Year | All ages a | Under 18 | 18–64 | 65 or older | |||
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Number | Percentage of total |
Number | Percentage of total |
Number | Percentage of total |
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Total | 42,262,474 | 7,039,443 | 16.7 | 27,437,481 | 64.9 | 7,785,550 | 18.4 |
State conversions b | 3,402,447 | 3,939 | 0.1 | 1,419,029 | 41.7 | 1,979,479 | 58.2 |
Federal applications | |||||||
1973 | 279,923 | 4,921 | 1.8 | 81,976 | 29.3 | 193,026 | 69.0 |
1974 | 2,007,786 | 122,958 | 6.1 | 1,064,223 | 53.0 | 820,605 | 40.9 |
1975 | 1,303,896 | 93,684 | 7.2 | 859,790 | 65.9 | 350,422 | 26.9 |
1976 | 971,621 | 75,158 | 7.7 | 686,086 | 70.6 | 210,377 | 21.7 |
1977 | 943,084 | 81,750 | 8.7 | 661,112 | 70.1 | 200,222 | 21.2 |
1978 | 899,731 | 84,845 | 9.4 | 629,784 | 70.0 | 185,102 | 20.6 |
1979 | 912,850 | 89,054 | 9.8 | 637,521 | 69.8 | 186,275 | 20.4 |
1980 | 936,442 | 93,059 | 9.9 | 652,690 | 69.7 | 190,693 | 20.4 |
1981 | 721,999 | 74,306 | 10.3 | 529,231 | 73.3 | 118,462 | 16.4 |
1982 | 604,008 | 72,480 | 12.0 | 448,905 | 74.3 | 82,623 | 13.7 |
1983 | 645,244 | 78,616 | 12.2 | 467,151 | 72.4 | 99,477 | 15.4 |
1984 | 736,509 | 81,634 | 11.1 | 486,922 | 66.1 | 167,953 | 22.8 |
1985 | 857,757 | 91,242 | 10.6 | 628,241 | 73.2 | 138,274 | 16.1 |
1986 | 933,045 | 97,656 | 10.5 | 689,437 | 73.9 | 145,952 | 15.6 |
1987 | 892,945 | 98,174 | 11.0 | 653,728 | 73.2 | 141,043 | 15.8 |
1988 | 839,066 | 96,325 | 11.5 | 608,131 | 72.5 | 134,610 | 16.0 |
1989 | 852,453 | 98,931 | 11.6 | 605,939 | 71.1 | 147,583 | 17.3 |
1990 | 978,993 | 129,266 | 13.2 | 695,281 | 71.0 | 154,446 | 15.8 |
1991 | 1,198,677 | 208,822 | 17.4 | 835,058 | 69.7 | 154,797 | 12.9 |
1992 | 1,451,391 | 336,632 | 23.2 | 955,060 | 65.8 | 159,699 | 11.0 |
1993 | 1,624,332 | 440,585 | 27.1 | 1,030,912 | 63.5 | 152,835 | 9.4 |
1994 | 1,571,525 | 459,531 | 29.2 | 982,275 | 62.5 | 129,719 | 8.3 |
1995 | 1,381,111 | 406,498 | 29.4 | 860,162 | 62.3 | 114,451 | 8.3 |
1996 | 1,246,066 | 361,211 | 29.0 | 780,058 | 62.6 | 104,797 | 8.4 |
1997 | 981,841 | 256,888 | 26.2 | 644,982 | 65.7 | 79,971 | 8.1 |
1998 | 984,062 | 251,074 | 25.5 | 640,585 | 65.1 | 92,403 | 9.4 |
1999 | 996,186 | 256,120 | 25.7 | 641,973 | 64.4 | 98,093 | 9.8 |
2000 | 1,038,677 | 259,137 | 24.9 | 680,397 | 65.5 | 99,143 | 9.5 |
2001 | 1,127,672 | 272,977 | 24.2 | 753,650 | 66.8 | 101,045 | 9.0 |
2002 | 1,278,653 | 302,682 | 23.7 | 862,899 | 67.5 | 113,072 | 8.8 |
2003 | 1,367,391 | 320,201 | 23.4 | 938,352 | 68.6 | 108,838 | 8.0 |
2004 | 1,489,330 | 336,735 | 22.6 | 1,038,077 | 69.7 | 114,518 | 7.7 |
2005 | 1,559,272 | 335,539 | 21.5 | 1,079,252 | 69.2 | 144,481 | 9.3 |
2006 | 1,611,484 | 333,436 | 20.7 | 1,107,658 | 68.7 | 170,390 | 10.6 |
2007 | 1,635,005 | 333,377 | 20.4 | 1,100,954 | 67.3 | 200,674 | 12.3 |
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data. | |||||||
a. Totals include applications taken under the abbreviated application process, which was used from 1987 to 1999. Totals do not include reapplications as a result of the Sullivan v. Zebley decision. Those reapplications were received from 1991 to 1995. | |||||||
b. Persons who were converted to the SSI program in 1973 from the state Old-Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled programs. | |||||||
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov. |