Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Personal income and its disposition
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to national-accounts data for the United States published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the item "Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons" was 4,984,832 USD million (annual rate) in April 2026, compared to 4,975,531 in March 2026. This marks a rise of 0.19 percent.
Sample. There are 808 data points in the monthly series shown in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from January 1959 to April 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics we computed on the entire sample: this national-accounts item was equal on average to 1,230,229 USD million; it reached a trough of 22,500 in May 1959; it recorded its highest level of 8,149,897 in March 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 4976153.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 4975531.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 4984832.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | Annual rate |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar million |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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Top-level items
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal income (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
Personal income detail
Personal outlays detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |