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Social Security and Medicare Benefits

Total benefits paid as a percent of personal income, 1937-2007
[Amounts in millions]
Calendar
year		 Total benefits Personal
income a		 Total benefits
as percent of
personal income
1937 $1 $74,100 (b)
1938 10 68,400 (b)
1939 14 72,900 (b)
1940 35 78,500 (b)
1941 88 96,100 0.1
1942 131 123,500 0.1
1943 166 152,200 0.1
1944 209 166,000 0.1
1945 274 171,700 0.2
1946 378 178,600 0.2
1947 466 191,000 0.2
1948 556 209,800 0.3
1949 667 207,100 0.3
1950 961 229,000 0.4
1951 1,885 258,000 0.7
1952 2,194 275,400 0.8
1953 3,006 291,900 1.0
1954 3,670 294,500 1.2
1955 4,968 316,100 1.6
1956 5,715 339,600 1.7
1957 7,404 358,700 2.1
1958 8,576 369,000 2.3
1959 10,298 392,800 2.6
1960 11,245 411,500 2.7
1961 12,749 429,000 3.0
1962 14,461 456,700 3.2
1963 15,427 479,600 3.2
1964 16,223 514,600 3.2
1965 18,311 555,700 3.3
1966 21,070 603,900 3.5
1967 25,967 648,300 4.0
1968 30,651 712,000 4.3
1969 33,371 778,500 4.3
1970 38,982 838,800 4.6
1971 45,065 903,500 5.0
1972 50,269 992,700 5.1
1973 61,091 1,110,700 5.5
1974 70,996 1,222,600 5.8
1975 82,611 1,335,000 6.2
1976 94,180 1,474,800 6.4
1977 106,443 1,633,200 6.5
1978 117,894 1,837,700 6.4
1979 133,691 2,062,200 6.5
1980 156,298 2,307,900 6.8
1981 184,450 2,591,300 7.1
1982 207,268 2,775,300 7.5
1983 224,524 2,960,700 7.6
1984 238,682 3,289,500 7.3
1985 256,723 3,526,700 7.3
1986 272,698 3,722,400 7.3
1987 284,487 3,947,400 7.2
1988 303,717 4,253,700 7.1
1989 329,193 4,587,800 7.2
1990 356,536 4,878,600 7.3
1991 386,912 5,051,000 7.7
1992 419,325 5,362,000 7.8
1993 449,896 5,558,500 8.1
1994 478,775 5,842,500 8.2
1995 513,959 6,152,300 8.4
1996 544,350 6,520,600 8.3
1997 572,542 6,915,100 8.3
1998 585,156 7,423,000 7.9
1999 595,326 7,802,400 7.6
2000 625,060 8,429,700 7.4
2001 672,853 8,724,100 7.7
2002 714,804 8,881,900 8.0
2003 746,756 9,163,600 8.1
2004 795,868 9,727,200 8.2
2005 850,058 10,301,100 8.3
2006 907,834 10,983,400 8.3
2007 961,610 11,658,800 8.2
a Personal income data, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, are subject to revision.
b Less than 0.05 percent.

See total annual benefits paid by type of benefit and trust fund.

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