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<h1>Highlights and Trends</h1>
<h2>Social Security&nbsp;(<abbr class="spell">OASDI</abbr>)</h2>
<h3>Employment and Earnings</h3>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Workers in <abbr class="spell">OASDI</abbr> covered employment, 2004</th>
<td class="nobr">156.8 million</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Average earnings, 2004</th>
<td>$34,214</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Earnings required in 2005 for&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">1&nbsp;quarter of coverage</th>
<td>$920</td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Maximum of 4&nbsp;quarters of coverage</th>
<td>$3,680</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Earnings test exempt amounts for 2005</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Under full retirement age for entire year</th>
<td>$12,000</td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">For months before reaching full retirement age in 2005</th>
<td>$31,800</td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Beginning with month of reaching full retirement age in 2005</th>
<td>Test eliminated</td>
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<h3>Program Data</h3>
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<th class="stub0" id="r1">Cost-of-living adjustment for December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td headers="r1" class="nobr">2.7 percent</td>
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<th class="stub0" id="r2">Average monthly benefit, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r3" headers="r2">Retired workers</th>
<td headers="r2 r3">$955</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r4" headers="r2">Widows and widowers, nondisabled</th>
<td headers="r2 r4">$920</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r2">Disabled workers</th>
<td headers="r2 r5">$894</td>
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<th class="stub0" id="r6">Number of beneficiaries, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r7" headers="r6">Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance</th>
<td headers="r6 r7" class="nobr">47.7 million</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r8" headers="r6 r7">Old-Age Insurance</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r9" headers="r6 r7 r8">Total</th>
<td headers="r6 r7 r8 r9" class="nobr">33.0 million</td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r10" headers="r6 r7 r8">Retired workers</th>
<td headers="r6 r7 r8 r10" class="nobr">30.0 million</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r11" headers="r6 r7">Survivors Insurance</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r12" headers="r6 r7 r11">Total</th>
<td headers="r6 r7 r11 r12" class="nobr">6.7 million</td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r13" headers="r6 r7 r11">Widows and widowers, nondisabled</th>
<td headers="r6 r7 r11 r13" class="nobr">4.4 million</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r14" headers="r6 r7">Disability Insurance</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r15" headers="r6 r7 r14">Total</th>
<td headers="r6 r7 r14 r15" class="nobr">8.0 million</td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r16" headers="r6 r7 r14">Disabled workers</th>
<td headers="r6 r7 r14 r16" class="nobr">6.2 million</td>
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<th class="stub0" id="r17">Benefit payments, 2004</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r18" headers="r17">Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance</th>
<td headers="r17 r18" class="nobr">$493.3 billion</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r19" headers="r17">Old-Age and Survivors Insurance</th>
<td headers="r17 r19" class="nobr">$415.0 billion</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r20" headers="r17">Disability Insurance</th>
<td headers="r17 r20" class="nobr">$78.2 billion</td>
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<th class="stub0" id="r21">Administrative expenses, 2004</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r22" headers="r21">Old-Age and Survivors Insurance</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r23" headers="r21 r22">Amount</th>
<td headers="r21 r22 r23" class="nobr">$2.4 billion</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r24" headers="r21 r22">As a percentage of total benefits paid</th>
<td headers="r21 r22 r24" class="nobr">0.6 percent</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r25" headers="r21">Disability Insurance</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r26" headers="r21 r25">Amount</th>
<td headers="r21 r25 r26" class="nobr">$2.2 billion</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r27" headers="r21 r25">As a percentage of total benefits paid</th>
<td headers="r21 r25 r27" class="nobr">2.8 percent</td>
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<h3>Program Trends</h3>
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<li>About 47.7&nbsp;million persons received Social Security benefits for December&nbsp;2004, an increase of 654,200 (1.4&nbsp;percent) since December&nbsp;2003. Sixty-nine percent were retired workers and their spouses and children, and another 14&nbsp;percent were survivors of deceased workers. Seventeen percent were disabled workers and their spouses and children.</li>
<li>Seventy-two percent of the 30.0&nbsp;million retired workers received reduced benefits because of entitlement prior to full retirement age. Relatively more women (75&nbsp;percent) than men (70&nbsp;percent) received reduced benefits.</li>
<li>The number of beneficiaries aged&nbsp;65 or older rose from 32.1&nbsp;million in 1999 to 33.7&nbsp;million in 2004 (5&nbsp;percent). Beneficiaries aged&nbsp;85 or older increased at a greater rate during the <span class="nobr">5-year</span> period (9.9&nbsp;percent) from 3,962,000 in 1999 to 4,355,000 in 2004. In 2004, 41,700&nbsp;centenarians were receiving Social Security.</li>
<li>More than 19&nbsp;million women aged&nbsp;65 or older received benefits for December&nbsp;2004. About 7.5&nbsp;million (38.5&nbsp;percent) were entitled solely to a retired-worker benefit, and another 5.8&nbsp;million (29.6&nbsp;percent) were dually entitled to a retired-worker benefit and a wife's or widow's benefit. About 6.2&nbsp;million (31.9&nbsp;percent) were receiving wife's or widow's benefits only.</li>
