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The facts and figures are contained in the annual report of the Social Security Administration It shows the extent to which the pension system has been expanding in recent years and the effect of this expansion in the local area. The number of Rappahannock County residents receiving pension checks is 7 percent larger than three years ago, when the total was 838.
The growth is the result, for the most part, of changes in the Social Security Act, made by Congress from time to time. They have had the effect of bringing more and more people under coverage.
Nationally, at the present time, more than 9 out of 10 working people are covered by Social Securtiy or are eligible for such coverage.
Along with the increase in the number of persons enrolled has been the significant rise in benefits going to former workers and their families.
In Rappahannock County, the average amount received is now $763 per year, well above the $615 they collected three years ago.
The increase, 24 percent, was greater than that in the United States, 15 percent. The rise in the State of Virginia was 18 percent.
The combination of more beneficiaries and bigger checks has added materially to the inflow of cash to the local area.
The official figures show that total payments to local residents, as of the beginning of this year, were at the annual rate of $684,000.
Three years ago, by way of contrast, the payments totaled $516,000.
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