Other Social Insurance Programs and Veterans' Benefits
Black Lung Benefits
- Table 9.D1 Benefits currently payable to miners, widows, and dependents, December 1970–2004
- Table 9.D2 Benefits currently payable to miners, widows, and dependents, by state or other area, December 2004
Year | Number | Benefits (thousands of dollars) | ||||
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Total | Miners | Widows | Dependents a | Monthly amount |
Annual amount |
|
1970 | 111,976 | 43,921 | 24,889 | 43,166 | 12,500 | 111,000 |
1971 | 231,729 | 77,213 | 67,358 | 87,158 | 27,200 | 378,900 |
1972 | 298,963 | 101,802 | 88,067 | 109,094 | 37,800 | 554,400 |
1973 | 461,491 | 159,837 | 124,154 | 177,500 | 63,700 | 1,045,200 |
1974 | 487,216 | 169,097 | 134,700 | 183,419 | 71,500 | 951,300 |
1975 | 482,311 | 165,405 | 139,407 | 177,499 | 75,500 | 947,700 |
1976 | 469,655 | 158,087 | 142,495 | 169,073 | 77,400 | 963,300 |
1977 | 457,399 | 148,720 | 144,543 | 164,136 | 80,500 | 942,200 |
1978 | 439,970 | 138,648 | 145,829 | 155,493 | 82,300 | 965,100 |
1979 | 418,948 | 129,558 | 146,527 | 142,863 | 86,500 | 983,100 |
1980 | 399,477 | 120,235 | 146,603 | 132,639 | 91,400 | 1,032,000 |
1981 | 376,505 | 111,249 | 146,173 | 119,083 | 91,700 | 1,081,300 |
1982 | 354,569 | 102,234 | 144,863 | 107,472 | 90,800 | 1,076,000 |
1983 | 333,358 | 93,694 | 142,967 | 96,697 | 86,300 | 1,055,800 |
1984 | 313,822 | 85,658 | 140,995 | 87,169 | 85,300 | 1,038,000 |
1985 | 294,846 | 77,836 | 138,328 | 78,682 | 83,700 | 1,025,000 |
1986 | 275,783 | 70,253 | 135,033 | 70,497 | 78,900 | 971,000 |
1987 | 258,988 | 63,573 | 131,561 | 63,854 | 76,800 | 940,000 |
1988 | 241,626 | 56,977 | 127,322 | 57,327 | 73,500 | 904,000 |
1989 | 225,764 | 51,048 | 123,220 | 51,496 | 72,000 | 882,000 |
1990 | 210,678 | 45,643 | 118,705 | 46,330 | 70,000 | 863,400 |
1991 | 196,419 | 40,703 | 114,046 | 41,670 | 68,400 | 844,400 |
1992 | 182,396 | 35,971 | 109,091 | 37,334 | 66,500 | 822,500 |
1993 | 168,365 | 31,664 | 103,334 | 33,367 | 64,100 | 794,300 |
1994 | 155,172 | 27,828 | 97,414 | 29,930 | 60,600 | 751,900 |
1995 | 143,011 | 24,573 | 91,517 | 26,921 | 56,100 | 696,700 |
1996 | 131,143 | 21,477 | 85,559 | 24,107 | 52,600 | 654,600 |
1997 | 119,233 | 18,488 | 79,238 | 21,507 | 49,255 | 614,888 |
1998 | 109,271 | 15,964 | 73,420 | 19,887 | 46,204 | 576,389 |
1999 | 98,977 | 13,635 | 67,359 | 17,983 | 43,225 | 541,200 |
2000 | 89,355 | 11,587 | 61,542 | 16,226 | 40,625 | 509,290 |
2001 | 79,518 | 9,779 | 55,412 | 14,327 | 37,324 | 470,362 |
2002 | 71,584 | 8,394 | 50,404 | 12,786 | 35,017 | 439,337 |
2003 | 64,237 | 7,142 | 45,746 | 11,349 | 32,198 | 411,635 |
2004 | 52,362 | 6,009 | 40,727 | 5,626 | 29,460 | 376,374 |
SOURCE: Department of Labor, Beneficiary Master Table, 100 percent data. | ||||||
a. Includes wives of living miners, divorced wives, children, and dependent brothers and sisters of miners. | ||||||
CONTACT: Bennett Stewart (606) 432-0116, ext. 126. |
State or area | Number | Monthly amount (thousands of dollars) | |||||
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Total | Miners | Widows | Dependents a | Total | Miners b | Widows c | |
All areas | 52,362 | 6,009 | 40,727 | 5,626 | 29,460 | 4,207 | 25,253 |
Alabama | 1,966 | 134 | 1,654 | 178 | 1,140 | 92 | 1,048 |
Alaska | 10 | d | d | d | 6 | d | d |
Arizona | 165 | 13 | 146 | 6 | 94 | 8 | 86 |
