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" stood at 4,951,034 USD million (annual rate) in November 2025, compared to 4,942,821 in October. This represents a rise of 0.17 percent.
Sample. This monthly time series has a total of 803 records. The time range covered by the series goes from January 1959 to November 2025.
History. Take a look at some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: this national-accounts item reached its maximum of 8,149,897 USD million in March 2021; it registered a minimum of 22,500 in May 1959; it had a mean value of 1,206,926.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 4921915.0 |
| 2025-10-31 | 4942821.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 4951034.0 |
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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 | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
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 | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |