Total benefits paid as a percent of personal income, 1937-2023
[Amounts in millions]

Calendar
year
Total benefits Personal
income a/
Total benefits
as percent of
personal income
1937 1 74,710 b/
1938 10 69,084 0.01%
1939 14 73,632 0.02%
1940 35 79,408 0.04%
1941 88 97,878 0.09%
1942 131 126,724 0.10%
1943 166 156,187 0.11%
1944 209 169,717 0.12%
1945 274 175,786 0.16%
1946 378 182,534 0.21%
1947 466 194,481 0.24%
1948 556 213,496 0.26%
1949 667 211,071 0.32%
1950 961 233,735 0.41%
1951 1,885 264,232 0.71%
1952 2,194 282,460 0.78%
1953 3,006 299,227 1.00%
1954 3,670 302,221 1.21%
1955 4,968 324,159 1.53%
1956 5,715 347,903 1.64%
1957 7,404 367,983 2.01%
1958 8,576 378,953 2.26%
1959 10,298 402,865 2.56%
1960 11,245 422,138 2.66%
1961 12,749 440,576 2.89%
1962 14,461 468,837 3.08%
1963 15,427 492,774 3.13%
1964 16,223 528,193 3.07%
1965 18,311 570,659 3.21%
1966 21,070 620,339 3.40%
1967 25,967 665,723 3.90%
1968 30,651 730,915 4.19%
1969 33,371 800,336 4.17%
1970 38,982 865,045 4.51%
1971 45,065 932,785 4.83%
1972 50,269 1,024,456 4.91%
1973 61,091 1,140,780 5.36%
1974 70,996 1,251,819 5.67%
1975 82,611 1,369,389 6.03%
1976 94,180 1,502,647 6.27%
1977 106,443 1,659,236 6.42%
1978 117,894 1,863,721 6.33%
1979 133,691 2,082,709 6.42%
1980 156,298 2,324,458 6.72%
1981 184,450 2,603,200 7.09%
1982 207,268 2,789,461 7.43%
1983 224,524 2,981,716 7.53%
1984 238,682 3,288,674 7.26%
1985 256,723 3,522,893 7.29%
1986 272,698 3,731,193 7.31%
1987 284,487 3,946,806 7.21%
1988 303,717 4,280,021 7.10%
1989 329,193 4,621,012 7.12%
1990 356,536 4,913,303 7.26%
1991 386,912 5,089,913 7.60%
1992 419,325 5,417,494 7.74%
1993 449,896 5,652,865 7.96%
1994 478,775 5,940,921 8.06%
1995 513,959 6,283,359 8.18%
1996 544,350 6,666,199 8.17%
1997 572,542 7,073,974 8.09%
1998 585,156 7,588,358 7.71%
1999 595,326 7,978,599 7.46%
2000 625,060 8,621,299 7.25%
2001 672,853 8,993,143 7.48%
2002 714,804 9,150,049 7.81%
2003 746,756 9,481,755 7.88%
2004 796,075 10,015,873 7.95%
2005 850,717 10,546,102 8.07%
2006 955,067 11,301,996 8.45%
2007 1,010,452 11,932,119 8.47%
2008 1,077,065 12,425,679 8.67%
2009 1,177,916 12,065,682 9.76%
2010 1,217,587 12,556,628 9.70%
2011 1,266,616 13,309,571 9.52%
2012 1,340,778 13,917,794 9.63%
2013 1,387,333 14,068,770 9.86%
2014 1,453,018 14,784,074 9.83%
2015 1,524,829 15,473,741 9.85%
2016 1,580,923 15,887,651 9.95%
2017 1,643,643 16,662,756 9.86%
2018 1,719,420 17,528,192 9.81%
2019 1,833,610 18,356,249 9.99%
2020 2,012,435 19,629,022 10.25%
2021 1,961,755 21,407,662 9.16%
2022 2,125,958 21,840,767 9.73%
2023 2,404,849 22,975,697 10.47%
a Personal income data, from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and was obtained on March 4, 2024. This data is subject to revision.
b Less than 0.005 percent.