Contents of SOCIAL PROGRAMS - SOCIAL SECURITY, SSI, AFDC Table -------------------------------------------------------------- Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1970 25669530 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1975 31319768 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1979 34235793 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1980 34682310 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1982 34965244 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1985 36165229 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1988 37705973 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1990 38901969 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1991 39647682 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1992 40543232 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1993 41260988 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1994 41880801 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1995 42372835 SSA Social security - benefit recipients (Dec.) 1996 42706028 SSA Social security - benefit payments for month 2589892 SSA (Dec.) 1970 Social security - benefit payments for month 5639688 SSA (Dec.) 1975 Social security - benefit payments for month 8912777 SSA (Dec.) 1979 Social security - benefit payments for month 10513306 SSA (Dec.) 1980 Social security - benefit payments for month 13116761 SSA (Dec.) 1982 Social security - benefit payments for month 15659657 SSA (Dec.) 1985 Social security - benefit payments for month 18408795 SSA (Dec.) 1988 Social security - benefit payments for month 21364163 SSA (Dec.) 1990 Social security - benefit payments for month 22734748 SSA (Dec.) 1991 Social security - benefit payments for month 24080542 SSA (Dec.) 1992 Social security - benefit payments for month 25281544 SSA (Dec.) 1993 Social security - benefit payments for month 26535793 SSA (Dec.) 1994 Social security - benefit payments for month 27729502 SSA (Dec.) 1995 Social security - benefit payments for month 28984911 SSA (Dec.) 1996 Social security: retired workers - benefit 18760936 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1979 Social security: retired workers - benefit 19327861 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1980 Social security: retired workers - benefit 20485581 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1982 Social security: retired workers - benefit 23466640 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1988 Social security: retired workers - benefit 24843892 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1990 Social security: retired workers - benefit 24857429 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1991 Social security: retired workers - benefit 25313013 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1992 Social security: retired workers - benefit 25646322 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1993 Social security: retired workers - benefit 25938733 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1994 Social security: retired workers - benefit 26194315 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1995 Social security: retired workers - benefit 26409139 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1996 Social security: retired workers - benefit 6606889 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1980 Social security: retired workers - benefit 8611298 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1982 Social security: retired workers - benefit 12659399 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1988 Social security: retired workers - benefit 14966659 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1990 Social security: retired workers - benefit 15731083 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1991 Social security: retired workers - benefit 16615752 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1992 Social security: retired workers - benefit 17390638 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1993 Social security: retired workers - benefit 18199331 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1994 Social security: retired workers - benefit 18973492 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1995 Social security: retired workers - benefit 19800410 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1996 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 2781203 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1979 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 2765706 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1980 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 2518458 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1982 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 2741453 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1988 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 3011164 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1990 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 3102410 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1991 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 3370614 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1992 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 3624279 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1993 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 3856091 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1994 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 4072970 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1995 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 4267141 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1996 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 1032319 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1980 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 1117004 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1982 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 1459551 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1988 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 1768208 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1990 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 1899693 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1991 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 2119971 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1992 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 2335832 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1993 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 2561381 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1994 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 2788754 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1995 Social security: disabled workers - benefit 3016745 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1996 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 4874071 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1980 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5002170 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1982 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5216946 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1988 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5420832 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1990 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5319698 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1991 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5357333 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1992 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5368163 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1993 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5367786 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1994 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5351277 