<li>More than 3&nbsp;million children under age&nbsp;18 received benefits, including 1,338,900&nbsp;children of deceased workers, 1,487,900&nbsp;children of disabled workers, and 277,200&nbsp;children of retired workers.</li>
<li>About 7.2&nbsp;million persons received benefits based on disability&mdash;6,198,300 disabled workers, 759,300 disabled adult children, and 210,700 disabled widows and widowers. In addition, 152,800&nbsp;spouses and 1,534,100 minor and student children of disabled workers received benefits.</li>
<li>Average monthly benefits for December&nbsp;2004, including the 2.7&nbsp;percent <abbr>COLA</abbr> increase, were $955 for retired workers, $894 for disabled workers, and $920 for nondisabled widows and widowers. Among retired workers, benefits averaged $1,076 for men and $826 for women. For disabled workers, average benefits were $1,002 for men and $765 for women.</li>
<li>Average monthly family benefits for December&nbsp;2004 were $1,740 for a widowed mother or father and children; $1,510 for a disabled worker, wife, and children; and $1,911 for a retired worker, wife, and children.</li>
<li>Total <abbr class="spell">OASDI</abbr> benefit payments for calendar year 2004 were $493.3 billion. Payments from the <abbr class="spell">OASI</abbr> trust fund were $415 billion&mdash;an increase of 3.8&nbsp;percent from the $399.8 billion paid in 2003.</li>
<li>Benefit payments from the <abbr class="spell">DI</abbr> trust fund, from which benefits are paid to disabled workers, their spouses, and children, increased by 10.3&nbsp;percent from $70.9&nbsp;billion in 2003 to $78.2&nbsp;billion in 2004.</li>
<li><abbr class="spell">OASDI</abbr> benefit awards in calendar year 2004 totaled 4,458,800, including 1,883,100 to retired workers, 434,800 to their spouses and children and 863,400 to survivors of insured workers. Benefits were awarded to 795,800 disabled workers and to 481,700 of their spouses and children.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Supplemental Security Income</h2>
<h3>Annual Payment Adjustments</h3>
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Monthly federal benefit rate, effective January&nbsp;2005</th>
<td></td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Individual living in his or her own household</th>
<td>$579</td>
</tr>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Couple with both members eligible</th>
<td>$869</td>
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<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Cost-of-living adjustment</th>
<td class="nobr">2.7 percent</td>
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<h3>Program Data</h3>
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Total</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Benefits paid in 2004</th>
<td class="nobr">$37.0 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Number of recipients, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td class="nobr">7.1 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average benefit, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td>$428.89</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Federally administered payments</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Benefits paid in 2004</th>
<td class="nobr">$36.1 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Number of recipients, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td class="nobr">7.0 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average benefit, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td>$428.29</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> payments</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Benefits paid in 2004</th>
<td class="nobr">$31.9 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Number of recipients, December&nbsp;2004 </th>
<td class="nobr">6.7 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average benefit, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td>$395.36</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Federally administered state supplementation</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Benefits paid in 2004</th>
<td class="nobr">$4.2 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Number of recipients, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td class="nobr">2.5 million&nbsp;<sup>a</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average benefit, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td>$138.07</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">State-administered supplementation</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Benefits paid in 2004</th>
<td class="nobr">$0.9 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Number of recipients, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td class="nobr">0.6 million&nbsp;<sup>b</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average benefit, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td>$124.60</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="footnote">a. Includes 2.2&nbsp;million persons receiving federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> and state supplementation and 0.3&nbsp;million persons receiving state supplementation only.</div>
<div class="footnote">b. Includes 150,838&nbsp;persons receiving state supplementation only.</div>
<h3>Program Trends</h3>
<ul>
<li>In December&nbsp;2004, 6,987,800&nbsp;persons received federally administered <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> payments&mdash;85,500 more than the previous year. Of the total, 1,977,600 (28.3&nbsp;percent) were aged&nbsp;65 or older; 4,017,100 (57.5&nbsp;percent) were blind or disabled aged&nbsp;<span class="nobr">18&ndash;64</span>; and 993,100 (14.2&nbsp;percent) were blind or disabled under age&nbsp;18.</li>
<li>The number of blind or disabled aged&nbsp;<span class="nobr">18&ndash;64</span> rose by 63,900 (1.6&nbsp;percent) between December&nbsp;2003 and December&nbsp;2004, while the number under age&nbsp;18 increased by 33,700 (3.5&nbsp;percent).</li>
<li>During 2004, 856,200&nbsp;persons were awarded federally administered payments, an increase of 32,100 from the previous year. Of the 2004 awards, 566,100 went to blind or disabled recipients aged&nbsp;<span class="nobr">18&ndash;64</span>, 182,200 to those blind or disabled under age&nbsp;18, and 107,900 to recipients aged&nbsp;65 or older.</li>
