Total annual benefits paid, by type of benefit
and trust fund, 1937-2007
[Amounts in millions]
|
Cash
benefitsa |
Service benefits |
Rehabilitation
servicesb |
Calendar
year |
Total benefits |
Old-Age
and
Survivors
Insurancec |
Disability Insurance |
Hospital Insurance |
Supplementary Medical Insurance |
Old-Age
and
Survivors Insurance |
Disability Insurance |
| 1937 |
$1 |
$1 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1938 |
10 |
10 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1939 |
14 |
14 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1940 |
35 |
35 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1941 |
88 |
88 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1942 |
131 |
131 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1943 |
166 |
166 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1944 |
209 |
209 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1945 |
274 |
274 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1946 |
378 |
378 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1947 |
466 |
466 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1948 |
556 |
556 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1949 |
667 |
667 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1950 |
961 |
961 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1951 |
1,885 |
1,885 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1952 |
2,194 |
2,194 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1953 |
3,006 |
3,006 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1954 |
3,670 |
3,670 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1955 |
4,968 |
4,968 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1956 |
5,715 |
5,715 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1957 |
7,404 |
7,347 |
$57 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1958 |
8,576 |
8,327 |
249 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1959 |
10,298 |
9,842 |
457 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1960 |
11,245 |
10,677 |
568 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1961 |
12,749 |
11,862 |
887 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1962 |
14,461 |
13,356 |
1,105 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1963 |
15,427 |
14,217 |
1,210 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1964 |
16,223 |
14,914 |
1,309 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1965 |
18,311 |
16,737 |
1,573 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| 1966 |
21,070 |
18,267 |
1,781 |
$891 |
$128 |
d |
$3 |
| 1967 |
25,967 |
19,468 |
1,939 |
3,353 |
1,197 |
d |
11 |
| 1968 |
30,651 |
22,642 |
2,294 |
4,179 |
1,518 |
$1 |
16 |
| 1969 |
33,371 |
24,209 |
2,542 |
4,739 |
1,865 |
1 |
15 |
| 1970 |
38,982 |
28,796 |
3,067 |
5,124 |
1,975 |
2 |
18 |
| 1971 |
45,065 |
33,413 |
3,758 |
5,751 |
2,117 |
2 |
24 |
| 1972 |
50,269 |
37,122 |
4,473 |
6,318 |
2,325 |
2 |
29 |
| 1973 |
61,091 |
45,741 |
5,718 |
7,057 |
2,526 |
3 |
46 |
| 1974 |
70,996 |
51,618 |
6,903 |
9,099 |
3,318 |
5 |
54 |
| 1975 |
82,611 |
58,509 |
8,414 |
11,315 |
4,273 |
9 |
91 |
| 1976 |
94,180 |
65,699 |
9,966 |
13,340 |
5,080 |
6 |
89 |
| 1977 |
106,443 |
73,113 |
11,463 |
15,737 |
6,038 |
8 |
84 |
| 1978 |
117,894 |
80,352 |
12,513 |
17,682 |
7,252 |
9 |
86 |
| 1979 |
133,691 |
90,556 |
13,708 |
20,623 |
8,708 |
18 |
78 |
| 1980 |
156,298 |
105,074 |
15,437 |
25,064 |
10,635 |
8 |
78 |
| 1981 |
184,450 |
123,795 |
17,199 |
30,342 |
13,113 |
8 |
-8 |
| 1982 |
207,268 |
138,800 |
17,338 |
35,631 |
15,455 |
6 |
38 |
| 1983 |
224,524 |
149,502 |
17,530 |
39,337 |
18,106 |
6 |
42 |
| 1984 |
238,682 |
157,862 |
17,900 |
43,257 |
19,661 |
d |
1 |
| 1985 |
256,723 |
167,360 |
18,836 |
47,580 |
22,947 |
d |
d |
| 1986 |
272,698 |
176,845 |
19,847 |
49,758 |
26,239 |
... |
9 |
| 1987 |
284,487 |
183,644 |
20,512 |
49,496 |
30,820 |
... |
16 |
| 1988 |
303,717 |
195,522 |
21,692 |
52,517 |
33,970 |
... |
16 |
| 1989 |
329,193 |
207,977 |
22,873 |
60,011 |
38,294 |
... |
38 |
| 1990 |
356,536 |
222,993 |
24,803 |
66,239 |
42,468 |
... |
32 |
| 1991 |
386,912 |
240,436 |
27,662 |
71,549 |
47,229 |
... |
36 |
| 1992 |
419,325 |
254,939 |
31,091 |
83,895 |
49,367 |
... |
33 |
| 1993 |
449,896 |
267,804 |
34,598 |
93,487 |
53,979 |
... |
28 |
| 1994 |
478,775 |
279,118 |
37,717 |
103,282 |
58,618 |
... |
40 |
| 1995 |
513,959 |
291,682 |
40,898 |
116,368 |
64,972 |
... |
39 |
| 1996 |
544,350 |
302,914 |
44,174 |
128,632 |
68,598 |
... |
31 |
| 1997 |
572,542 |
316,311 |
45,659 |
137,762 |
72,757 |
... |
53 |
| 1998 |
585,156 |
326,817 |
48,173 |
133,990 |
76,125 |
... |
51 |
| 1999 |
595,326 |
334,437 |
51,331 |
128,766 |
80,724 |
... |
68 |
| 2000 |
625,060 |
352,706 |
54,938 |
128,458 |
88,893 |
... |
63 |
| 2001 |
672,853 |
372,370 |
59,577 |
141,183 |
99,663 |
... |
60 |
| 2002 |
714,804 |
388,170 |
65,645 |
149,944 |
110,969 |
... |
75 |
| 2003 |
746,756 |
399,892 |
70,906 |
152,084 |
123,825 |
3 |
47 |
| 2004 |
795,868 |
415,082 |
78,202 |
167,554 |
134,978 |
3 |
49 |
| 2005 |
850,058 |
435,373 |
85,394 |
180,013 |
149,228 |
58 |
-9 |
| 2006 |
907,834 |
460,457 |
92,384 |
188,989 |
165,939 |
4 |
61 |
| 2007 |
961,610 |
485,881 |
99,086 |
200,151 |
176,430 |
2 |
61 |
|
Sources: SSA for cash benefits and rehabilitation services, CMS for service benefits.
Notes:
a
The amounts of benefits paid in each year do not reflect certain adjustments
that were made for earlier periods. Such adjustments include reimbursements
beginning in 1983 for uncashed checks, and a reimbursement in 2006 that corrected
an accounting error over the period 1999-2005 related to voluntary income tax withholding.
b Vocational rehabilitation
services to disabled workers and disabled children under the 1965 Amendments
to the Social Security Act and to disabled widows and widowers under the 1967
Amendments to the Social Security Act.
c For 1937-39, refunds and
lump-sum death payments under the Social Security Act of 1935.
d Less than $0.5 million. |
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