Arkansas | 301 | 25 | 257 | 19 | 168 | 17 | 150 |
California | 335 | 29 | 284 | 22 | 190 | 19 | 171 |
Colorado | 366 | 29 | 308 | 29 | 207 | 22 | 185 |
Connecticut | 99 | 2 | 94 | 3 | 57 | d | d |
Delaware | 77 | 5 | 68 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 40 |
District of Columbia | 18 | d | 16 | d | 10 | d | d |
Florida | 1,287 | 141 | 1,008 | 138 | 708 | 99 | 609 |
Georgia | 238 | 11 | 218 | 9 | 138 | 7 | 131 |
Hawaii | 3 | d | d | d | 2 | d | d |
Idaho | 18 | d | 16 | d | 11 | d | d |
Illinois | 1,763 | 126 | 1,530 | 107 | 1,003 | 87 | 916 |
Indiana | 943 | 83 | 781 | 79 | 551 | 57 | 494 |
Iowa | 212 | 16 | 182 | 14 | 124 | 11 | 114 |
Kansas | 87 | d | 83 | d | 49 | d | d |
Kentucky | 7,766 | 1,309 | 5,213 | 1,244 | 4,231 | 921 | 3,310 |
Louisiana | 23 | d | 21 | d | 14 | d | d |
Maine | 3 | d | d | d | 2 | d | d |
Maryland | 479 | 39 | 405 | 35 | 281 | 27 | 254 |
Massachusetts | 27 | d | 26 | d | 16 | d | d |
Michigan | 566 | 37 | 490 | 39 | 335 | 25 | 310 |
Minnesota | 18 | d | 16 | d | 10 | d | d |
Mississippi | 32 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 18 |
Missouri | 172 | 7 | 159 | 6 | 101 | 5 | 96 |
Montana | 60 | 5 | 52 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 32 |
Nebraska | 5 | d | d | d | 3 | d | d |
Nevada | 49 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 26 |
New Hampshire | 3 | d | d | d | 2 | d | d |
New Jersey | 406 | 22 | 362 | 22 | 229 | 16 | 214 |
New Mexico | 109 | 7 | 94 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 58 |
New York | 337 | 15 | 306 | 16 | 199 | 10 | 188 |
North Carolina | 518 | 46 | 424 | 48 | 311 | 49 | 262 |
North Dakota | 3 | d | d | d | 2 | d | d |
Ohio | 3,173 | 254 | 2,678 | 241 | 1,863 | 178 | 1,685 |
Oklahoma | 238 | 22 | 195 | 21 | 132 | 16 | 116 |
Oregon | 36 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 19 |
Pennsylvania | 12,534 | 1,178 | 10,448 | 908 | 7,111 | 805 | 6,305 |
Rhode Island | 5 | d | d | d | 3 | d | d |
South Carolina | 179 | 12 | 143 | 24 | 97 | 9 | 89 |
South Dakota | 3 | d | d | d | 2 | d | d |
Tennessee | 2,182 | 226 | 1,701 | 255 | 1,223 | 158 | 1,065 |
Texas | 159 | 10 | 136 | 13 | 94 | 7 | 87 |
Utah | 246 | 29 | 188 | 29 | 143 | 32 | 111 |
Vermont | 3 | d | d | d | 2 | d | d |
Virginia | 4,312 | 635 | 3,065 | 612 | 2,371 | 449 | 1,922 |
Washington | 96 | 7 | 83 | 6 | 52 | 5 | 48 |
West Virginia | 10,553 | 1,510 | 7,578 | 1,465 | 5,861 | 1,048 | 4,814 |
Wisconsin | 33 | d | 30 | d | 18 | d | d |
Wyoming | 81 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 44 |
Outlying areas e | 65 | 4 | 56 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 35 |
SOURCE: Department of Labor, Beneficiary Master Table, 100 percent data. | |||||||
a. Includes wives of living miners, divorced wives, children, and dependent brothers and sisters of miners. | |||||||
b. Includes benefits for wives and children. | |||||||
c. Includes benefits for surviving children, brothers, sisters, and divorced wives. Prior to December 1997, monthly payments for surviving children were included with payments to miners. | |||||||
d. Not shown to avoid disclosure of information regarding particular individuals. | |||||||
e. Includes beneficiaries residing in American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and foreign countries. | |||||||
CONTACT: Bennett Stewart (606) 432-0116, ext. 126. |