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1995 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 5301225 SSA recipients (Dec.) 1996 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 2535494 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1988 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 2953871 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1990 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 3062575 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1991 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 3209693 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1992 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 3334100 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1993 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 3463002 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1994 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 3579620 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1995 Social security: widows and widowers - benefit 3695205 SSA payments for month (Dec.) 1996 Supplemental security income recipients (June) 1979 4194563 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (June) 1980 4155276 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (June) 1981 4094122 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (June) 1982 3956276 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (June) 1984 3971843 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (June) 1986 4268581 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (Dec.) 1990 4816589 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (Dec.) 1991 5117687 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (Dec.) 1992 5565562 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (Dec.) 1993 5983702 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (Dec.) 1994 6295149 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (Dec.) 1995 6513485 SSA Supplemental security income recipients (Dec.) 1996 6613073 SSA Supplemental security income - payments for month 553615 SSA (June) 1979 Supplemental security income - payments for month 603487 SSA (June) 1980 Supplemental security income - payments for month 674051 SSA (June) 1981 Supplemental security income - payments for month 721975 SSA (June) 1982 Supplemental security income - payments for month 872233 SSA (June) 1984 Supplemental security income - payments for month 1043578 SSA (June) 1986 Supplemental security income - payments for month 1413781 SSA (Dec.) 1990 Supplemental security income - payments for month 1640332 SSA (Dec.) 1991 Supplemental security income - payments for month 1995152 SSA (Dec.) 1992 Supplemental security income - payments for month 2063792 SSA (Dec.) 1993 Supplemental security income - payments for month 2206666 SSA (Dec.) 1994 Supplemental security income - payments for month 2334396 SSA (Dec.) 1995 Supplemental security income - payments for month 2398853 SSA (Dec.) 1996 Supplemental security income - average monthly 132 SSA payments per recipient (June) 1979 Supplemental security income - average monthly 145 SSA payments per recipient (June) 1980 Supplemental security income - average monthly 165 SSA payments per recipient (June) 1981 Supplemental security income - average monthly 182 SSA payments per recipient (June) 1982 Supplemental security income - average monthly 220 SSA payments per recipient (June) 1984 Supplemental security income - average monthly 244 SSA payments per recipient (June) 1986 Supplemental security income - average monthly 294 SSA payments per recipient (Dec.) 1990 Supplemental security income - average monthly 321 SSA payments per recipient (Dec.) 1991 Supplemental security income - average monthly 358 SSA payments per recipient (Dec.) 1992 Supplemental security income - average monthly 345 SSA payments per recipient (Dec.) 1993 Supplemental security income - average monthly 351 SSA payments per recipient (Dec.) 1994 Supplemental security income - average monthly 358 SSA payments per recipient (Dec.) 1995 Supplemental security income - average monthly 363 SSA payments per recipient (Dec.) 1996 Aid to families with dependent children - 10365978 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1980 Aid to families with dependent children - 10210802 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1982 Aid to families with dependent children - 10501386 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1983 Aid to families with dependent children - 10776448 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1984 Aid to families with dependent children - 10664702 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1985 Aid to families with dependent children - 10838624 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1986 Aid to families with dependent children - 10939075 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1987 Aid to families with dependent children - 10777888 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1988 Aid to families with dependent children - 10720661 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1989 Aid to families with dependent children - 11191920 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1990 Aid to families with dependent children - 12267752 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1991 Aid to families with dependent children - 13421693 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1992 Aid to families with dependent children - 13936732 SSA total recipients (Feb.) 1993 Aid to families with dependent children - 7172408 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1980 Aid to families with dependent children - 7069967 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1984 Aid to families with dependent children - 7038276 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1985 Aid to families with dependent children - 7182022 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1986 Aid to families with dependent children - 7283816 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1987 Aid to families with dependent children - 7219471 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1988 Aid to families with dependent children - 7214235 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1989 Aid to families with dependent children - 7564772 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1990 Aid to families with dependent children - 8288533 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1991 Aid to families with dependent children - 9146427 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1992 Aid to families with dependent children - 9396523 SSA recipient children (Feb.) 1993 Aid to families with dependent children - 3570787 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1980 Aid to families with dependent children - 3693407 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1984 Aid to families with dependent children - 3639293 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1985 Aid to families with dependent children - 3692368 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1986 Aid to families with dependent children - 3742070 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1987 Aid to families with dependent children - 3698366 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1988 Aid to families with dependent children - 3696775 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1989 Aid to families with dependent children - 3882771 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1990 Aid to families with dependent children - 4253331 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1991 Aid to families with dependent children - 4691545 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1992 Aid to families with dependent children - 4906838 SSA recipient families (Feb.) 1993