Fast Facts And Figures About Social Security, 2006

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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