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Aug 14, 2017 ... Social Security provides a foundation of income on which workers can build ...  But benefits for a high earner (with 160 percent of the average wage) replace  about one-third of ... for nearly every American, and its benefits are not means- tested. ... The program lifts 15.1 million elderly Americans out of poverty.
Over 25 million Americans aged 60+ are economically insecure—living at or  below ... aged 65+ depend on Social Security for 90% or more of their income. ...  The 2.1 million older adults on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) receive, on ...  One-third of senior households has no money left over each month or is in debt  after ...
Aug 1, 2016 ... Americans.1 In June 2016 alone, it helped more than 60 million individuals, ... 90  percent of current retirees receive income from Social Security, making it by far  the ... distribution depend on Social Security for two- ... Social Security, while  white seniors receive one-third of their retirement income from Social.
One-third of older African Americans and Hispanics in families receiving. Social  Security depend on it for more than 90 percent of their family income. ... on  elderly minorities' reliance on Social ... behind that of whites at all income levels2  ... 60. 70. 80. 90. 100. Total. White. African American. Hispanic. Asian. Percent of  ...
Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income.