U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy

Annual Statistical Supplement, 2003

(released July 2004)
 

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Contact Information

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Preface

The Supplement is a major resource for data on our nation's social insurance and welfare programs. The majority of the statistical tables present information about programs administered by the Social Security Administration—the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance programs, known collectively as Social Security, and the Supplemental Security Income program. In addition, data are presented on the major health care programs—Medicare and Medicaid—and income maintenance programs, including Workers' Compensation, Unemployment Insurance, Temporary Disability Insurance, Black Lung benefits, veterans' benefits, Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance. The Supplement also includes program summaries and legislative histories that help users of the data understand these programs.

The Supplement has been published annually since 1940. Decisions affecting the future of Social Security are facilitated by the availability of relevant data over a long period. The data provide a base for research, policy analysis, and proposals for changing the programs. In addition to meeting the Social Security Administration's information needs, the Supplement strengthens the agency's ability to respond to requests for program data from congressional committees, government agencies at all levels, and the research community.

The Supplement is prepared by Social Security Administration staff from various components throughout the agency and by many individuals from other federal agencies. I would like to express my thanks to them for their contributions.

Edward J. DeMarco
Associate Commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
July 2004

Errata

The original print and electronic version of this report contained errors. The following information has been corrected in the electronic version of this report:

  • Table 3.C6—The correct source for this table is Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 10 percent sample.
  • Table 8.C2—The data were labeled incorrectly as "in thousands" when actual numbers were represented.

[Posted: May 20, 2008.]

Table of Contents

The following files are available for this document in the given formats:
Entire document (2.8 MB)
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Highlights and Trends
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Program Descriptions and Legislative History
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Tables
History of OASDI Provisions
Coverage, Financing, and Insured Status (2.A1–2.A7)
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Benefit Computation and Automatic Adjustments (2.A8–2.A19)
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Benefit Types and Levels (2.A20–2.A28)
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Effect of Current Earnings and Taxation of Benefits (2.A29–2.A32)
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History of SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Provisions (2.B–2.C)
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SSA Administrative Data
Offices and Staff (2.F1–2.F3)
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Claims Workloads (2.F4–2.F6)
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Service Delivery (2.F7)
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Hearings and Appeals (2.F8–2.F11)
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Social Welfare and the Economy
Employment and Earnings (3.B)
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Interprogram Data (3.C)
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Poverty (3.E)
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Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Trust Funds (4.A)
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Covered Workers (4.B)
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Insured Workers (4.C)
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Benefits in Current-Payment Status
Summary (5.A)
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Retired Workers (5.B)
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Retired Workers and Dependents (5.C)
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Disabled Workers (5.D)
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Disabled Workers and Dependents (5.E)
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Dependents and Survivors (5.F)
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Retired Workers with Dual Entitlement (5.G)
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Beneficiary Families (5.H)
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Geographic Data (5.J)
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Direct Deposit (5.K)
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Representative Payee (5.L)
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International Agreements (5.M)
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Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated
Benefits Awarded
Summary (6.A)
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Retired Workers (6.B)
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Disabled Workers (6.C)
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Dependents and Survivors (6.D)
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Benefits Withheld (6.E)
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Benefits Terminated (6.F)
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Supplemental Security Income
Summary (7.A)
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State Data (7.B)
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Benefit Distributions (7.C)
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Other Income Sources (7.D)
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Recipient Characteristics (7.E)
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Disability (7.F)
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Health Care Programs
Medicare
Trust Funds (8.A)
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Enrollment, Utilization, and Reimbursement (8.B)
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Participating Facilities (8.C)
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Medicaid
Recipients (8.E)
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State Data (8.H)
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Other Social Insurance and Veterans' Benefits
Unemployment Insurance (9.A)
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Workers' Compensation (9.B)
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Temporary Disability Insurance (9.C)
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Black Lung Benefits (9.D)
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Veterans' Benefits (9.F)
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Public Assistance
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/AFDC and Emergency Assistance (9.G)
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Food Stamps (9.H)
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Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (9.J)
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Appendix A: Sampling Variability
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Appendix B: OASDI Benefit Award Data
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Appendix C: Poverty Data
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Appendix D: Computing a Retired-Worker Benefit (the PDF file includes tables from other parts of the Supplement that are necessary to complete the worksheet)
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Glossary
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Abbreviations
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