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On the Map

  • by Richard Reeder
  • 6/1/2004
  • Statistic
  • Commodity Outlook

Social Security retirement payments

Social Security is the largest Federal program, with gross payments of about $280 billion in 2001. Nonmetro areas received higher per capita payments than metro areas ($1,098 versus $955), with the highest payment levels concentrated in the farming-intensive central portion of the country.

This article is drawn from:

  • Federal Funds. (n.d.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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