
Fast Facts & Figures answers the most frequently asked questions about the programs SSA administers. It highlights basic program data for the Social Security (retirement, survivors, and disability) and Supplemental Security Income programs. Most of the data come from the Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, which contains more than 250 detailed tables. The information on the income of the aged is from the data series Income of the Population 55 or Older. Data on trust fund operations are from the 2006 Trustees Report.
General Information, 2006 1
Income of the Aged Population Size of Income 4
Receipt of Income 5
Shares of Aggregate Income 6
Relative Importance of Social Security 7
Poverty Status Based on Family Income 8
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program Earnings in Covered Employment 9
Insured Status 10
Insured Status, by Sex New Benefit Awards 12
New Awards to Workers 13
Beneficiaries in Current-Payment Status 14
Average Benefit Amounts 15
Beneficiaries, by Age 16
Disabled and Retired Workers, by Age 17
Beneficiaries, by Sex 18
Average Monthly Benefit, by Sex Women Beneficiaries 20
Women with Dual Entitlement 21
Contents Supplemental Security Income Program
Number of Recipients 22
Payment Amounts, by Age 23
Federally Administered Payments 24
Basis for Eligibility and Age of Recipients 25
Percentage Distribution of Recipients, by Age 26
Recipients, by Sex and Age 27
Other Income 28
OASDI, SSI, or Both All Beneficiaries 29
Beneficiaries Aged 65 or Older 30
Disabled Beneficiaries Aged 18–64 31
Children OASDI Beneficiaries 32
SSI Recipients 33
Social Security Financing How Social Security Is Financed 34
Social Security’s Demographic Challenge 35
The Long-Run Financial Outlook 36
The Growth of Unfunded Obligations 37
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