.20	438,486	1,131.60	39,151	944.60	18,103	843.80
73	460,087	1,082.70	408,439	1,106.80	35,642	924.70	15,705	821.40
74	426,134	1,078.80	379,706	1,101.60	32,269	920.90	13,798	828.00
75–79	1,961,585	1,073.10	1,778,064	1,091.70	129,404	914.70	50,248	837.30
75	428,647	1,097.30	383,590	1,119.40	31,973	932.30	12,651	855.60
76	409,524	1,071.40	371,040	1,090.40	26,725	914.30	11,134	827.20
77	402,539	1,064.30	365,481	1,082.50	25,997	908.60	10,381	825.60
78	368,644	1,055.40	336,078	1,072.30	23,036	901.50	8,529	827.00
79	352,231	1,074.00	321,875	1,090.90	21,673	910.20	7,553	849.30
80–84	1,359,691	1,049.60	1,249,629	1,064.20	78,582	894.20	27,395	851.60
80	329,791	1,075.90	302,300	1,092.30	19,734	910.00	6,759	848.30
81	294,675	1,050.20	270,573	1,065.40	17,268	890.70	5,924	846.70
82	274,055	1,067.70	251,873	1,082.50	15,876	910.20	5,463	867.60
83	245,634	1,031.70	226,222	1,045.10	13,854	883.80	4,841	850.50
84	215,536	1,006.20	198,661	1,018.70	11,850	863.70	4,408	844.40
85–89	686,286	984.90	635,310	995.90	35,692	849.00	13,185	841.60
85	188,765	995.80	174,186	1,008.00	10,108	857.50	3,899	830.60
86	167,973	978.50	155,871	989.30	8,445	840.40	3,172	833.70
87	136,102	955.90	126,178	966.10	7,008	826.70	2,486	820.60
88	104,911	972.00	96,798	982.90	5,753	837.40	2,034	850.20
89	88,535	1,033.80	82,277	1,043.90	4,378	896.50	1,594	906.30
90–94	206,020	1,086.60	190,281	1,097.10	10,989	950.40	4,107	974.60
95 or older	38,744	975.40	34,433	991.20	3,037	835.80	1,207	876.80
	Women
Subtotal	11,665,790	894.00	10,303,324	904.70	949,484	841.60	392,951	741.00
62–64	1,379,985	790.00	1,180,785	794.50	121,878	820.50	76,835	673.70
62	347,632	774.10	291,849	779.30	31,180	811.80	24,351	664.40
63	475,073	784.50	406,031	788.40	42,853	817.30	26,098	670.80
64	557,280	804.70	482,905	808.80	47,845	828.90	26,386	685.30
65–69	3,062,576	886.80	2,655,119	893.50	267,142	894.40	139,611	745.30
65	644,698	847.70	558,927	853.60	53,992	866.20	31,566	711.70
66	665,026	902.70	575,051	909.90	58,015	913.60	31,841	754.90
67	614,908	903.40	531,147	910.10	55,001	913.60	28,601	761.00
68	576,087	892.30	499,458	899.20	51,435	892.10	25,081	755.90
69	561,857	889.00	490,536	896.10	48,699	883.90	22,522	747.20
70–74	2,259,903	857.70	1,986,511	866.00	196,548	825.10	75,954	726.30
70	513,336	881.30	449,276	888.60	44,754	865.80	19,131	746.00
71	481,208	858.60	422,753	866.60	41,180	834.20	17,157	720.70
72	454,454	847.00	399,547	855.70	39,951	807.90	14,821	720.70
73	419,548	843.90	369,920	852.60	36,624	802.50	12,791	716.60
74	391,357	852.80	345,015	862.30	34,039	804.90	12,054	720.20
75–79	1,855,469	881.70	1,657,980	892.30	145,654	808.20	47,698	747.30
75	395,204	869.60	349,714	879.10	33,936	815.20	11,223	743.80
76	379,661	871.80	339,109	881.70	29,694	810.70	10,360	731.80
77	376,291	877.90	337,041	888.50	28,865	803.50	9,843	742.00
78	354,219	887.50	317,346	898.90	27,106	800.20	8,507	754.80
