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The table below shows total benefits paid from the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds as a percentage of personal income. |
| Calendar year |
Total benefits | Personal income a |
Total benefits as percent of personal income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | $1 | 74,100 | (b) |
| 1938 | 10 | 68,400 | (b) |
| 1939 | 14 | 72,900 | (b) |
| 1940 | 35 | 78,400 | (b) |
| 1941 | 88 | 96,000 | 0.1% |
| 1942 | 131 | 123,400 | 0.1% |
| 1943 | 166 | 152,100 | 0.1% |
| 1944 | 209 | 166,000 | 0.1% |
| 1945 | 274 | 171,600 | 0.2% |
| 1946 | 378 | 178,600 | 0.2% |
| 1947 | 466 | 190,900 | 0.2% |
| 1948 | 556 | 209,700 | 0.3% |
| 1949 | 667 | 207,000 | 0.3% |
| 1950 | 961 | 228,900 | 0.4% |
| 1951 | 1,885 | 257,900 | 0.7% |
| 1952 | 2,194 | 275,200 | 0.8% |
| 1953 | 3,006 | 291,700 | 1.0% |
| 1954 | 3,670 | 294,300 | 1.2% |
| 1955 | 4,968 | 316,000 | 1.6% |
| 1956 | 5,715 | 339,500 | 1.7% |
| 1957 | 7,404 | 358,500 | 2.1% |
| 1958 | 8,576 | 368,900 | 2.3% |
| 1959 | 10,298 | 392,300 | 2.6% |
| 1960 | 11,245 | 411,300 | 2.7% |
| 1961 | 12,749 | 428,800 | 3.0% |
| 1962 | 14,461 | 456,400 | 3.2% |
| 1963 | 15,427 | 479,500 | 3.2% |
| 1964 | 16,223 | 514,300 | 3.2% |
| 1965 | 18,311 | 555,500 | 3.3% |
| 1966 | 21,070 | 603,800 | 3.5% |
| 1967 | 25,967 | 648,100 | 4.0% |
| 1968 | 30,651 | 711,700 | 4.3% |
| 1969 | 33,371 | 778,300 | 4.3% |
| 1970 | 38,982 | 838,600 | 4.6% |
| 1971 | 45,065 | 903,100 | 5.0% |
| 1972 | 50,269 | 992,600 | 5.1% |
| 1973 | 61,091 | 1,110,500 | 5.5% |
| 1974 | 70,996 | 1,222,700 | 5.8% |
| 1975 | 82,611 | 1,334,900 | 6.2% |
| 1976 | 94,180 | 1,474,700 | 6.4% |
| 1977 | 106,443 | 1,632,500 | 6.5% |
| 1978 | 117,894 | 1,836,700 | 6.4% |
| 1979 | 133,691 | 2,059,500 | 6.5% |
| 1980 | 156,298 | 2,301,500 | 6.8% |
| 1981 | 184,450 | 2,582,300 | 7.1% |
| 1982 | 207,268 | 2,766,800 | 7.5% |
| 1983 | 224,524 | 2,952,200 | 7.6% |
| 1984 | 238,682 | 3,268,900 | 7.3% |
| 1985 | 256,723 | 3,496,700 | 7.3% |
| 1986 | 272,698 | 3,696,000 | 7.4% |
| 1987 | 284,487 | 3,924,400 | 7.2% |
| 1988 | 303,717 | 4,231,200 | 7.2% |
| 1989 | 329,193 | 4,557,500 | 7.2% |
| 1990 | 356,536 | 4,846,700 | 7.4% |
| 1991 | 386,912 | 5,031,500 | 7.7% |
| 1992 | 419,325 | 5,347,300 | 7.8% |
| 1993 | 449,896 | 5,568,100 | 8.1% |
| 1994 | 478,775 | 5,874,800 | 8.1% |
| 1995 | 513,959 | 6,200,900 | 8.3% |
| 1996 | 544,350 | 6,591,600 | 8.3% |
| 1997 | 572,542 | 7,000,700 | 8.2% |
| 1998 | 585,156 | 7,525,400 | 7.8% |
| 1999 | 595,326 | 7,910,800 | 7.5% |
| 2000 | 625,060 | 8,559,400 | 7.3% |
| 2001 | 672,853 | 8,883,300 | 7.6% |
| 2002 | 714,804 | 9,060,100 | 7.9% |
| 2003 | 746,756 | 9,378,100 | 8.0% |
| 2004 | 795,868 | 9,937,200 | 8.0% |
| 2005 | 850,058 | 10,485,900 | 8.1% |
| 2006 | 954,837 | 11,268,100 | 8.5% |
| 2007 | 1,010,397 | 11,912,300 | 8.5% |
| 2008 | 1,077,021 | 12,460,200 | 8.6% |
| 2009 | 1,177,869 | 11,867,000 | 9.9% |
| 2010 | 1,213,209 | 12,321,900 | 9.8% |
| 2011 | 1,260,619 | 12,947,300 | 9.7% |
| a Personal income data, from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis, are subject to revision. b Less than 0.05 percent. |
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