U.S. Department of Commerce

The 2012 Statistical Abstract

The National Data Book

Social Insurance & Human Services

This section presents data related to governmental expenditures for social insurance and human services; governmental programs for old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance (OASDHI); governmental employee retirement; private pension plans; government unemployment and temporary disability insurance; federal supplemental security income payments and aid to the needy; child and other welfare services; and federal food programs. Also included here are selected data on workers’ compensation and vocational rehabilitation, child support, child care, charity contributions, and philanthropic trusts and foundations.

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Child Support, Head Start, Child Care

568 - Child Support - Award and Recipiency Status of Custodial Parents [Excel 36k] | [PDF 64k]

569 - Child Support Enforcement Program - Caseload and Collections [Excel 35k] | [PDF 60k]

574 - Head Start--Summary [Excel 31k] | [PDF 62k]

578 - Child Care Arrangements of Preschool Children by Type of Arrangement [Excel 46k] | [PDF 58k]

579 - Foster Care and Adoption [Excel 32k] | [PDF 58k]

Employee Benefits, Government Transfer Payments, Social Assistance

538 - Selected Payments to Individuals by Function [Excel 42k] | [PDF 59k]

539 - Government Transfer Payments to Individuals--Summary [Excel 30k] | [PDF 60k]

540 - Government Transfer Payments to Individuals by Type [Excel 38k] | [PDF 60k]

541 - Government Transfer Payments to Individuals by State [Excel 45k] | [PDF 65k]

542 - Number Of Persons With Income by Specified Sources of Income: 2009 [Excel 41k] | [PDF 61k]

543 - Persons Living in Households Receiving Selected Non-Cash Benefits: 2009 [Excel 41k] | [PDF 70k]

575 - Number of Emergency and Transitional Beds in Homeless Assistance Systems Nationwide: 2009 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 58k]

576 - Social Assistance Services--Revenue for Employer Firms [Excel 27k] | [PDF 57k]

577 - Social Assistance--Nonemployer Firms: Establishments and Receipts [Excel 27k] | [PDF 57k]

Food Programs

570 - Federal Food Programs [Excel 39k] | [PDF 68k]

571 - Federal Food Stamp Program, by State [Excel 52k] | [PDF 69k]

572 - Selected Characteristics of Food Stamp Households and Participants [Excel 30k] | [PDF 63k]

573 - Food Stamp Households and Participants--Summary: 2009 [Excel 38k] | [PDF 63k]

Philanthropy, Nonprofit Organizations, Volunteering

580- Private Philanthropy Funds, By Source And Allocation [Excel 33k] | [PDF 67k]

581 - Foundations - Number and Finances, by Asset Size [Excel 29k] | [PDF 67k]

582 - Domestic Private Foundation Information Returns [Excel 31k] | [PDF 67k]

583 - Nonprofit Charitable Organization Information Returns [Excel 44k] | [PDF 68k]

584 - Individual Charitable Contributions by State: 2009 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 68k]

585 - Volunteers by Selected Characteristics and Type of Main Organization: 2010 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 68k]

Social Security, Retirement Plans

544 - Social Security-Covered Employment, Earnings, and Contribution Rates [Excel 46k] | [PDF 70k]

545 - Social Security (OASDI) - Benefits By Type Of Beneficiary [Excel 66k] | [PDF 75k]

546 - Social Security--Beneficiaries, Annual Payments, and Average Monthly Benefit, and by State and Other Areas [Excel 46k] | [PDF 74k]

547 - Social Security Trust Funds [Excel 30k] | [PDF 70k]

548 - Public Employee Retirement Systems - Participants And Finances [Excel 152k] | [PDF 70k]

549 - Federal Civil Service Retirement [Excel 30k] | [PDF 70k]

550 - State And Local Government Retirement Systems-Beneficiaries and Finances [Excel 45k] | [PDF 70k]

551 - Percent of Workers Participating In Retirement Benefits by Worker Characteristics [Excel 28k] | [PDF 62k]

552 - Private Pension Plans--Summary, by Type of Plan [Excel 33k] | [PDF 55k]

553 - Defined Benefit Retirement Plans - Selected Features: 2009 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 55k]

554 - U.S. Percent of Households Owning IRAs [Excel 30k] | [PDF 57k]

555 - Characteristics of U.S. Households Owning IRAs: 2009 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 57k]

556 - Percent Distribution of Assets in IRAs, by Type of IRA: 2010 [Excel 26k] | [PDF 61k]

557 - 401(k) Plans--Participants, Assets, Contributions, and Benefits by Type of Plan: 2008 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 61k]

Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

563 - Supplemental Security Income--Recipients And Payments [Excel 29k] | [PDF 73k]

564 - Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Recipients and Payments, by State and Other Area [Excel 45k] | [PDF 73k]

565 - Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF)--Families and Recipients [Excel 32k] | [PDF 73k]

566 - Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF)--Recipients by State and Other Areas [Excel 56k] | [PDF 74k]

567 - Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF)--Expenditures by Type and State [Excel 48k] | [PDF 74k]

Unemployment, Disability, Workers’ Compensation

558- State Unemployment Insurance - Summary [Excel 32k] | [PDF 61k]

559 - State Unemployment Insurance by State and Other Area: 2009 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 62k]

560 - Persons With Work Disability By Selected Characteristics: 2008 [Excel 38k] | [PDF 62k]

561 - Workers' Compensation Payments [Excel 36k] | [PDF 69k]

562 - Workers' Compensation Payments, by State [Excel 45k] | [PDF 69k]

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  The 2012 Statistical Abstract  |  Page Last Modified: June 27, 2012