United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

322 Social Insurance and Human Services
N o . 5 2 1 . S o c i a l I n s u r a n c e a n d R e l a t e d P r o g r a m s — C a s h B e n e f i c i a r i e s a n d B e n e f i t s , b y
P r o g r a m : 1 9 6 5 t o 1 9 7 9
[OASOHI=Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance, Federal programs under Social Security Act; see text, p. 311. Partly
estimated. Includes some beneficiaries and benefit payments for some programs In outlying areas. See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s ,
C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 , series H 125-171]
PROGRAM
BENEFICIARIES 1(1,000)
AMOUNT OF BENEFITS (mil. dol.)
1965 1970 1975 1976 1979 1965 1970 1975 1978 1979
Total............................................. (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 32,571 55,609 123,431 155,286 174,624
Percent of personal Income......... M (X) (X) (X) (X) 6.1 6.9 9.8 9.0 8.9
Retirement *... (x) (X) (X) (X) (X) 16,787 29,401 61,757 86,756 98,720
OASDHI................................................... 13,918 16,870 20,015 21,831 22,421 12,542 21,075 42.645 59,818 68,201
Public employee retirement....................... 1,472 2,204 3,124 3,841 4,148 3,520 7,209 17,145 24,520 27,891
Federal civil service............................... 359 477 732 825 857 897 1,849 5,229 7,360 8,459
Other Federal employee3...................... 388 642 912 1,079 1,194 1,233 2,700 6,071 8,524 9,666
Slate and local government................... 725 1,085 1,480 1,959 2,097 1,390 2,660 5,845 8,636 9,766
Railroad retirement 498 553 579 594 592 705 1,113 1,966 2,417 2,628
Veterans Admin, programsa...................... 14 3 1 (X) (X) 20 4 1 (X) (X)
Disability * 4...................................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 7,041 11,001 21,883 30,808 34,659
326 410 526 650 669 751 1^312 2|702 3,904
149 185 258 323 332 279 518 1,307 2,112 2’414
Other Federal employee3...................... 108 148 163 1 57 155 310 538 '905 1,080 1,158
State and local government................... 69 66 105 169 181 155 255 490 712 804
Railroad retirement.......... 102 65 102 100 96 149 219 403 472 511
Veterans Admin, programs3...................... 3,203 3,178 3,226 3,273 3,242 3,026 3,931 5,583 7,010 7,905
Workers' compensation............................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1,074 1,674 3,248 5,217 6,104
Black lung benefit program.......................
Temporary disability:
(X) 25 333 281 269 (X) 77 595 592 1,033
State Insurance 8................................... 149 181 176 175 189 426 665 890 1,027 1,161
Railroad insurance................................ 24 25 14 16 14 41 56 48 67 61
Survivor monthly benefits............... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 5,872 10,272 20,699 26,878 29,928
OASDHI................................................... 4,681 6,369 7,302 7,651 7,591 3,979 7,428 15,526 20,198 22,355
Public employee retirement....................... 6319 M27 6560 8763 8822 324 645 1,449 2,111 2,434
F e d e ra l c iv il service.............................. 220 297 382 416 427 191 429 975 1,425 1,625
Other Federal employee3...................... 7 10 32 56 84 9 16 84 178 234
State and local government................... 92 120 145 290 311 125 200 390 508 575
Railroad retirement 288 324 338 335 333 278 424 914 1,132 1,224
Veterans Admin, programs s...................... 1,900 2,284 2,258 2,136 1.983 1,150 1,545 2,084 2,482 2,650
Workers’ compensation............................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 140 197 365 531 600
Black lung benefit program....................... (X) 2 152 159 161 (X) 33 360 429 665
Lump-sum payments........................ (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 421 582 808 829 623
OASDHI................ (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 217 294 337 344 290
Public employee retirement....................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 125 189 321 334 367
Federal civil service............................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 10 23 20 28 21
Other Federal employee....................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1 1 1 2 2
State and local government................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 105 165 300 304 345
Railroad retirement (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 22 26 25 16 15
Veterans Admin, programs \ .................... (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 57 73 124 135 151
Unemployment................................ (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 2,452 4,353 18,285 10,016 10,294
State unemployment insurance 8.............. 1,188 1,620 3,515 2,028 2,112 2,283 4,184 18,188 9,891 10,212
Railroad unemployment insurance............ 31 18 26 2 5 18 60 39 89 125 8 2
Training allowances 9............................... 75 60 (X) (X) (X) 108 131 7 (X) (X)
NA Not available. X Not applicable. 'For old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance, average monthly number;
for public employee retirement systems, veterans programs, and the black lung benefit program, number on rolls June 30; (or
railroad retirement program, number on rolls June 30 through 1975, Sept. 30 beginning 1978; for State unemployment and
temporary disability insurance, average weekly number; for railroad unemployment and temporary disability insurance, average
number during 14-day regislraiion period; Area Redevelopment Act and Manpower Development and Training Act programs,
number on rolls Dec. 31. includes benefits to dependents where applicable. 3Benefits for career military personnel (those
with 20 years* service) are paid by the U.S. Dept, of Defense and are included under "Other Federal employee". 4 Excludes
payments for medical care. ‘ Payable in Calif., N.J., N.V., R.I., and Puerto Rico under public and private plans. Data for
beneficiaries in N,J. not available. 6For Federal programs under the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 and
for State and local government retirement systems, number represents families. 7 Lump sums are for burial of deceased
veterans. ‘ Includes payments made by the States as agents of the Federal Government under the Federal employees'
unemployment compensation program and under the Ex-Servicemen's Compensation Act of 1 9 SB. a n d payment under the
extended unemployment insurance programs, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and the Disaster Relief Act of 1970. Beneficiaries
relate to regular State unemployment insurance, Federal employee, and ex-servicemen programs only. Includes Puerto Rico.
9Area Redevelopment Act of 1961 (Nov. 1961-June 1966) and Mannower Development and Training Act of 1962 (Aug. 1962-
June 1975).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, A n n u a l S ta tis tic a l S u p p le m e n t to the S o c ia l S e c u rity B u lle tin , and unpublished data.