Annual Statistical Supplement, 2012
Other Social Insurance Programs and Veterans' Benefits
Other Social Insurance Programs
Black Lung Benefits
Year | Number | Benefits (thousands of dollars) | ||||
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Total | Miners | Widows | Dependents a | Monthly amount | Annual amount | |
1970 | 111,976 | 43,921 | 24,889 | 43,166 | 12,500 | 111,000 |
1971 | 231,729 | 77,213 | 67,358 | 87,158 | 27,200 | 378,900 |
1972 | 298,963 | 101,802 | 88,067 | 109,094 | 37,800 | 554,400 |
1973 | 461,491 | 159,837 | 124,154 | 177,500 | 63,700 | 1,045,200 |
1974 | 487,216 | 169,097 | 134,700 | 183,419 | 71,500 | 951,300 |
1975 | 482,311 | 165,405 | 139,407 | 177,499 | 75,500 | 947,700 |
1976 | 469,655 | 158,087 | 142,495 | 169,073 | 77,400 | 963,300 |
1977 | 457,399 | 148,720 | 144,543 | 164,136 | 80,500 | 942,200 |
1978 | 439,970 | 138,648 | 145,829 | 155,493 | 82,300 | 965,100 |
1979 | 418,948 | 129,558 | 146,527 | 142,863 | 86,500 | 983,100 |
1980 | 399,477 | 120,235 | 146,603 | 132,639 | 91,400 | 1,032,000 |
1981 | 376,505 | 111,249 | 146,173 | 119,083 | 91,700 | 1,081,300 |
1982 | 354,569 | 102,234 | 144,863 | 107,472 | 90,800 | 1,076,000 |
1983 | 333,358 | 93,694 | 142,967 | 96,697 | 86,300 | 1,055,800 |
1984 | 313,822 | 85,658 | 140,995 | 87,169 | 85,300 | 1,038,000 |
1985 | 294,846 | 77,836 | 138,328 | 78,682 | 83,700 | 1,025,000 |
1986 | 275,783 | 70,253 | 135,033 | 70,497 | 78,900 | 971,000 |
1987 | 258,988 | 63,573 | 131,561 | 63,854 | 76,800 | 940,000 |
1988 | 241,626 | 56,977 | 127,322 | 57,327 | 73,500 | 904,000 |
1989 | 225,764 | 51,048 | 123,220 | 51,496 | 72,000 | 882,000 |
1990 | 210,678 | 45,643 | 118,705 | 46,330 | 70,000 | 863,400 |
1991 | 196,419 | 40,703 | 114,046 | 41,670 | 68,400 | 844,400 |
1992 | 182,396 | 35,971 | 109,091 | 37,334 | 66,500 | 822,500 |
1993 | 168,365 | 31,664 | 103,334 | 33,367 | 64,100 | 794,300 |
1994 | 155,172 | 27,828 | 97,414 | 29,930 | 60,600 | 751,900 |
1995 | 143,011 | 24,573 | 91,517 | 26,921 | 56,100 | 696,700 |
1996 | 131,143 | 21,477 | 85,559 | 24,107 | 52,600 | 654,600 |
1997 | 119,233 | 18,488 | 79,238 | 21,507 | 49,255 | 614,888 |
1998 | 109,271 | 15,964 | 73,420 | 19,887 | 46,204 | 576,389 |
1999 | 98,977 | 13,635 | 67,359 | 17,983 | 43,225 | 541,200 |
2000 | 89,355 | 11,587 | 61,542 | 16,226 | 40,625 | 509,290 |
2001 | 79,518 | 9,779 | 55,412 | 14,327 | 37,324 | 470,362 |
2002 | 71,584 | 8,394 | 50,404 | 12,786 | 35,017 | 439,337 |
2003 | 64,237 | 7,142 | 45,746 | 11,349 | 32,198 | 411,635 |
2004 | 52,362 | 6,009 | 40,727 | 5,626 | 29,460 | 376,374 |
2005 | 46,609 | 4,972 | 37,099 | 4,538 | 26,399 | 340,187 |
2006 | 40,018 | 4,217 | 32,168 | 3,633 | 24,282 | 312,461 |
2007 | 36,231 | 3,447 | 28,231 | 4,553 | 21,699 | 282,380 |
2008 | 32,411 | 2,912 | 25,110 | 4,389 | 19,875 | 255,892 |
2009 | 28,558 | 2,416 | 21,931 | 4,211 | 17,975 | 232,002 |
2010 | 25,293 | 2,014 | 19,230 | 4,049 | 16,114 | 208,123 |
2011 | 21,944 | 1,634 | 16,440 | 3,870 | 13,938 | 183,216 |
SOURCE: Department of Labor, Beneficiary Master Table, 100 percent data. | ||||||
a. Includes wives of living miners, divorced wives, children, and dependent brothers and sisters of miners. | ||||||
CONTACT: Bennett Stewart (606) 218-9236 or statistics@ssa.gov. |
State or area | Number | Monthly amount (thousands of dollars) | |||||
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Total | Miners | Widows | Dependents a | Total | Miners b | Widows c | |
All areas | 21,944 | 1,634 | 16,440 | 3,870 | 13,938 | 1,283 | 12,655 |
Alabama | 797 | 26 | 605 | 166 | 504 | 21 | 483 |