79	350,094	904.30	314,770	915.80	26,053	809.50	7,765	771.40
80–84	1,545,674	939.70	1,400,409	952.50	108,947	815.50	29,390	800.20
80	344,615	919.10	310,501	931.30	25,482	814.00	7,164	779.20
81	323,244	927.00	292,106	939.70	23,303	810.60	6,287	783.00
82	314,456	947.40	284,864	960.40	22,023	820.90	6,109	809.90
83	295,754	950.80	268,965	963.80	20,302	816.70	5,199	815.50
84	267,605	960.20	243,973	973.40	17,837	815.90	4,631	826.00
85–89	989,263	1,007.70	903,474	1,022.50	65,662	834.00	15,463	878.00
85	244,963	975.50	223,108	989.40	16,606	824.30	4,153	839.80
86	229,938	992.70	210,396	1,006.50	15,064	830.70	3,409	859.00
87	198,293	1,012.50	181,185	1,028.00	13,029	827.30	3,140	882.80
88	164,952	1,027.30	150,121	1,043.80	11,428	835.50	2,577	912.00
89	151,117	1,055.10	138,664	1,069.80	9,535	863.10	2,184	933.50
90–94	439,171	1,063.20	400,289	1,080.60	30,690	861.70	6,304	944.10
95 or older	133,749	991.50	118,757	1,015.20	12,963	788.70	1,696	886.50
	Disabled workers
Total	58,859	1,200.90	46,918	1,246.30	8,109	1,100.30	3,807	857.20
62	3,383	1,213.00	2,643	1,258.70	461	1,151.60	276	879.80
63	12,145	1,214.70	9,648	1,260.30	1,693	1,105.80	796	891.90
64	21,534	1,200.30	17,238	1,245.20	2,964	1,100.30	1,329	840.90
65	21,797	1,191.90	17,389	1,237.50	2,991	1,089.20	1,406	848.50
	Men
Subtotal	35,062	1,383.80	28,558	1,440.10	4,189	1,236.10	2,300	954.40
62	2,037	1,389.30	1,636	1,440.90	243	1,305.40	157	979.40
63	7,195	1,398.10	5,843	1,454.60	859	1,246.00	485	986.40
64	12,837	1,382.20	10,506	1,437.20	1,521	1,239.20	809	936.40
65	12,993	1,376.60	10,573	1,434.90	1,566	1,216.80	849	948.50
	Women
Subtotal	23,797	931.40	18,360	944.70	3,920	955.20	1,507	708.90
62	1,346	946.20	1007	962.80	218	980.20	119	748.50
63	4,950	948.30	3,805	962.00	834	961.50	311	744.60
64	8,697	931.80	6,732	945.70	1,443	953.90	520	692.20
65	8,804	919.30	6,816	931.50	1,425	949.10	557	696.10
	Spouses
Total	2,029,363	508.40	1,831,476	521.80	88,172	422.90	105,355	350.80
	Wives
Subtotal	2,013,977	510.20	1,821,296	523.20	86,100	425.50	102,287	353.60
By age
62–64	256,240	458.50	219,153	478.80	13,330	384.30	23,293	312.20
62	59,735	442.30	50,797	461.10	3,213	372.40	5,558	314.20
63	87,882	452.10	74,626	472.80	4,736	383.10	8,372	308.30
64	108,623	472.60	93,730	493.20	5,381	392.40	9,363	314.50
65–69	587,417	524.70	514,185	544.40	29,565	435.10	43,002	353.80
65	130,343	506.70	112,580	528.40	6,565	416.70	11,013	339.80
66	123,500	522.80	106,933	545.20	6,459	430.50	9,973	345.50
67	116,246	530.20	101,508	550.00	6,002	441.80	8,617	360.70
68	110,291	531.00	97,512	548.50	5,423	441.80	7,233	364.00
69	107,037	536.50	95,652	552.00	5,116	449.30	6,166	370.90
70–74	466,655	523.00	425,083	534.50	20,727	436.40	20,003	372.50
70	101,179	534.60	91,055	549.00	4,669	446.00	5,316	369.60
71	97,480	528.50	88,375	541.10	4,314	442.10	4,618	373.70
72	94,852	522.00	86,421	533.30	4,321	434.30	3,959	375.90
