Annual Statistical Supplement, 2011

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Table 5.L1 Number of beneficiaries with a representative payee as a percentage of all beneficiaries, by type of beneficiary and age, December 2010
Type of beneficiary and age	All beneficiaries	Beneficiaries with representative payee
Type of beneficiary and age	All beneficiaries	Number	Percentage of all beneficiaries
Total	54,031,968	5,487,901	10.2
Adults	49,719,414	1,562,340	3.1
Retired workers	34,593,080	472,404	1.4
Under 65	3,432,082	7,057	0.2
65–74	17,125,797	158,567	0.9
75–84	10,039,263	147,968	1.5
85 or older	3,995,938	158,812	4.0
Disabled workers	8,203,951	927,994	11.3
Under 35	516,818	164,107	31.8
35–44	1,009,506	179,756	17.8
45–54	2,424,569	284,693	11.7
55–FRA	4,253,058	299,438	7.0
Wives and husbands	2,476,836	22,901	0.9
Under 65	369,089	2,901	0.8
65–74	1,191,813	9,499	0.8
75–84	755,965	7,419	1.0
85 or older	159,969	3,082	1.9
Widow(er)s ^a	4,200,594	123,759	2.9
Under 65	612,737	2,662	0.4
65–74	1,145,470	18,432	1.6
75–84	1,362,487	39,697	2.9
85 or older	1,079,900	62,968	5.8
Disabled widow(er)s	244,953	15,282	6.2
Under 55	33,837	2,256	6.7
55–FRA	211,116	13,026	6.2
Children	4,312,554	3,925,561	91.0
Under age 18	3,208,791	3,206,226	99.9
In custody of parent payee	2,877,565	2,877,565	100.0
Not in custody of parent payee	331,226	328,661	99.2
Disabled adult children	949,200	713,592	75.2
Under 35	286,723	200,447	69.9
35–44	208,840	148,462	71.1
45–54	238,424	185,269	77.7
55 or older	215,213	179,414	83.4
Students, aged 18–19	154,563	5,743	3.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data. NOTE: FRA = full retirement age.
a. Includes nondisabled widow(er)s, widowed mothers and fathers, and parents.
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