Table 3.12. Government Social Benefits

Annual

				Billions of Dollars
	Line	Name	Period	Value	Preceding Period	Year Ago from Period
	line 1	Government social benefits	2024	4,490.018	4,182.525	4,182.525
	line 2	To persons	2024	4,455.695	4,150.561	4,150.561
	line 3	Federal	2024	3,315.697	3,084.765	3,084.765
	line 4	Benefits from social insurance funds	2024	2,613.490	2,441.007	2,441.007
	line 5	Social Security	2024	1,447.965	1,356.973	1,356.973
	line 6	Medicare	2024	1,102.358	1,024.835	1,024.835
	line 7	Unemployment Insurance	2024	36.468	33.305	33.305
	line 8	State	2024	36.178	33.041	33.041
	line 9	Railroad employees	2024	0.070	0.058	0.058
	line 10	Federal employees	2024	0.220	0.206	0.206
	line 11	Emergency unemployment compensation	2024	0.000	0.000	0.000
	line 12	Railroad retirement	2024	14.493	14.251	14.251
	line 13	Pension benefit guaranty	2024	0.771	0.921	0.921
	line 14	Veterans life insurance	2024	0.449	0.434	0.434
	line 15	Workers compensation	2024	3.829	3.449	3.449
	line 16	Military medical insurance	2024	7.157	6.838	6.838
	line 17	Veterans benefits	2024	229.441	196.043	196.043
	line 18	Pension and disability	2024	180.525	154.943	154.943
	line 19	Readjustment	2024	11.391	10.196	10.196
	line 20	Other	2024	37.526	30.905	30.905
	line 21	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)	2024	97.391	111.150	111.150
	line 22	Black lung benefits	2024	0.173	0.175	0.175
	line 23	Supplemental security income	2024	59.967	57.932	57.932
	line 24	Direct relief	.	.	.	.
	line 25	Refundable tax credits	2024	228.809	195.906	195.906
	line 26	Other	2024	86.425	82.553	82.553
	line 27	State and local	2024	1,139.998	1,065.795	1,065.795
	line 28	Benefits from social insurance funds	2024	21.232	20.301	20.301
	line 29	Temporary disability insurance	2024	13.138	11.878	11.878
	line 30	Workers compensation	2024	8.094	8.423	8.423
	line 31	Public assistance	2024	1,050.036	983.046	983.046
	line 32	Medical care	2024	954.200	891.587	891.587
	line 33	Medicaid	2024	938.191	878.171	878.171
	line 34	Other medical care	2024	16.009	13.416	13.416
	line 35	Family assistance	2024	24.458	23.597	23.597
	line 36	Supplemental security income	2024	5.167	4.970	4.970
	line 37	General assistance	2024	38.607	36.045	36.045
	line 39	Other	2024	5.218	6.294	6.294
	line 40	Education	2024	64.479	57.924	57.924
	line 41	Employment and training	2024	1.377	1.359	1.359
	line 42	Other	2024	2.875	3.165	3.165
	line 43	To the rest of the world	2024	34.323	31.964	31.964