TABLE 1.-Number and average monthly amount of old-age insurance benefits in current-payment status and percentage distribution by amount of benefit, by State, Dec. 31, 1959 -Continued

1.

1 For persons receiving both an old-age benefit and a widow's, widower's, or parent's
secondary benefit or a wife's or husband's secondary benefit that was awarded, rein-
stated, or adjusted after Sept. 13, 1956, the amount of the reduced secondary benefit is
combined with the amount of the old-age benefit. Actuarially reduced benefits payable
to women aged 62 to 64 at entitlement account for all the cases in the $26.40 to $32.90
interval and may be represented in the other amount-of-benefit intervals.

2 Beneficiary's State of residence, based on the monthly benefit check address.

A benefit smaller than $26.40 or larger than $119 is possible under certain conditions
that are expected to occur rarely.

Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social Security Ad-
ministration, Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, Division of Program Analysis,
Actuarial Branch, June 1960.

TABLE 2.-Old-age assistance: Recipients and payments to recipients, average payment per recipient for all assistance, for money payments, and for vendor payments for medical care, by State, August 19601

1 For definition of terms see Social Security Bulletin, October 1957, p. 18. All data subject to revision. 2 May also include small amounts for assistance in kind and vendor payments for other than medical care. Averages based on number of cases receiving money payments.

3 Averages based on cases receiving money payments, vendor payments for medical care, or both.

• Includes 3,689 recipients aged 60-64 in Colorado and payments of $331,372 to these recipients. Such payments were made without Federal participation.

In addition, supplemental payments of $13,873 from general assistance funds were made to 52 recipients. Source: Social Security Bulletin, December 1960.

TABLE 3.-OASDI benefits in current-payment status at end of period

OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE TRUST FUND

Health, Education, and Welfare Indicators

1940.

1950..

1951..

1952

1953.

1958

1959.

TABLE 4.-Old-age and survivors insurance trust fund

Data from U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Social Security
Administration; monthly Social Security Bulletin and its Annual Statistical Supplement.
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Monthly Statement of Receipts and Expenditures of
the United States Government and unpublished reports.

1 Includes adjustments for (a) refunds of contributions beginning in 1952, and (b)
transfers during calendar years 1947-51 from general funds equivalent to additional
payments arising from the extension of survivors insurance protection to certain veterans
of World War II (Social Security Act Amendments of 1946).

2 Includes interest on amounts held in the railroad retirement account to the credit of the fund.

3 Beginning in July 1956, administrative expenses incurred by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under the disability insurance program are initially

Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Indicators, December 1960.