Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Benefit Payments

**Annual benefits paid from OASI Trust Fund, by type of benefit, 1937-2007**
[In millions]
Year	Total	Retired workers and dependents			Survivors				Special age-72 benefi- ciaries	Lump- sum death payments
Year	Total	Retired workers	Wives and husbands	Dependent children	Surviving children	Widowed mothers & fathers	Widows and widowers^a	Parents	Special age-72 benefi- ciaries	Lump- sum death payments
1937	$1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	$1
1938	10	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	10
1939	14	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	14
1940	35	$15	$2	^b	$3	$2	^b	^b	...	9
1941	88	44	7	$1	13	8	$2	^b	...	13
1942	131	65	10	1	21	13	5	^b	...	15
1943	166	79	13	1	29	16	9	$1	...	18
1944	209	97	16	1	39	20	14	1	...	22
1945	274	126	21	2	52	27	20	1	...	26
1946	378	189	31	2	66	32	28	1	...	28
1947	466	245	40	3	77	34	37	2	...	29
1948	556	300	49	4	86	36	48	2	...	32
1949	667	373	60	5	95	39	60	2	...	33
1950	961	557	88	6	135	49	89	3	...	33
1951	1,885	1,135	175	11	260	82	156	9	...	57
1952	2,194	1,328	200	12	298	92	191	10	...	63
1953	3,006	1,884	275	16	369	114	248	12	...	87
1954	3,670	2,340	338	21	430	133	304	13	...	92
1955	4,968	3,253	466	29	532	163	396	16	...	113
1956	5,715	3,793	536	33	581	177	469	17	...	109
1957	7,347	4,888	756	43	651	198	653	19	...	139
1958	8,327	5,567	851	56	720	223	757	20	...	133
1959	9,842	6,548	982	77	855	263	921	25	...	171
1960	10,677	7,053	1,051	92	945	286	1,057	28	...	164
1961	11,862	7,802	1,124	106	1,080	316	1,232	31	...	171
1962	13,356	8,813	1,216	134	1,171	336	1,470	34	...	183
1963	14,217	9,391	1,258	146	1,222	348	1,612	34	...	206
1964	14,914	9,854	1,277	150	1,275	354	1,754	33	...	216
1965	16,737	10,984	1,383	175	1,515	388	2,041	35	...	217
1966	18,267	11,727	1,429	216	1,812	415	2,351	35	$44	237
1967	19,468	12,372	1,456	221	1,855	420	2,545	34	313	252
1968	22,642	14,278	1,673	253	2,207	478	3,117	37	330	269
1969	24,209	15,385	1,750	260	2,322	490	3,371	36	303	291
1970	28,796	18,438	2,029	303	2,760	574	4,055	39	305	294
1971	33,413	21,544	2,323	352	3,168	630	4,763	41	285	306
1972	37,122	24,143	2,532	382	3,433	679	5,326	43	263	320
1973	45,741	29,336	3,000	457	4,002	801	7,505	48	264	329
1974	51,618	33,369	3,309	533	4,399	898	8,497	49	237	327
1975	58,509	38,079	3,719	634	4,888	1,009	9,597	50	196	337
1976	65,699	43,083	4,117	736	5,336	1,113	10,757	51	174	332
1977	73,113	48,186	4,559	830	5,759	1,191	12,068	52	157	312
1978	80,352	53,255	4,983	921	6,093	1,284	13,278	51	142	344
1979	90,556	60,379	5,554	1,014	6,608	1,409	15,071	52	128	340
1980	105,074	70,358	6,405	1,142	7,389	1,572	17,638	55	119	394
1981	123,795	83,614	7,543	1,321	8,307	1,760	20,749	58	110	332
1982	138,800	95,123	8,539	1,223	8,204	1,861	23,488	59	100	203
1983	149,502	103,578	9,328	1,143	7,911	1,771	25,425	56	85	205
1984	157,862	109,957	9,860	1,135	7,775	1,474	27,325	53	71	212
1985	167,360	116,823	10,517	1,140	7,762	1,474	29,330	51	57	207
1986	176,845	123,584	11,152	1,166	7,843	1,457	31,345	48	47	203
1987	183,644	128,513	11,598	1,183	7,846	1,388	32,833	44	36	203
1988	195,522	136,987	12,292	1,219	8,120	1,392	35,233	43	29	208
1989	207,977	146,027	13,054	1,249	8,254	1,401	37,723	41	21	206
1990	222,993	156,756	13,953	1,316	8,564	1,437	40,705	39	16	206
1991	240,436	169,142	14,986	1,405	9,022	1,490	44,139	38	12	202
1992	254,939	179,372	15,810	1,494	9,431	1,521	47,060	37	9	206
1993	267,804	188,440	16,356	1,563	9,897	1,547	49,746	36	6	214
1994	279,118	196,400	16,854	1,637	10,293	1,551	52,124	34	4	220
1995	291,682	205,315	17,348	1,715	10,717	1,573	54,761	32	3	218
1996	302,914	213,423	17,715	1,799	11,217	1,486	57,025	31	1	218
1997	316,311	223,554	18,154	1,882	11,660	1,466	59,349	30	1	216
1998	326,817	232,324	18,395	1,940	11,936	1,435	60,540	29	^b	218
1999	334,437	238,478	18,415	1,992	12,125	1,415	61,769	27	^b	216
2000	352,706	253,542	18,969	2,133	12,532	1,406	63,884	26	^b	214
2001	372,370	268,976	19,491	2,332	13,134	1,441	66,758	26	^b	212
2002	388,170	281,624	19,884	2,475	13,690	1,476	68,782	25	^b	213
2003	399,892	291,518	19,951	2,583	14,072	1,486	70,052	24	^b	206
2004	415,082	304,261	20,164	2,714	14,538	1,515	71,660	24	^b	205
2005	435,373	321,706	20,500	2,888	15,103	1,535	73,411	24	^b	206
2006	460,457	342,865	21,005	3,082	15,814	1,562	75,900	24	^b	204
2007	485,881	364,278	21,571	3,274	16,486	1,573	78,472	24	^b	203
^aAged widow(er)s and disabled widow(er)s. ^bLess than $500,000. Notes: Amounts by type of benefit are estimated. The amounts of benefits paid in each year generally do not reflect adjustments that were made for earlier periods. Such adjustments include reimbursements beginning in 1983 for uncashed checks, a reimbursement in 2006 that corrected an accounting error over the period 1999-2005 related to voluntary income tax withholding, and a transfer in 2007 from the OASI Trust Fund to the DI Trust Fund to correct a trust fund allocation error made on payments to certain dually entitled disabled beneficiaries. Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.


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