73	89,250	513.90	81,885	523.80	3,859	432.00	3,306	373.30
74	83,894	513.30	77,347	522.80	3,564	424.20	2,804	370.50
75–79	382,466	513.20	358,058	520.20	13,361	430.90	9,852	379.20
75	84,554	513.20	78,424	521.50	3,388	433.20	2,501	372.50
76	81,721	514.80	76,359	522.00	2,914	437.70	2,195	376.30
77	79,224	513.80	74,341	520.60	2,598	433.50	2,036	380.30
78	71,321	512.70	67,095	519.30	2,330	422.90	1,664	384.20
79	65,646	510.90	61,839	517.10	2,131	423.70	1,456	388.00
80–84	226,416	500.40	214,355	505.20	6,668	422.30	4,577	398.90
85–89	81,639	504.70	77,914	508.30	2,100	420.30	1,347	425.30
90–94	12,290	525.20	11,752	529.20	314	430.10	191	446.70
95 or older	854	483.20	796	490.10	35	358.20	22	419.00
By type of benefit
Wives of retired workers	1,948,761	516.40	1,766,393	529.30	81,191	432.30	97,114	356.20
Wives of disabled workers	65,216	323.10	54,903	325.70	4,909	312.80	5,173	305.70
	Husbands
Subtotal	15,386	281.30	10,180	281.40	2,072	317.20	3,068	257.30
	Nondisabled widow(er)s
Total	2,455,214	969.10	1,810,278	980.50	214,946	788.00	424,416	1,013.80
60–64	434,834	1,034.00	140,960	1,095.00	19,313	882.80	274,114	1,013.50
60	54,884	1,020.90	14,955	1,086.20	2,041	881.90	37,846	1,002.70
61	75,919	1,005.40	22,844	1,063.70	3,206	855.20	49,801	988.40
62	85,000	1,029.50	26,021	1,094.70	3,827	882.00	55,072	1,009.20
63	101,110	1,042.70	33,796	1,102.00	4,651	882.90	62,550	1,022.70
64	117,921	1,054.30	43,344	1,109.10	5,588	899.50	68,845	1,032.70
65–69	529,940	1,051.10	369,706	1,062.70	47,481	854.80	111,960	1,097.40
65	134,793	1,044.20	76,475	1,061.80	10,259	841.00	47,883	1,060.20
66	110,492	1,079.00	72,562	1,080.80	9,335	868.40	28,454	1,144.30
67	100,565	1,064.30	73,960	1,071.60	9,508	869.30	16,943	1,143.60
68	92,899	1,041.60	72,779	1,057.10	9,248	856.90	10,715	1,099.60
69	91,191	1,022.50	73,930	1,042.40	9,131	839.10	7,965	1,051.80
70–74	395,098	978.10	335,536	1,007.90	43,242	806.40	15,174	814.30
70	79,216	997.60	66,754	1,029.90	8,552	822.00	3,742	833.70
71	79,163	988.10	67,122	1,017.80	8,651	819.40	3,152	827.00
72	80,660	974.90	68,559	1,005.80	8,836	796.00	3,032	803.50
73	80,587	970.00	68,620	997.90	8,981	806.70	2,738	810.10
74	75,472	959.00	64,481	987.90	8,222	787.40	2,510	787.00
75–79	393,998	944.60	342,007	970.80	40,435	770.80	10,258	764.50
75	77,951	952.60	66,868	980.60	8,462	781.20	2,345	775.20
76	77,727	950.50	67,427	976.70	7,920	775.80	2,105	777.00
77	81,558	947.90	70,717	974.70	8,431	771.40	2,132	766.20
78	78,861	942.10	68,752	968.00	8,001	766.30	1,867	752.40
79	77,901	929.80	68,243	954.10	7,621	758.30	1,809	746.80
80–84	356,652	901.10	314,371	923.00	34,138	731.80	7,076	748.70
85–89	229,914	871.90	205,218	891.50	20,064	702.80	3,997	716.20
90–94	86,520	813.20	77,475	831.80	7,514	647.00	1,372	671.60
95 or older	28,258	779.10	25,005	796.70	2,759	638.00	465	662.70
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.
