Total benefits paid as a percent of personal income,
1937-2017
[Amounts in millions]
| Calendar year |
Total benefits | Personal income a/ |
Total benefits as percent of personal income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 1 | 74,699 | b/ |
| 1938 | 10 | 69,082 | 0.01% |
| 1939 | 14 | 73,626 | 0.02% |
| 1940 | 35 | 79,400 | 0.04% |
| 1941 | 88 | 97,870 | 0.09% |
| 1942 | 131 | 126,713 | 0.10% |
| 1943 | 166 | 156,177 | 0.11% |
| 1944 | 209 | 169,709 | 0.12% |
| 1945 | 274 | 175,778 | 0.16% |
| 1946 | 378 | 182,668 | 0.21% |
| 1947 | 466 | 194,616 | 0.24% |
| 1948 | 556 | 213,661 | 0.26% |
| 1949 | 667 | 211,244 | 0.32% |
| 1950 | 961 | 233,904 | 0.41% |
| 1951 | 1,885 | 264,455 | 0.71% |
| 1952 | 2,194 | 282,655 | 0.78% |
| 1953 | 3,006 | 299,565 | 1.00% |
| 1954 | 3,670 | 302,592 | 1.21% |
| 1955 | 4,968 | 324,583 | 1.53% |
| 1956 | 5,715 | 348,411 | 1.64% |
| 1957 | 7,404 | 368,486 | 2.01% |
| 1958 | 8,576 | 379,474 | 2.26% |
| 1959 | 10,298 | 403,193 | 2.55% |
| 1960 | 11,245 | 422,532 | 2.66% |
| 1961 | 12,749 | 441,082 | 2.89% |
| 1962 | 14,461 | 469,087 | 3.08% |
| 1963 | 15,427 | 492,839 | 3.13% |
| 1964 | 16,223 | 528,356 | 3.07% |
| 1965 | 18,311 | 570,847 | 3.21% |
| 1966 | 21,070 | 620,572 | 3.40% |
| 1967 | 25,967 | 665,748 | 3.90% |
| 1968 | 30,651 | 730,743 | 4.19% |
| 1969 | 33,371 | 800,258 | 4.17% |
| 1970 | 38,982 | 864,598 | 4.51% |
| 1971 | 45,065 | 932,137 | 4.83% |
| 1972 | 50,269 | 1,023,574 | 4.91% |
| 1973 | 61,091 | 1,138,525 | 5.37% |
| 1974 | 70,996 | 1,249,341 | 5.68% |
| 1975 | 82,611 | 1,366,884 | 6.04% |
| 1976 | 94,180 | 1,498,451 | 6.29% |
| 1977 | 106,443 | 1,654,571 | 6.43% |
| 1978 | 117,894 | 1,859,721 | 6.34% |
| 1979 | 133,691 | 2,078,195 | 6.43% |
| 1980 | 156,298 | 2,317,464 | 6.74% |
| 1981 | 184,450 | 2,596,506 | 7.10% |
| 1982 | 207,268 | 2,779,472 | 7.46% |
| 1983 | 224,524 | 2,970,275 | 7.56% |
| 1984 | 238,682 | 3,281,770 | 7.27% |
| 1985 | 256,723 | 3,516,329 | 7.30% |
| 1986 | 272,698 | 3,725,688 | 7.32% |
| 1987 | 284,487 | 3,955,860 | 7.19% |
| 1988 | 303,717 | 4,276,349 | 7.10% |
| 1989 | 329,193 | 4,619,874 | 7.13% |
| 1990 | 356,536 | 4,906,423 | 7.27% |
| 1991 | 386,912 | 5,073,390 | 7.63% |
| 1992 | 419,325 | 5,413,049 | 7.75% |
| 1993 | 449,896 | 5,648,990 | 7.96% |
| 1994 | 478,775 | 5,937,283 | 8.06% |
| 1995 | 513,959 | 6,280,973 | 8.18% |
| 1996 | 544,350 | 6,667,027 | 8.16% |
| 1997 | 572,542 | 7,080,668 | 8.09% |
| 1998 | 585,156 | 7,593,685 | 7.71% |
| 1999 | 595,326 | 7,988,413 | 7.45% |
| 2000 | 625,060 | 8,637,061 | 7.24% |
| 2001 | 672,853 | 8,991,584 | 7.48% |
| 2002 | 714,804 | 9,153,855 | 7.81% |
| 2003 | 746,756 | 9,491,109 | 7.87% |
| 2004 | 796,075 | 10,052,896 | 7.92% |
| 2005 | 850,717 | 10,614,037 | 8.02% |
| 2006 | 955,067 | 11,393,944 | 8.38% |
| 2007 | 1,010,452 | 12,000,178 | 8.42% |
| 2008 | 1,077,065 | 12,502,228 | 8.61% |
| 2009 | 1,177,916 | 12,094,789 | 9.74% |
| 2010 | 1,217,587 | 12,477,120 | 9.76% |
| 2011 | 1,266,616 | 13,254,522 | 9.56% |
| 2012 | 1,340,778 | 13,915,118 | 9.64% |
| 2013 | 1,387,333 | 14,073,672 | 9.86% |
| 2014 | 1,453,018 | 14,818,247 | 9.81% |
| 2015 | 1,524,829 | 15,552,968 | 9.80% |
| 2016 | 1,580,923 | 15,928,727 | 9.92% |
| 2017 | 1,643,643 | 16,427,257 | 10.01% |
| a Personal income data, from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis, and was obtained on March 30, 2018. This data is subject to revision b Less than 0.005 percent. |
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