he number of disabled beneficiaries has risen from 1,812,786 in 1970 to 10,153,205 in 2016, driven predominately by an increase in the number of disabled workers. The number of disabled adult children has grown slightly, and the number of disabled widow(er)s has remained fairly level. In December 2016, there were 8,808,736 disabled workers; 1,085,262 disabled adult children; and 259,207 disabled widow(er)s receiving disability benefits.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2016/charts-text.html#chart3
Topic: Dramatic increase of poor White Workers that are on SS disability benefits (Read 1812 times)