United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Social Welfare Expenditures 315
No. S 1 3 . S o c i a l W e l f a r e E x p e n d i t u r e s U n d e r P u b l i c P r o g r a m s : 1 9 5 0 t o 1 9 7 9
[In millions of dollars, except percent. For fiscal years ending in year shown. Fiscal years for Federal Government (through
1676), most States, and some localities, ended June 30. Beginning 1977, Federal Government fiscal year ended Sept 30.
Represents outlays from trust funds (mostly social insurance funds Built up by earmarked contributions from insured persons,
their employers, or both) and budgetary outlays from general revenues. Includes administrative expenditures, capital outlay, and
some expenditures and payments outside U.S. See table 514 lor program detail. For explanation of average annual percent
change, see Guide to Tabular Presentation. See H is to ric a l S tatistics, C o lo n ia l Tim es to 1970, series H 1-47, for related but not
comparable data]
YEAR
SOCIAL WELFARE OUTLAYS
Total
Average
annual
percent
change
Percent
from
nontrust
funds
Social
Insurance
Public
aid
Health
and
medical
programs
1
Veterans
programs
Education
H o using
Other
social
welfare
All
health
a n d
medical
care *
1950.............. 23,508
1980.............. 52,293
1965............. 77,175
1970 ..................... 145,856
1971 ..................... 171,908
1972 ............. 191,357
1973 ............................ 213,942
1974 ..................... 239,397
1975 ............................ 290.047
1976 ............................ 332.047
1977 ............................ 360,925
1978 ............................ 394,3B2
1979, prel...... 428,333
*20.6
8.3
8.1
13.6
17.9
11.3
11.8
11.9
21.2
14.6
6.6
9.3
8.6
34.6
29.9
33.4
38.3
41.5
43.1
45.7
45.9
46.2
49.3
47.5
45.7
44.2
4 ,9 4 7
19,307
28,123
54,691
66,369
74,809
86,166
98,002
123,013
145,703
160,883
174,935
193,588
2,496
4.101
6,263
16,488
21,262
26,078
28,691
31,520
41,326
48,693
53,266
59,394
64,649
TOTAL
2,064
4,464
6,246
9,907
11,087
12,866
13,447
14,953
17,708
19,392
20,409
22,930
24,496
FEDERAL
6.866
5,479
6,031
9,078
10,456
11,522
13,026
14,112
17,019
19,005
19,015
19,744
20,455
6,674
17,626
28,108
50,845
56,705
59,385
64,734
70,534
80,863
87,749
93,921
101,592
108,279
15
177
318
701
1,047
1,332
2,180
446
1,139
2,066
4,145
4,983
5,364
5,698
2,554 6,722
3,172 6,947
3,371 8,472
4,358 9,071
5 ,2 2 5 10,563
6,226 10,640
3,065
6,395
9,635
25,391
28,775
33,473
36,668
41,512
51,673
59,979
67,704
76,928
66,240
1850.............. 10,541 319.4 24.7 2,103 1,103 604 6,386 157 15 174 1,362
1960.............. 24,957 9.0 15.9 14,307 2,117 1.737 5,367 868 144 417 2,916
1965.............. 37,712 8.6 18.9 21,807 3,594 2.781 6.011 2,470 238 812 4,625
1970.............. 77,337 15.4 23.9 45,246 9.649 4,775 8.952 5.876 582 2,259 16,600
1971.............. 92,587 19.7 28,3 53,903 12,990 5.148 10,331 6,597 872 2,746 18,766
1972.............. 106,327 14.8 31.2 61,248 16,291 6,322 11,405 6.721 1,183 3,155 22,062
1973.............. 122.566 15.3 34.1 72,249 18,061 6,698 12,903 7,360 1,750 3,546 24,260