a. Includes 32,753 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A4 Number and total monthly benefits, by trust fund and type of benefit, December 1940–2007, 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
2007	49,864,838	40,948,624	8,916,214	31,527,728	7,098,723	2,584,884	4,050,691	164,665	4,436,338	1,809	--
	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
2007	49,218,145	41,552,564	7,665,581	34,004,494	7,127,082	1,333,410	2,095,892	128,742	4,526,864	1,661	--
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: . . . = not applicable; -- = not available.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A5 Number and average age, by type of benefit, December 2007
Type of benefit	Number (thousands)	Average age
Total, OASDI	49,865	66
OASI	40,949	71
Retired workers	31,528	74
Spouses of retired workers	2,432	73
Children of retired workers	494	24
Under age 18	282	13
Disabled adult children	196	41
Students, aged 18–19	16	18
Children of deceased workers	1,892	22
Under age 18	1,303	12
Disabled adult children	521	48
Students, aged 18–19	68	18
Nondisabled widow(er)s	4,211	77
Widowed mothers and fathers	165	43
Disabled widow(er)s	225	59
Parents of deceased workers	2	82
DI	8,916	45
Disabled workers	7,099	52
Spouses of disabled workers	153	54
Children of disabled workers	1,665	13
Under age 18	1,535	12
Disabled adult children	77	27
Students, aged 18–19	52	18
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A6 Number and average monthly benefit, by age, sex, type of benefit, and race, December 2007
Type of benefit	All races ^a	White	Black	Other ^b
	Number (thousands)
Total, OASDI	49,865	40,888	5,125	3,685
	By age and sex
Adults	45,814	38,360	4,320	2,987
Men	20,005	16,892	1,839	1,210
Women	25,809	21,468	2,481	1,777
Children	4,051	2,527	806	698
Under age 18	3,120	1,865	639	600
Disabled adult children	795	578	137	77
Students, aged 18–19	136	84	30	21
Retired workers and their spouses and children	34,454	30,072	2,826	1,496
Retired workers	31,528	27,558	2,614	1,301
Spouses	2,432	2,158	114	155
Children	494	356	98	40
Disabled workers and their spouses and children	8,916	6,130	1,560	1,143
Disabled workers	7,099	4,953	1,200	874
Spouses	153	115	17	21
Children	1,665	1,063	343	248
Survivors of deceased workers	6,495	4,686	740	1,047
Nondisabled widow(er)s	4,211	3,361	323	515
Disabled widow(er)s	225	110	31	83
Widowed mothers and fathers	165	104	21	39
Children	1,892	1,109	364	410
Parents	2	1	c	1
	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
Retired workers	1,078.60	1,100.70	953.60	865.00
Men	1,215.70	1,246.50	1,037.00	925.70
Women	935.20	947.20	880.30	787.40
Disabled workers	1,004.00	1,043.60	931.80	899.80
Men	1,125.90	1,180.70	1,003.00	988.90
Women	865.60	880.30	859.90	810.40
Widowed mothers and fathers	781.80	841.90	673.60	678.90
Nondisabled widow(er)s	1,040.40	1,064.50	830.40	1,015.80
Surviving children	704.30	763.90	588.90	646.10
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 166,514 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. Less than 500.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A7 Number and average monthly benefit for women, by type of benefit, basis of entitlement, and race, December 2007
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	25,807	899.50	21,468	914.00	2,480	840.70	1,777	810.80
Workers	18,741	922.80	15,682	937.50	1,989	874.20	1,007	797.40
Retired	15,416	935.20	13,421	947.20	1,392	880.30	571	787.40
Full benefit	3,750	1,063.30	3,118	1,087.70	443	963.40	178	889.70
Reduced benefit	11,666	894.00	10,304	904.70	950	841.60	393	741.00
Disabled	3,325	865.60	2,261	880.30	596	859.90	436	810.40
