Impact of Social Security

Commentary May 19, 2009 at 08:00 PM
Share & Print

  • 23% — Percentage of seniors who depend on Social Security for at least 90 percent of their income.
  • $1,056 — Average monthly benefit from Social Security.
  • 56% — Percentage of Social Security recipients who are women.
  • 2017 — Year in which Social Security trust fund revenues are expected to stop growing.
  • 51 million — Number of people who received some kind of Social Security benefit in 2008.

Source: AARP