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Benefits Paid by Type of Beneficiary

Updated March 22, 2004
Introduction Monthly benefits are payable from the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds for certain types of beneficiaries. The growth in the number of beneficiaries may be seen in a graph.

The number of beneficiaries and their average benefit amount are available through one of the two forms below. You may first want to see a brief description of the available benefit types before continuing.

Available reports

Two reports are available:
  1. for a selected month, a report listing the number of beneficiaries and their average monthly benefit, by type of beneficiary, as of the end of the month;
  2. for a selected type, or types, of beneficiary, a time series of the number of beneficiaries and their average monthly benefit. Selecting more than one type causes the data to be combined for the selected types. No selection will provide all beneficiaries.
Data are available for 1980 and later.
Report for a selected month
Select month:
Select year:  
(any year after 1979)

Time series report
Select beneficiary type(s):
Retired workers & dependents Retired worker
Spouse of retired worker
Child of retired worker
Survivors Child of deceased worker
Aged widow(er)
Young widow(er) with child in care
Disabled widow(er)
Parent of deceased worker
Disabled workers & dependents Disabled worker
Spouse of disabled worker
Child of disabled worker
Select frequency:  
Select years (optional):
Last 2   Last 5   All

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