1974.............. 137,191 11.9 34.6 82,832 20,388 7,145 13,874 7,042 2,009 3,902 27,499
1976.............. 167.436 22.0 36.4 99,715 27,205 8,513 16,570 8,629 2,541 4,264 34,125
1976.... ......... 197,407 17.9 40.2 119,600 32,527 9,909 18,843 9,023 2,906 4,598 41.010
1977.............. 218,407 10.6 37.8 134,745 35,399 10,182 18,861 9,745 4,006 5,470 46,476
1978.............. 240,121 9.9 36.6 147,252 40,013 11,566 19,570 10,884 4,887 5,949 52,960
1979, prel...... 264,118 10.0 35.7 163,744 43.612 12,150 20,266 12,097 5,802 6,449 59,437
STATE AND LOCAL
1950.............. 12,967 >21.7 54.1 2,844 1.393 1,460 480 6,517 274 1,704
I960.............. 27,337 7.7 56.2 4,999 1,984 2,727 112 16,758 33 723 3,478
1965.............. 39,464 7.6 57.1 6,316 2,690 3,466 20 25,638 80 1,254 4,911
1970............... 68,519 11.7 61.2 9,446 6,839 5.132 126 44,970 120 1,886 8,791
1971.............. 79,320 15.8 60.6 12,466 8,272 5,939 125 50,107 175 2,237 10,008
1972.............. 85,031 7.2 60.4 13,561 9,787 6,544 117 52,664 149 2,209 11,391
1973.............. 91,376 7.5 61.8 13,917 10,630 6,749 123 57,374 430 2,152 12,388
1974.............. 102,206 11.9 60.8 16,169 11,133 7,809 239 63,492 545 2,819 14,013
1975.............. 122,612 20.0 59.3 23,298 14,122 9.195 449 72,234 631 2,683 17,581
1976.............. 134,978 10.1 61.9 26,103 18,155 9,483 162 78,7 2 6 465 3,874 19,047
1977.............. 142,519 5.6 61.6 26,139 17,867 10,227 155 84,176 353 3,602 21,303
1978.............. 154,261 8.2 58.8 27,683 19,381 11,364 174 90,708 337 4,614 24.042
1979, prel...... 164,215 6.5 58.4 29,844 21,037 12,346 190 96,182 424 4,192 26,868
PERCENT OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES, BY TYPE
1950.............. 100.0 (X)
21.0 10.6 8.8 *
29.2 28.4 .1 1.9 13.0
I960.............. 100.0 w |X) 36.9 7.8 8.5 10.5 33.7 .3 2 ,2 12.2
1965.............. 100.0 (X) (X) 36.4 8.1 8.1 7.8 36.4 .4 2 .7 12.4
1970.............. 100.0 (X) (x) 37.5 11.3 6.8 6.2 34.9 .5 2.8 17.4
1975.............. 100.0 (X) (x) 42.4 14.2 6.1 5.9 27.9 1.1 2.4 17.8
1979, prel...... 100.0 (X) (x) 45.2 '15.1 5.7 4.6 25.3 1.4 2.5 20.1
PERCENT FEDERAL OF TOTAL
1950.............. 44.8 (X) (X) 42.5 44.2 29.2 93.0 2.3 100.0 38.9 44,4
1960.............. 47.7 (X) (X) 74.1 51.6 38.9 98.0 4.9 61.2 36.6 45,6
1965........... . 48.9
(X) 77.5
*
57.2 44.5 99.7 8.6 74.9 39.3 48.5
1970............. 53.0 (X) (X) 82.7 58.5 48.2 98.6 11.6 82.9 54.5 65.4
1975.............. 57.7 (x) (X) 81.1 65.8 46.1 97.4 10.7 80.1 61.4 66.0
1979. prel...... 61.7 (X) (X) 64.6 67.5 49.6 99.1 11.2 93.2 60.6 68.9
“ Represents zero. X Not applicable, 'Excludes program pals ol social insurance, public aid, veterans, and other
social welfare. Combines Health and medical p ro gra m s" with medical services Included In s o c ia l in suran ce, public aidL
veterans, vocational rehabilitation, and antipoverty programs. ’ Change from 1945.
S o u rc e : U .S . S o c ia l S e c u rity A d m in is tra tio n , S oda! Security Bulletin, N o v e m b e r 1 9 6 1 ; a n d e a rlie r Is s u e s .