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Annual Statistical Supplement, 2008

(released March 2009)

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Contact Information

General questions or comments about this report are welcome and should be directed to Angela Y. Harper at 410-966-9541 or supplement@ssa.gov. For specific questions about the data, please call the contact listed on each table. That contact information is current as of the release date.

For additional copies of the report, please e-mail op.publications@ssa.gov.

Preface

The Supplement is a major resource for data on our nation's social insurance and welfare programs. The majority of the statistical tables present information about programs administered by the Social Security Administration—the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program, known collectively as Social Security, and the Supplemental Security Income program. In addition, data are presented on the major health care programs—Medicare and Medicaid—and social insurance programs, including workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability insurance, Black Lung benefits, and veterans' benefits. The Supplement also includes program summaries and legislative histories that help users of the data understand these programs. Please note that additional disability tables and statistics can be found in the SSI Annual Statistical Report and the Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.

The Supplement has been published annually since 1940. Decisions affecting the future of Social Security are facilitated by the availability of relevant data over a long period. The data provide a base for research, policy analysis, and proposals for changing the programs. In addition to meeting the Social Security Administration's information needs, the Supplement strengthens the agency's ability to respond to requests for program data from congressional committees, government agencies at all levels, and the research community.

The Supplement is prepared by Social Security Administration staff from various components throughout the agency and by many individuals from other federal agencies. I would like to express my thanks to them for their contributions.

Manuel de la Puente
Associate Commissioner for Research, Evaluation, and Statistics
March 2009

Errata

The original print and electronic versions of this report contained the following errors:

  • In Table 2.A12, the "amount (dollars)" for the special minimum primary insurance amount (PIA) for 1981 was incorrect. The correct value is 5,550.
  • In Table 8.B1, the number of "persons served per 1000 enrollees, Hospital Insurance, Inpatient hospital" for 1990 was incorrect. The correct value is 194.
  • In Table 8.B2, the number of "persons served (thousands), Hospital Insurance" for 2006 was incorrect. The correct value is 1,277.

These errors have been corrected in the electronic version of this report. [Posted: October 28, 2009.]

The original electronic version of this report contained errors in Table 6.D7. The numbers of nondisabled widows and widowers aged 60, disabled widow(er)s aged 50–54, and widowed mothers and fathers aged 65 were incorrect; these errors were detected prior to print publication and have been corrected in the electronic versions of this report.

[Posted: March 12, 2009.]

Table of Contents

The following files are available for this document in the given formats:
Entire document (2.9 MB)
PDF.
Highlights and Trends
HTML. PDF.
Program Descriptions and Legislative History
Social Security (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance)
HTML. PDF.
Supplemental Security Income
HTML. PDF.
Medicare
HTML. PDF.
Medicaid
HTML. PDF.
Unemployment Insurance
HTML. PDF.
Workers' Compensation
HTML. PDF.
Temporary Disability Insurance
HTML. PDF.
Black Lung Benefits
HTML. PDF.
Veterans' Benefits
HTML. PDF.
Tables
History of OASDI Provisions
Coverage, Financing, and Insured Status (2.A1–2.A7)
HTML. PDF.
Benefit Computation and Automatic Adjustments (2.A8–2.A19)
HTML. PDF.
Benefit Types and Levels (2.A20–2.A28)
HTML. PDF.
Effect of Current Earnings and Taxation of Benefits (2.A29–2.A32)
HTML. PDF.
History of SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Provisions (2.B–2.C)
HTML. PDF.
SSA Administrative Data
Offices and Staff (2.F1–2.F3)
HTML. PDF.
Claims Workloads (2.F4–2.F6)
HTML. PDF.
Service Delivery (2.F7)
HTML. PDF.
Hearings and Appeals (2.F8–2.F11)
HTML. PDF.
Social Welfare and the Economy
Employment and Earnings (3.B)
HTML. PDF.
Interprogram Data (3.C)
HTML. PDF.
Poverty (3.E)
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Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Trust Funds (4.A)
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Covered Workers (4.B)
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Insured Workers (4.C)
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Benefits in Current-Payment Status
Summary (5.A)
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Retired Workers (5.B)
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Retired Workers and Dependents (5.C)
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Disabled Workers (5.D)
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Disabled Workers and Dependents (5.E)
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Dependents and Survivors (5.F)
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Retired Workers with Dual Entitlement (5.G)
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Beneficiary Families (5.H)
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Geographic Data (5.J)
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Direct Deposit (5.K)
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Representative Payee (5.L)
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International Agreements (5.M)
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Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated
Benefits Awarded
Summary (6.A)
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Retired Workers (6.B)
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Disabled Workers (6.C)
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Dependents and Survivors (6.D)
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Benefits Withheld (6.E)
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Benefits Terminated (6.F)
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Supplemental Security Income
Summary (7.A)
HTML. PDF.
State Data (7.B)
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Benefit Distributions (7.C)
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Other Income Sources (7.D)
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Recipient Characteristics (7.E)
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Health Care Programs
Medicare
Trust Funds (8.A)
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Enrollment, Utilization, and Reimbursement (8.B)
HTML. PDF.
Participating Facilities (8.C)
HTML. PDF.
Medicaid
Recipients (8.E)
HTML. PDF.
State Data (8.H)
HTML. PDF.
Other Social Insurance and Veterans' Benefits
Unemployment Insurance (9.A)
HTML. PDF.
Workers' Compensation (9.B)
HTML. PDF.
Temporary Disability Insurance (9.C)
HTML. PDF.
Black Lung Benefits (9.D)
HTML. PDF.
Veterans' Benefits (9.F)
HTML. PDF.
Appendix A: Sampling Variability
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Appendix B: OASDI Benefit Award Data
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Appendix C: Poverty Data
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Appendix D: Computing a Retired-Worker Benefit (the PDF file includes tables from other parts of the Supplement that are necessary to complete the worksheet)
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Glossary
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Abbreviations
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