<li>Total <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> payments were $37.0&nbsp;billion in 2004, up 3.8&nbsp;percent from 2003. Federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> payments in 2004 were $31.9&nbsp;billion (an increase of 3.9&nbsp;percent over the previous year). Federally administered state supplementation totaled $4.2&nbsp;billion (an increase of 4.3&nbsp;percent); state-administered supplementation totaled $895.7&nbsp;million, a decrease of 1.7&nbsp;percent from the previous year's totals.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Health Care</h2>
<h3>Medicare</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" id="r1">Total benefits paid in calendar year 2004</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r2" headers="r1">Hospital Insurance (Part&nbsp;A)</th>
<td headers="r1 r2" class="nobr">$167.6 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r3" headers="r1">Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part&nbsp;B)</th>
<td headers="r1 r3" class="nobr">$135.4 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" id="r4">Number of enrollees in July&nbsp;2004 (one or both of Parts&nbsp;A and B)</th>
<td headers="r4" class="nobr">41.6 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r4">Aged</th>
<td headers="r4 r5" class="nobr">35.3 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r6" headers="r4">Disabled</th>
<td headers="r4 r6" class="nobr">6.3 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" id="r7">Administrative costs, 2004</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r8" headers="r7">Hospital Insurance</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r9" headers="r7 r8">Amount</th>
<td headers="r7 r8 r9" class="nobr">$3.0 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r10" headers="r7 r8">As a percentage of total benefits paid</th>
<td headers="r7 r8 r10" class="nobr">1.8 percent</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r11" headers="r7">Supplementary Medical Insurance</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r12" headers="r7 r11">Amount</th>
<td headers="r7 r11 r12" class="nobr">$2.9 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r13" headers="r7 r11">As a percentage of total benefits paid</th>
<td headers="r7 r11 r13" class="nobr">2.1 percent</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Medicaid</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Medical service expenditures in fiscal year 2002</th>
<td class="nobr">$213.5 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Number of unduplicated recipients, fiscal year 2002</th>
<td class="nobr">49.8 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Average 2002 vendor payment per unduplicated recipient</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Persons aged&nbsp;65 or older</th>
<td>$10,870</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Permanently and totally disabled persons</th>
<td>$11,408</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Dependent children under age&nbsp;21</th>
<td>$1,271</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Average 2002 vendor payment for medical services</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Nursing facility services</th>
<td>$22,247</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Inpatient general hospital care</th>
<td>$5,766</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Prescribed drugs</th>
<td>$1,163</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Physicians services</th>
<td>$378</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Other Social Insurance Programs and Veterans' Benefits</h2>
<h3>Unemployment Insurance</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Total payments, 2004</th>
<td class="nobr">$34.4 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Average&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Weekly benefit amount (regular programs)</th>
<td>$262.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Duration of benefits</th>
<td class="nobr">16.1 weeks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Weekly insured unemployment</th>
<td class="nobr">3.0 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Covered employment</th>
<td class="nobr">127.6 million</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Workers' Compensation</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Benefit payments, 2003</th>
<td class="nobr">$54.9 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Compensation payments</th>
<td class="nobr">$29.3 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Medical and hospitalization</th>
<td class="nobr">$25.6 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Benefits paid by&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Private insurance carriers</th>
<td class="nobr">$28.7 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">State and federal funds</th>
<td class="nobr">$13.6 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Employers' self-insurance</th>
<td class="nobr">$12.6 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Covered workers per month</th>
<td class="nobr">125.2 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Costs as a percentage of covered payroll</th>
<td class="nobr">1.71 percent</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Temporary Disability Insurance</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" id="r1">Average weekly benefit, 2002</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r2" headers="r1">California&nbsp;<sup>a</sup></th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r3" headers="r1 r2">State fund</th>
<td headers="r1 r2 r3">$301</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r4" headers="r1 r2">Private plans</th>
<td headers="r1 r2 r4">$489</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r1">New York</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r6" headers="r1 r5">Private plans</th>
<td headers="r1 r5 r6">$192</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="footnote">NOTE: Programs in effect in California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, and the railroad industry.</div>
<div class="footnote">a. Accounts for half of the workers participating in Temporary Disability Insurance.</div>
<h3>Black Lung Benefits</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" id="r1">Basic benefit to miner or widow</th>
<td headers="r1">$562.00</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" id="r2">Maximum family benefit</th>