Alaska | 6 | (X) | (X) | (X) | 4 | (X) | (X) |
Arizona | 69 | 3 | 63 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 42 |
Arkansas | 100 | (X) | 90 | (X) | 63 | (X) | (X) |
California | 108 | 3 | 87 | 18 | 67 | 2 | 65 |
Colorado | 138 | 6 | 114 | 18 | 88 | 5 | 83 |
Connecticut | 32 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
Delaware | 29 | (X) | 24 | (X) | 18 | (X) | (X) |
District of Columbia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Florida | 468 | 25 | 372 | 71 | 295 | 20 | 275 |
Georgia | 130 | 3 | 104 | 23 | 81 | 3 | 79 |
Hawaii | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Idaho | 10 | (X) | (X) | (X) | 6 | (X) | (X) |
Illinois | 564 | 17 | 446 | 101 | 354 | 14 | 340 |
Indiana | 395 | 18 | 292 | 85 | 251 | 15 | 236 |
Iowa | 62 | (X) | 49 | (X) | 40 | (X) | (X) |
Kansas | 23 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Kentucky | 3,561 | 432 | 2,495 | 634 | 2,281 | 338 | 1,943 |
Louisiana | 13 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Maine | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Maryland | 216 | 10 | 162 | 44 | 137 | 8 | 129 |
Massachusetts | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Michigan | 234 | 9 | 172 | 53 | 147 | 6 | 141 |
Minnesota | 8 | (X) | (X) | (X) | 5 | (X) | (X) |
Mississippi | 18 | (X) | 13 | (X) | 12 | (X) | (X) |
Missouri | 75 | 0 | 62 | 13 | 47 | 0 | 47 |
Montana | 26 | (X) | 22 | (X) | 17 | (X) | (X) |
Nebraska | 4 | (X) | (X) | (X) | 3 | (X) | (X) |
Nevada | 19 | (X) | 15 | (X) | 12 | (X) | (X) |
New Hampshire | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
New Jersey | 146 | 5 | 119 | 22 | 92 | 4 | 88 |
New Mexico | 47 | (X) | 33 | (X) | 30 | (X) | (X) |
New York | 138 | (X) | 110 | (X) | 85 | (X) | (X) |
North Carolina | 284 | 14 | 232 | 38 | 183 | 12 | 171 |
North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ohio | 1,399 | 54 | 1,053 | 292 | 880 | 44 | 836 |
Oklahoma | 78 | 4 | 60 | 14 | 47 | 3 | 44 |
Oregon | 16 | (X) | 9 | (X) | 9 | (X) | (X) |
Pennsylvania | 4,584 | 256 | 3,635 | 693 | 2,891 | 193 | 2,697 |
Rhode Island | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
South Carolina | 106 | 6 | 81 | 19 | 67 | 5 | 63 |
South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee | 971 | 65 | 718 | 188 | 614 | 52 | 561 |
Texas | 84 | 5 | 64 | 15 | 53 | 4 | 49 |
Utah | 88 | 7 | 67 | 14 | 55 | 5 | 50 |
Vermont | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Virginia | 2,026 | 243 | 1,467 | 316 | 1,302 | 190 | 1,113 |
Washington | 33 | (X) | 27 | (X) | 21 | (X) | (X) |
West Virginia | 4,748 | 407 | 3,424 | 917 | 3,035 | 326 | 2,709 |
Wisconsin | 15 | (X) | (X) | (X) | 9 | (X) | (X) |
Wyoming | 26 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Outlying areas d | 29 | (X) | 22 | (X) | 19 | (X) | (X) |
SOURCE: Department of Labor, Beneficiary Master Table, 100 percent data. | |||||||
NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.
(X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
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a. Includes wives of living miners, divorced wives, children, and dependent brothers and sisters of miners. | |||||||
b. Includes benefits for wives and children. | |||||||
c. Includes benefits for surviving children, brothers, sisters, and divorced wives. Prior to December 1997, monthly payments for surviving children were included with payments to miners. | |||||||
d. Includes beneficiaries residing in American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries. | |||||||
CONTACT: Bennett Stewart (606) 218-9236 or statistics@ssa.gov. |