APPENDIXES-PUBLIC ASSISTANCE APPENDIX III-A. STATISTICS RELATED TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CHART 1 NUMBER OF AGED PERSONS RECEIVING BENEFITS UNDER OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS 2 100 1 Primary, wife's, widow's, and parent's benefits in current-payment status at end of June. Aged population as of July 1, 1948, estimated by Social Security Administration. 3 Includes Hawaii. 2 NOT COMPUTED FOR FLA, KY, TEX, OR VT. (DATA ESTIMATED) OR FOR OKLA. (COMPLETE DATA NOT AVAILABLE) 2 NO FEDERAL PARTICIPATION. CHART 3 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: RECIPIENT RATES IN CONTINENTAL U. S., DECEMBER 1947 OLD-AGE ASSISTANCE AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN GENERAL ASSISTANCE PERSONS AIDED PER 100,000 CIVILIAN POPULATION U.S. AV. 573 N.Y. 997 MICH. 980 MAINE 858 WASH. 822 OREG. 813 R.I. 788 MO. OHIO 742 MASS. 718 COLO. 700 WIS. 403 10WA N.J.5/ 348 W.VA. 335 N. DAK. 317 NEV. 297 D.C. 154 S.C. 283 MD. VA. ALA, 239 IDAHO 156 POPULATION AGED 65 AND OVER AS OF APRIL 1947 ESTIMATED BY SSA. RATE IS UNDERSTATEMENT FOR SOME STATES AS ONLY ONE RECIPIENT IS REPORTED WHEN SINGLE PAYMENT IS MADE TO & POPULATION UNDER 18 AS OF APRIL 1947 ESTIMATED BY SSA. CIVILIAN POPULATION AS OF JULY 1946 ESTIMATED OY CENSUS BUREAU [HUSBAND AND WIFE, BOTH 65 AND OVER. NO FEDERAL PARTICIPATION. 2 INCLUDES UNKNOWN NUMBER RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE, HOSPITALIZATION, AND BURIAL ONLY TABLE 1.-Estimated percentage of persons aged 65 and over in the population of various future years who will be fully insured under old-age and survivors insurance if high employment conditions prevail TABLE 2.-Special types of public assistance and general assistance: Expenditures for assistance to recipients, by program and source of funds, calendar year ended Dec. 31, 1947 1 1 For detail by program see tables 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this appendix. For aid to dependent children and aid to the blind data include programs administered under State laws without Federal participation. TABLE 3.-Old-age assistance: Expenditures for assistance to recipients, by source of funds and State, calendar year ended Dec. 31, 19471 1 For definitions of terms, see the Social Security Bulletin, January 1948, pp. 24-26. Amounts cannot be compared with annual data based on monthly series, or with amount of Federal grants to the States. |