Annual Statistical Supplement, 2016
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 |
2012 | 19,490 | 1,385 | 14,398 | 3,707 | 12,363 | 160,793 |
2013 | 16,958 | 1,124 | 12,307 | 3,527 | 10,739 | 139,924 |
2014 | 14,946 | 936 | 10,653 | 3,357 | 9,531 | 117,609 |
2015 | 12,948 | 758 | 9,038 | 3,152 | 8,323 | 108,980 |
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 | 12,948 | 758 | 9,038 | 3,152 | 8,323 | 598 | 7,725 |
Alabama | 473 | (X) | 339 | (X) | 304 | (X) | (X) |
Alaska | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Arizona | 33 | (X) | 27 | (X) | 22 | (X) | (X) |
Arkansas | 56 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 36 |
California | 55 | (X) | 40 | (X) | 35 | (X) | (X) |
Colorado | 88 | (X) | 69 | (X) | 57 | (X) | (X) |
Connecticut | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Delaware | 18 | (X) | 14 | (X) | 11 | (X) | (X) |
District of Columbia | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Florida | 291 | 11 | 227 | 53 | 187 | 9 | 178 |
Georgia | 86 | (X) | 62 | (X) | 55 | (X) | (X) |
Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Idaho | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Illinois | 272 | (X) | 188 | (X) | 172 | (X) | (X) |
Indiana | 233 | 11 | 157 | 65 | 151 | 9 | 142 |
Iowa | 34 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
Kansas | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Kentucky | 2,309 | 234 | 1,529 | 546 | 1,493 | 183 | 1,310 |
Louisiana | 6 | 0 | (X) | (X) | 3 | (X) | (X) |
Maine | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Maryland | 117 | (X) | 75 | (X) | 76 | (X) | (X) |
Massachusetts | 8 | 0 | (X) | (X) | 5 | (X) | (X) |
Michigan | 118 | 0 | 83 | 35 | 75 | 0 | 75 |
Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Mississippi | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Missouri | 42 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
Montana | 10 | (X) | (X) | (X) | 6 | (X) | (X) |
Nebraska | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Nevada | 12 | (X) | (X) | (X) | 8 | (X) | (X) |
New Hampshire | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
New Jersey | 71 | (X) | 51 | (X) | 46 | (X) | (X) |
New Mexico | 19 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
New York | 69 | (X) | 48 | (X) | 44 | (X) | (X) |
North Carolina | 181 | (X) | 141 | (X) | 117 | (X) | (X) |
North Dakota | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Ohio | 819 | 22 | 568 | 229 | 520 | 18 | 502 |
Oklahoma | 38 | (X) | 26 | (X) | 23 | (X) | (X) |
Oregon | 10 | (X) | (X) | 6 | 6 | (X) | (X) |
Pennsylvania | 2,347 | 92 | 1,726 | 529 | 1,502 | 71 | 1,431 |
Rhode Island | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
South Carolina | 74 | (X) | 53 | (X) | 48 | (X) | (X) |
South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee | 594 | 27 | 415 | 152 | 378 | 20 | 358 |
Texas | 46 | (X) | 31 | (X) | 30 | (X) | (X) |
Utah | 45 | (X) | 34 | (X) | 28 | (X) | (X) |
Vermont | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) | (X) |
Virginia | 1,304 | 120 | 914 | 270 | 848 | 95 | 753 |
Washington | 14 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
West Virginia | 2,971 | 194 | 2,002 | 775 | 1,914 | 157 | 1,757 |
Wisconsin | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Wyoming | 9 | (X) | (X) | (X) | 6 | (X) | (X) |
Outlying areas d | 12 | 0 | (X) | (X) | 8 | (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. |