<td headers="r2">$1,125.00</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" id="r3">Part&nbsp;B (claims filed before July&nbsp;1, 1973)</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r4" headers="r3">Number of monthly benefits to miners, widows, and dependents, December&nbsp;2004</th>
<td headers="r3 r4">52,362</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r3">Total benefits paid, calendar year 2004</th>
<td headers="r3 r5" class="nobr">$376.4 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" id="r6">Part&nbsp;C (claims filed July&nbsp;1, 1973, or later)</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r7" headers="r6">Total benefits paid, fiscal year 2004</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r8" headers="r6 r7">Disability and survivors benefits</th>
<td headers="r6 r7 r8" class="nobr">$293.1 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r9" headers="r6 r7">Medical benefits</th>
<td headers="r6 r7 r9" class="nobr">$54 million</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Veterans' Benefits</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" id="r1">Number of veterans with disability compensation or pension, 2005</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r2" headers="r1">Service-connected disability</th>
<td headers="r1 r2">2,637,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r3" headers="r1">Non-service-connected disability</th>
<td headers="r1 r3">336,000</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" id="r4">Monthly payment in 2003 for&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r4">Service-connected disability</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r6" headers="r4 r5">10&nbsp;percent disability</th>
<td headers="r4 r5 r6">$104</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r7" headers="r4 r5">Total disability</th>
<td headers="r4 r5 r7">$2,193</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" id="r8" headers="r4">Non-service-connected disability (maximum payment)</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r9" headers="r4 r8">Without dependent</th>
<td headers="r4 r8 r9">$807</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub2" id="r10" headers="r4 r8">With one dependent and in need of aid and attendance</th>
<td headers="r4 r8 r10">$1,597</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Public Assistance Programs</h2>
<h3>Temporary Assistance for Needy Families</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Total payments, 2004</th>
<td class="nobr">$9.4 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Average monthly number of&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Recipients</th>
<td class="nobr">4.7 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Families</th>
<td class="nobr">2.0 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Average monthly payment</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Per recipient</th>
<td>$166</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Per family</th>
<td>$397</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Food Stamps</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Monthly benefits, beginning October&nbsp;1, 2005</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Four-person household with no income</th>
<td>$506</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Standard deduction (one-person to four-person households)</th>
<td>$134</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Fiscal year 2004</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average number of participants</th>
<td class="nobr">23.9 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Total benefits</th>
<td class="nobr">$24.6 billion</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3>Low-Income Home Energy Assistance</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Block grants to&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">50&nbsp;states and the District of Columbia</th>
<td class="nobr">$1.74 billion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands</th>
<td class="nobr">$2.4 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Direct block grants to 135 Indian tribes and tribal organizations</th>
<td class="nobr">$17.6 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Leveraging incentive awards to&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">40&nbsp;states and the District of Columbia</th>
<td class="nobr">$18.9 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">28 Indian tribes and tribal organizations</th>
<td class="nobr">$1.6 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Residential Emergency Assistance Challenge&nbsp;(<abbr>REACH</abbr>) program awards to&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">6&nbsp;states</th>
<td class="nobr">$5.5 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">7 Indian tribes and tribal organizations</th>
<td class="nobr">$1.0 million</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Emergency contingency funds to&mdash;</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">50&nbsp;states and the District of Columbia</th>
<td class="nobr">$198.1 million</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">135 Indian tribes and tribal organizations</th>
<td class="nobr">$1.7 million</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="footnote">NOTE: Funds issued by the Department of Health and Human Services in fiscal year 2002.</div>
<h3>Poverty Data</h3>
<table class="hundredpercent">
<colgroup span="1" style="width:40em"></colgroup>
<colgroup span="1" style="width:10em"></colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Weighted average poverty thresholds, 2004</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Individual, aged&nbsp;65 or older</th>
<td>$9,060</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Couple, householder aged&nbsp;65 or older</th>
<td>$11,430</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Family of four</th>
<td>$19,307</td>
</tr>
<tr class="topPad1">
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Percentage of population with income below poverty level, 2003</th>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">All ages</th>
<td class="nobr">12.5 percent</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Children under the age of 18 living in families</th>
<td class="nobr">17.1 percent</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Persons aged&nbsp;65 or older</th>
<td class="nobr">10.2 percent</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
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