United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

3 2 4 Social Insurance and Human Services
No. 5 2 4 . Population 6 5 Y e a r s O l d a n d O v e r , a n d S o c i e t a l D e p e n d e n c y R a t i o s : i 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
tin millions, except as Indicated. As o! July. Includes Armed Forces overseas, Societal dependency ratios represent essentially
the relative burden oi older "dependents" on "productive" persons, defined either by age or economic status)
AGE GROUP 1960 1970 1980 1981 DEPENDENCY RATIO 1960 1970 1980 1961
65 years and over.................... 16.7 20.1 25.7 26.3 Persons, 65 years old and over, per
9 .2 9.8 11.3 11.4 17 17 19 19
65-69 years ...... 6.3 7.0 8.8 8.9 Persons, 60 yearn old' and over, per
4.8 ■ 5.5 6.8 7.0 27 29 30 30
75-79 years ...... 3.1 3.9 4.8 4.9 Nonworkers, 60 years' old and over,
80-84 yean 1.6 2.3 3.0 3.1 per 100 workers, 20-59 years old *.... 28 30 31 31
85 years and over................ .9 1.4 2.3 2.4
'Nonworkers are persons not in labor force and workers are persona in civilian labor force. Labor force data are monthly
averages based on Ihe Current Population Survey; s e e text. p. 2 . Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rren t P a p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-25, Nos. 519 and 917.
No. 525. So c ia l S e c u r it y (OASDHI)—Co v e r e d Em p l o y m e n t a n d Ea r n in g s : 1950 t o 1981
(Beginning i960, includes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and, beginning 1965, American Samoa and Guam. OASOHI: Old-age,
survivors, disability, and health insurance. Represents all reported employment. Data are estimated. See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s ,
C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1970, series H 172-185]
ITEM Unit 1950 1960 1965 1970 1975 1977 1976 1979 1980 1981
120 o
154.0 156.6
13P.7
159,2
136.7
161.8
140.6
ii> 5
61.7
43.6
88.1 71.B
57.0
73.6
59.1
75.4
81,3
77.2
63.4
A 1 17.7 21 6 24.2 25.3 26.3
11 4 22.2 28.5 31.2 32.3 33.4 34.8 3 6 .3
19.0 19.1 20.7 21.6 22.4 23.1
Million....... 19.2
10.5
19.4
11.6
19,1 19.0 16.8
12.4
18.7
12.6
18.6
12.7
3.7 4 4 4.6 4.6 4.7
5 Z 3 4.2 5.0 5.9 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.8
Million....... 7 17 8.0 9.7 10.8 11.2 11.7 12.1
35.1 37.7 24.5 26.7 23.8 23.7 23.1 (NA) (NA) (NA)
New entrants into covered
2.5 3.1 4.6 44 4.1 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Workers reported with—
Taxable earnings * Mittion........ 48 73 81 93 100 106 111 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Maximum earningsa....................... Million........ 14 20 29 24 15 16 16 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Earnings in covered employment........ Bit. do!...... 110 265 352 532 787 975 1,090 (NA) (NA)
Reported taxable : Bit. dol...... 66 207 251 416 665 814 916 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Percent of total. Percent.... 79.7 78.1 71.3 78.2 84.5 63.5 64.0 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Average per worker:
5,711
4(464
7,854
6(634 7672
9.793
Employers reporting taxable wages.... 1,000........ 3,350 5,670 6,090 5,690 5,720 5,920 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
NA Not available. 'Estimated number of p e rs o n s w h o h a d covered employment at any time during the period 1 9 3 7 to y e a r
shown; not adjusted to reflect effect of (a) provisions that coordinate the OASDHI and railroad retirement programs and (b) wage
credits for military service. Only partially adjusted to eliminate duplicate count of persons with taxable earnings reported on more
than 1 account number; effect of such duplication is substantially less significant for the insured than for the uninsured. Includes
persons currently insured, not shown separately. 5Fully insured for retirement and/or survivor benefits. aBeginning i960,
includes self-employment. See table 527 for maximum taxable earnings.
Source: U .S . S o c ia l 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.
N o . 526. S o c i a l S e c u r i t y (OASDHI)—E f f e c t o n C o n t r i b u t i o n s o f C h a n g e s in t h e W a g e
Base and T a x R a t e : 1 9 6 6 t o 1 9 8 2
[OASDHI*= Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance programs. Effect of changes represents first full-year effect on
contributions of changes in taxable wage base and combined tax rate} 1
YEAR
Workers
taxable
wage
base
(dol.)
Combined
1
tax rate
(percent)
EFFECT OF CHANGES
(bit. dol.)
Total
Wage
base
Tax
rate
YEAR
Workers
taxable
wage
base
(dol.)
Combined
1
tax rata
(percent)
EFFECT OF C H AN G ES
(b il, d o l.)
Total
W a g B
b a s e
Tax
r a le
1966.................... 6,600 140 6-2 3.4 2.8
1967.................... (!i 6.60 1-2 (*i 1.2
1968.................... 7,800 ( ’ > 2.1 2.1 n
1969.................... ( ’ > 9.60 3.0 c) 3.0
1971.................... n 10.40 3.2 c l 3.2
1972.................... 9,000 n 2.9 2.9 n
1973.................... 10,800 11.70 10.8 4.6 6.2
1974.................... 13,200 (=) 3.9 3.9 n
1 9 7 5 .............................. 1 4 ,1 0 0 1.4 1 .4 (* )
1 9 7 6 ............................. 1 5 ,3 0 0 M 2.1 2 .1 (*)
1 9 7 7 .............................. 1 6 ,5 0 0 *) 2.1 2 .1 (*)
1 9 7 B .................... 1 7 ,7 0 0 1 2 .1 0 5 .6 2 .1 3 . 5
1 9 7 9 ............................. 2 2 ,9 0 0 1 2 .2 6 9 .5 8 . 0 1 .6
1 9 8 0 ............................. 2 5 ,9 0 0 (*> 3 .6 3 .8 P )
1 8 8 1 ............................. 2 9 ,7 0 0 1 3 .3 0 1 6 .7 4 . 0 1 2 ,7
1 9 8 2 ............................. 3 2 ,4 0 0 1 3 .4 0 4.1 2 .8 1 .3
1Employee and employer.contribute equally. 2 No increase occurred.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, unpublished data.