Social Insurance and Public Assistance

800 Series Bf634–648 Bf SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
TABLE Bf634–648 Public assistance – recipients and annual payments, by program: 1936–1997
Contributed by Price V. Fishback and Melissa A. Thomasson
Annual payments Average monthly number of recipients
Aid to the Aid to the
TANF/AFDC
States with
Permanently Permanently Recipients
emergency
Old-Age Aid to and Totally General Emergency Old-Age Aid to and Totally General Emergency assistance
Assistance the Blind Disabled TANF/AFDC assistance assistance Assistance the Blind Disabled Families Total Children assistance assistance programs
Bf634 1 Bf635 1 Bf636 1 Bf637 Bf638 Bf639 Bf640 1 Bf641 1 Bf642 1 Bf643 Bf644 Bf645 Bf646 2 Bf647 Bf648
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand
Year dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand States
1936 155,484 12,811 — 49,678 437,134 — 738 42.7 — 147 534 361 4,545 — —
1940 475,704 21,838 — 133,770 404,963 — 1,986 71.6 — 349 1,182 840 3,618 — —
1945 726,550 26,557 — 149,667 87,930 — 2,044 71.2 — 259 907 656 507 — —
1950 1,461,624 52,698 7,967 551,653 298,262 — 2,783 95.5 63 644 2,205 1,637 866 — —
1955 1,490,352 67,958 135,168 617,841 214,266 — 2,539 103.5 234 612 2,214 1,673 785 — —
1960 1,629,541 86,231 237,366 1,000,784 322,465 — 2,330 107.4 359 787 3,005 2,314 1,071 — —
1961 1,571,309 84,739 256,910 1,156,769 355,991 — 2,261 104.6 379 869 3,354 2,587 1,182 — —
1962 1,571,162 84,039 282,711 1,298,774 292,709 — 2,196 99.9 409 931 3,676 2,818 902 — —
1963 1,615,023 85,335 318,948 1,365,851 279,623 — 2,159 97.4 448 947 3,876 2,909 861 — —
1964 1,612,983 86,558 357,856 1,510,352 272,737 — 2,131 96.2 488 992 4,118 3,091 782 — —
1965 1,600,708 85,121 417,720 1,660,186 259,225 — 2,105 91.5 536 1,039 4,329 3,256 703 — —
1966 1,633,675 85,615 487,301 1,863,925 263,866 — 2,077 84.4 572 1,088 4,513 3,411 636 — —
1967 1,702,091 87,711 574,574 2,266,400 325,847 — 2,067 83.0 617 1,217 5,014 3,771 713 — —
1968 1,676,632 88,885 658,589 2,849,298 421,211 — 2,032 81.3 674 1,410 5,705 4,275 789 — —
1969 1,752,730 92,204 788,079 3,563,427 472,360 6,699 2,043 80.3 758 1,698 6,706 4,985 817 7.5 23
1970 1,862,412 98,292 999,861 4,852,964 618,319 11,396 2,061 80.4 877 2,208 8,466 6,214 957 7.5 23
1971 1,888,878 100,840 1,189,636 6,203,528 760,559 19,843 2,055 80.5 1,004 2,762 10,241 7,434 1,009 11.1 24
1972 1,876,755 105,515 1,390,509 6,909,260 740,499 44,180 2,003 80.6 1,133 3,049 10,947 7,905 889 19.9 27
1973 1,743,465 104,373 1,609,572 7,212,035 688,502 39,265 1,852 78.2 1,217 3,148 10,949 7,902 746 18.8 29
1974 4,725 88 2,947 7,916,563 825,408 64,031 19 0.5 17 3,230 10,864 7,822 758 31.3 29
1975 4,599 79 2,953 9,210,995 1,138,211 77,516 18 0.4 17 3,498 11,346 8,095 964 38.3 29
1976 4,783 75 3,066 10,140,543 1,227,865 55,673 19 0.4 17 3,579 11,304 8,001 934 27.5 26
1977 7,938 76 3,426 10,603,820 1,237,609 66,132 19 0.4 18 3,588 11,050 7,773 861 32.8 26
1978 5,076 82 3,754 10,730,415 1,205,381 80,919 19 0.4 19 3,522 10,570 7,402 793 34.5 26
1979 9,448 170 9,064 11,068,864 1,230,744 84,043 19 0.4 20 3,509 10,312 7,179 796 35.7 24
1980 8,873 135 8,702 12,475,245 1,442,278 113,238 19 0.3 21 3,712 10,774 7,419 945 48.6 27
1981 9,400 159 10,364 12,981,115 — 123,467 19 0.3 22 3,835 11,079 7,527 1,006 49.1 27
1982 8,039 139 9,869 12,877,906 — 102,344 19 0.3 22 3,542 10,258 6,903 1,141 27.5 27
1983 7,889 136 9,846 13,837,228 — 125,246 18 0.3 22 3,686 10,761 7,098 1,299 30.0 27
1984 7,839 129 10,057 14,503,710 — 141,137 18 0.3 22 3,714 10,831 7,144 1,364 32.1 27
1985 7,620 134 10,412 15,195,835 — 157,304 18 0.3 23 3,701 10,855 7,198 1,326 32.6 28
1986 7,532 135 10,976 16,033,074 — 178,284 17 0.3 24 3,763 11,038 7,334 1,303 34.8 28
1987 7,434 137 10,825 16,372,535 — 213,903 17 0.3 24 3,776 11,027 7,366 1,168 42.4 29
1988 7,354 131 11,012 16,826,794 — 278,906 17 0.3 24 3,749 10,915 7,329 1,106 48.8 30
1989 7,273 139 11,559 17,465,943 — 296,841 17 0.3 25 3,799 10,993 7,420 1,105 48.7 31
Notes appear at end of table (continued)