Wives of retired and disabled workers	2,535	520.10	2,244	538.70	125	422.80	160	339.50
Entitlement based on care of children	119	298.00	84	323.70	15	266.90	19	210.90
Husband retired	42	456.70	32	483.50	5	407.50	5	321.40
Husband disabled	76	210.50	52	223.50	10	195.20	14	175.50
Entitlement based on age	2,417	531.00	2,160	547.10	109	444.40	142	356.30
Husband retired	2,346	537.00	2,100	553.10	104	450.80	136	358.00
Full benefit	397	638.40	334	679.10	23	517.20	39	362.60
Reduced benefit	1,949	516.40	1,766	529.30	81	432.30	97	356.10
Husband disabled	71	331.30	60	333.30	6	325.90	6	316.50
Widows	4,531	1,015.30	3,542	1,047.70	367	800.70	609	957.20
Entitlement based on care of children	154	788.90	98	850.40	20	674.40	36	684.20
Nondisabled, aged 60 or older	4,160	1,042.60	3,336	1,065.90	318	830.50	494	1,021.80
Disabled, aged 50–64	216	652.70	107	660.50	30	564.20	79	676.40
	Women aged 65 or older
Total ^c	20,078	922.10	17,482	934.90	1,688	850.80	860	803.10
Entitled as worker	14,157	948.80	12,330	961.30	1,290	886.20	506	804.60
Worker only	8,216	921.60	6,865	937.80	945	863.00	390	784.80
Dually entitled	5,941	986.40	5,465	991.00	345	949.90	116	871.10
Wife's benefit	2,382	651.10	2,247	654.50	79	588.20	52	606.00
Widow's benefit	3,559	1,210.90	3,218	1,225.90	266	1,057.20	64	1,087.60
Entitled as wife or widow only	5,921	858.30	5,152	871.80	398	735.80	354	801.00
Wife's benefit	2,161	539.60	1,941	554.80	96	452.70	119	365.00
Widow's benefit	3,760	1,041.50	3,212	1,063.30	302	825.80	235	1,021.00
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 82,562 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 and disabled adult children receiving benefits because of a childhood disability.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

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 2007
Type of benefit and sex	Number	Average primary insurance amount (dollars)	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All beneficiaries	95,474	611.20	763.20
	Retirement benefits
Total	88,409	606.50	780.40
Retired workers	85,726	607.30	797.40
Men	18,303	574.20	510.10
Women	67,423	616.30	875.40
Wives and husbands of retired workers	2,380	577.70	235.00
Children of retired workers	303	602.10	248.60
	Disability benefits
Total	20	596.80	554.50
	Survivor benefits
Total	7,045	670.30	548.50
Nondisabled widow(er)s	5,752	668.90	562.80
Disabled widow(er)s	99	671.80	421.60
Widowed mothers and fathers	19	649.10	446.30
Children of deceased workers	1,175	677.20	490.90
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A10 Number and average monthly benefit for beneficiaries aged 60 or older, by sex, type of benefit, and age, December 2007
Type of benefit	Total, 60 or older	60–61	62–64	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–99	100 or older
	Number (thousands)
	All beneficiaries
Total	40,447	935	4,393	9,961	8,198	6,839	5,304	3,178	1,594	45
Retired workers	31,528	. . .	2,744	8,376	7,004	5,598	4,182	2,420	1,174	30
Widow(er)s, parents, and mothers and fathers	4,341	181	370	626	580	733	807	634	395	15
Wives and husbands	2,475	5	265	660	595	496	309	121	24	a
Disabled workers	1,986	728	989	269	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	118	21	25	30	19	12	7	3	1	a
	Men
Subtotal	17,351	417	1,935	4,659	3,781	2,971	2,077	1,087	418	6
Retired workers	16,112	. . .	1,364	4,472	3,755	2,952	2,066	1,082	415	6
Widowers, parents, and fathers	55	12	17	13	4	4	3	2	1	a
Husbands	48	a	3	11	13	11	6	3	1	a
Disabled workers	1,080	394	539	148	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	56	11	12	15	9	5	2	1	a	a
	Women
