Annual Statistical Supplement, 2012

Other Social Insurance Programs and Veterans' Benefits

Other Social Insurance Programs

Black Lung Benefits

Table 9.D1 Benefits currently payable to miners, widows, and dependents, December 1970–2011
Year Number Benefits (thousands of dollars)
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.
Table 9.D2 Benefits currently payable to miners, widows, and dependents, by state or other area, December 2011
State or area Number Monthly amount (thousands of dollars)
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.
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.