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Ratio
of
Social Security Covered Workers to Beneficiaries
Calendar Years 1940-2000 |
Year |
Covered
Workers
(in thousands) |
Beneficiaries
(in thousands) |
Ratio
|
1940 |
35,390 |
222 |
159.4 |
1945 |
46,390 |
1,106 |
41.9 |
1950 |
48,280 |
2,930 |
16.5 |
1955 |
65,200 |
7,563 |
8.6 |
1960 |
72,530 |
14,262 |
5.1 |
1965 |
80,680 |
20,157 |
4.0 |
1970 |
93,090 |
25,186 |
3.7 |
1975 |
100,200 |
31,123 |
3.2 |
1980 |
113,656 |
35,118 |
3.2 |
1985 |
120,565 |
36,650 |
3.3 |
1986 |
123,400 |
37,322 |
3.3 |
1987 |
126,287 |
37,951 |
3.3 |
1988 |
130,142 |
38,420 |
3.4 |
1989 |
132,478 |
38,859 |
3.4 |
1990 |
133,672 |
39,470 |
3.4 |
1991 |
132,969 |
40,172 |
3.3 |
1992 |
133,890 |
41,029 |
3.3 |
1993 |
136,117 |
41,840 |
3.3 |
1994 |
138,197 |
42,516 |
3.3 |
1995 |
141,446 |
43,107 |
3.3 |
1996 |
143,909 |
43,498 |
3.3 |
1997 |
146,736 |
43,792 |
3.3 |
1998 |
149,692 |
44,075 |
3.4 |
1999 |
152,453 |
44,366 |
3.4 |
2000 |
155,295 |
45,166 |
3.4 |
2001 |
155,546 |
45,668 |
3.4 |
2002 |
154,894 |
46,176 |
3.3 |
2003 |
154,954 |
46,752 |
3.3 |
2004 |
156,900 |
47,367 |
3.3 |
2005 |
159,081 |
48,133 |
3.3 |
2006 |
161,852 |
48,863 |
3.3 |
Notes:
Data for 1945-1989 from Table II.F19 of the 2000
Trustees Report. Data for 1990-1994 from 2004 Trustees Report,
Table IV.B2. Data for 1995-2006 from 2007 Trustees Report, Table IV.B2.
The following footnotes apply to these data:
1. The numbers of beneficiaries do not include certain uninsured
persons, most of whom both attained age 72 before 1968 and have
fewer than 3 quarters of coverage, in which cases the costs are
reimbursed by the general fund of the Treasury. The number of such
uninsured persons was 179 as of June 30, 1999. Totals do not necessarily
equal the sums of rounded components.
2. Historical covered worker data are subject to revision.
3. Covered Workers is defined as those who are paid at some time
during the year for employment on which Social Security taxes are
due.
4. Beneficiaries as defined as those with monthly benefits in current-payment
status as of June 30.
Monthly Social Security benefits were first paid starting in January
1940. Data for 1940 computed from Tables 4.B.1 and 5.A.4 from the
1998 Annual Statistical Supplement to the
Social Security Bulletin. The following footnotes apply to the 1940 data only:
1. Covered workers is defined as in the rest
of the table.
2. Beneficiaries are defined as those with monthly benefits in current-payment
status as of December 1940. This is a slightly different basis than
that used in the rest of this table. Therefore the ratio for 1940
is only approximately comparable to the data for the subsequent
years. |
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