Subtotal	23,097	519	2,458	5,302	4,417	3,868	3,227	2,091	1,176	39
Retired workers	15,416	. . .	1,380	3,904	3,249	2,646	2,116	1,338	759	23
Widows, parents, and mothers	4,285	169	353	613	576	729	804	632	393	15
Wives	2,428	5	262	649	582	486	302	118	23	a
Disabled workers	905	334	450	121	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	62	11	12	15	10	7	4	2	a	a
	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
	All beneficiaries
Total	1,040.40	1,068.10	963.80	1,085.30	1,028.30	1,019.30	1,030.90	1,048.10	1,126.60	976.80
Retired workers	1,078.60	. . .	955.70	1,130.40	1,071.20	1,061.70	1,069.80	1,072.60	1,165.90	1,002.70
Widow(er)s, parents, and mothers and fathers	1,029.20	915.30	974.40	1,070.50	1,028.30	1,030.20	1,024.00	1,052.50	1,043.50	928.90
Wives and husbands	526.30	457.20	457.20	530.50	535.90	534.80	532.50	547.30	591.20	541.50
Disabled workers	1,123.20	1,120.70	1,125.10	1,122.60	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	662.70	705.10	693.90	685.40	636.70	597.60	567.10	542.50	511.90	423.60
	Men
Subtotal	1,216.40	1,268.90	1,172.50	1,302.70	1,206.00	1,178.10	1,164.90	1,120.30	1,279.20	1,098.80
Retired workers	1,215.70	. . .	1,123.20	1,307.40	1,210.90	1,182.90	1,169.00	1,123.60	1,283.90	1,104.00
Widowers, parents, and fathers	837.60	742.70	894.70	986.40	787.20	718.00	658.00	633.00	627.70	605.00
Husbands	303.10	a	253.60	316.30	314.00	296.60	290.30	296.20	306.80	a
Disabled workers	1,314.30	1,300.30	1,321.30	1,325.80	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	660.60	697.60	686.10	679.50	629.40	593.50	557.70	537.80	a	a
	Women
Subtotal	908.30	906.90	799.60	894.20	876.20	897.30	944.70	1,010.60	1,072.40	956.60
Retired workers	935.20	. . .	790.10	927.50	909.70	926.60	973.00	1,031.30	1,101.40	975.20
Widows, parents, and mothers	1,031.70	927.00	978.30	1,072.30	1,029.90	1,031.70	1,025.30	1,053.70	1,044.90	929.90
Wives	530.70	459.00	459.20	534.20	540.90	540.10	537.70	552.90	602.30	575.40
Disabled workers	895.10	909.10	890.20	874.80	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
Disabled adult children	664.50	712.90	701.70	691.20	642.80	600.60	572.40	544.60	a	a
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
. . . = not applicable.
a. Fewer than 500 beneficiaries.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

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 1960–2007, selected years
Entitlement	1960	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2007
	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	22,526
Entitled as worker ^b	2,866	5,753	7,586	9,304	10,805	12,037	12,974	14,013	15,291	15,987
Worker only	2,563	4,786	5,926	6,710	7,096	7,359	7,554	8,117	9,126	9,716
Dually entitled ^c	303	967	1,660	2,594	3,709	4,678	5,420	5,896	6,165	6,271
Wife's benefit	159	388	617	1,016	1,594	2,077	2,398	2,568	2,650	2,706
Widow's benefit	141	574	1,039	1,575	2,112	2,600	3,022	3,327	3,514	3,565
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	6,539
Wife's benefit	2,174	2,546	2,745	2,884	3,018	3,059	2,985	2,768	2,511	2,423
Widow's benefit ^d	1,546	3,048	3,659	4,148	4,580	4,853	4,926	4,598	4,264	4,115
	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	43.1
Dually entitled ^c	4.6	8.5	11.8	15.9	20.1	23.4	25.9	27.6	28.0	27.8
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	15.8
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	29.0
Wife's benefit	32.8	22.4	19.6	17.6	16.4	15.3	14.3	12.9	11.4	10.8
Widow's benefit ^d	23.4	26.8	26.1	25.4	24.9	24.3	23.6	21.5	19.3	18.3
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 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 or supplement@ssa.gov.

