Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2005

Beneficiaries, by type

This pie chart aggregates data from the associated table into four beneficiary types. Of the almost 47.7 million beneficiaries in current-payment status in December 2004, 63% were retired workers, 14% were survivors of deceased workers, 13% were disabled workers, and 10% were spouses and children of retired or disabled workers.

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