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Chart Descriptions - Military Veterans and Social Security: 2010 Update
Military Veterans and Social Security: 2010 Update
by Anya Olsen and Samantha O'LearySocial Security Bulletin, Vol. 71, No. 2, 2011
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Table equivalent for Chart 1. Average monthly Social Security benefit amounts,a by age in 2010
Male nonveteran beneficiaries
49 or younger
SOURCE: March 2010 CPS.
NOTE: Weighted estimates are based on public-use March 2010 CPS (income year 2009), and are subject to nonsampling error (such as respondent error in reporting characteristics and amount and type of income).
a. Monthly benefits were computed by dividing the annual Social Security amounts by 12 (part-year beneficiaries may slightly lower the annual average). Benefit amounts do not include compensation or pension payments from the VA, but veterans' benefits may be higher because of special military wage credits.
Table equivalent for Chart 2. Veterans younger than age 66 who report receiving Social Security disability benefits in 2010, by period of military service
February 1955–July 1964
May 1975–July 1990
August 1990–August 2001
NOTES: Period of military service is defined as the last period in which the veteran served.
Distribution does not add to 100.0 because of rounding.
Table equivalent for Chart 3. Number of veterans and of all adults who are Social Security beneficiaries, 1968–2010
All adult beneficiaries
18,077,561
2,125,012
18,305,898
2,080,147
18,700,505
2,072,067
19,687,065
2,200,374
20,541,858
2,329,919
21,765,698
2,378,685
23,397,250
2,560,899
24,302,820
2,740,665
25,749,696
2,990,187
26,483,796
3,242,622
27,715,456
3,340,459
29,294,660
3,544,873
29,932,595
3,847,843
31,053,689
4,071,994
31,792,689
4,563,524
31,776,240
4,851,741
32,116,883
32,580,520
5,629,140
33,005,870
5,931,726
33,396,537
6,479,994
34,449,694
6,809,143
34,436,136
7,305,493
34,945,366
7,585,275
35,418,222
8,106,290
35,508,894
8,292,154
36,764,059
8,656,773
36,215,826
8,713,829
36,903,423
9,127,526
37,529,898
9,388,794
37,539,863
9,164,323
37,742,530
9,285,707
37,485,876
8,931,579
37,783,385
9,326,674
38,439,552
9,417,385
39,698,655
9,456,789
39,850,585
9,421,262
40,626,325
9,420,008
41,086,682
9,573,657
41,364,318
9,406,721
41,185,161
9,095,556
41,895,842
9,090,325
42,963,437
9,201,507
43,623,577
9,263,463
SOURCE: March CPS, 1968–2010.
Table equivalent for Chart 4. Percentage of Social Security beneficiaries who are veterans, 1968–2010
Table equivalent for Chart 5. Percentage of veterans who are women, 2000–2036
SOURCE: VetPop2007.
Table equivalent for Chart 6. Percentages of veterans who are black or Hispanic, 2000–2036
Table equivalent for Chart A1. Average monthly Social Security benefit amountsa for widows, by age in 2010
Widow beneficiaries All ages
a. Monthly benefits were computed by dividing annual Social Security benefits amounts by 12 (part-year beneficiaries may slightly lower the annual average).
Return to Chart A1 in main document