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 2007
Entitlement	Total, 65 or older	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90 or older
	Number
All women 65 or older ^a	20,077,545	5,285,520	4,406,417	3,860,492	3,222,325	2,088,934	1,213,857
Entitled as worker	14,156,856	4,024,586	3,249,257	2,645,838	2,116,358	1,338,460	782,357
Worker only	8,215,773	2,900,217	2,047,166	1,414,684	967,985	526,036	359,685
Dually entitled	5,941,083	1,124,369	1,202,091	1,231,154	1,148,373	812,424	422,672
Wife's benefit	2,382,254	825,756	671,537	485,833	279,468	102,892	16,768
Widow's benefit	3,558,829	298,613	530,554	745,321	868,905	709,532	405,904
Entitled as wife or widow only	5,920,689	1,260,934	1,157,160	1,214,654	1,105,967	750,474	431,500
Wife's benefit	2,160,546	649,077	581,730	485,618	302,338	118,410	23,373
Widow's benefit	3,760,143	611,857	575,430	729,036	803,629	632,064	408,127
	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
All women 65 or older ^a	922.10	894.90	876.70	897.80	945.20	1,011.00	1,069.00
Entitled as worker	948.80	926.00	909.70	926.60	973.00	1,031.30	1,097.60
Worker only	921.60	960.50	908.60	879.70	879.20	880.80	1,020.70
Dually entitled	986.40	836.80	911.70	980.40	1,052.00	1,128.80	1,163.10
Wife's benefit	651.10	683.60	652.80	625.70	609.50	611.40	661.10
Widow's benefit	1,210.90	1,260.50	1,239.30	1,211.50	1,194.40	1,203.80	1,183.80
Entitled as wife or widow only	858.30	795.60	784.10	835.20	892.00	974.80	1,017.10
Wife's benefit	539.60	534.20	540.90	540.10	537.70	552.90	602.20
Widow's benefit	1,041.50	1,072.80	1,030.00	1,031.80	1,025.30	1,053.80	1,040.80
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
a. Excludes parents and disabled adult children.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A16 Number and average monthly benefit for adult beneficiaries, by sex, type of benefit, and age, December 2007
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	46,609	7,097	4,393	35,119	1,022.30	924.80	963.80	1,049.30
Retired workers	31,528	. . .	2,744	28,783	1,078.60	. . .	955.70	1,090.30
Disabled workers	7,099	5,841	989	269	1,004.00	978.00	1,125.10	1,122.60
Wives and husbands of retired workers	2,432	37	223	2,172	531.50	448.50	484.50	537.70
Wives and husbands of disabled workers	153	77	42	33	267.00	208.20	313.50	344.00
Nondisabled widow(er)s	4,211	131	304	3,777	1,040.40	1,011.90	1,043.50	1,041.20
Disabled widow(er)s	225	153	62	10	645.50	646.60	643.40	641.30
Mothers and fathers	165	159	4	1	781.80	779.90	845.50	803.70
Disabled adult children	795	698	25	72	660.30	661.30	693.90	639.20
	Men
Subtotal	20,439	3,505	1,935	14,999	1,183.60	1,031.60	1,172.40	1,220.60
Retired workers	16,112	. . .	1,364	14,747	1,215.70	. . .	1,123.20	1,224.30
Disabled workers	3,774	3,087	539	148	1,125.90	1,082.20	1,321.30	1,325.80
Husbands of retired workers	44	b	2	43	308.40	410.20	291.80	308.90
Husbands of disabled workers	5	2	1	3	215.00	169.30	185.70	254.70
Nondisabled widowers	51	9	15	26	864.50	794.50	941.00	845.30
Disabled widowers	9	7	2	b	468.80	466.50	480.60	447.20
Fathers	10	10	b	b	676.80	674.80	825.20	631.10
Disabled adult children	434	389	12	32	658.00	658.80	686.10	638.20
	Women
Subtotal	26,170	3,592	2,458	20,120	896.30	820.50	799.60	921.60
Retired workers	15,416	. . .	1,380	14,036	935.20	. . .	790.00	949.50
Disabled workers	3,325	2,754	450	121	865.60	861.20	890.20	874.80
Wives of retired workers	2,388	37	221	2,130	535.60	448.60	485.90	542.30
Wives of disabled workers	148	76	41	31	268.80	209.10	316.30	351.50
Nondisabled widows	4,160	121	289	3,750	1,042.60	1,028.80	1,048.90	1,042.50
Disabled widows	216	146	60	10	652.70	655.10	648.00	645.40
Mothers	154	149	4	1	788.90	787.10	846.20	806.20
Disabled adult children	361	309	12	39	663.10	664.60	701.70	640.00
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. Excludes student beneficiaries aged 18–19.
b. Fewer than 500 beneficiaries.
CONTACT: Diane Wallace (410) 965-0165 or supplement@ssa.gov.

Table 5.A17 Number and average monthly benefit for disabled beneficiaries, by type of benefit, December 1957–2007
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
2007	8,118,382	7,098,723	794,677	224,982	1,004.00	660.30	645.50
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTE: . . . = not applicable.
CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or supplement@ssa.gov.

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