The Number of People in Federal Programs Has Grown Faster
Created on January 8, 2013
CHART 1
PERCENT CHANGE SINCE 1988
Number of People Receiving Benefits from Federal Programs
Index of Dependence on Government Score
Sources: David B. Muhlhausen and Patrick D. Tyrrell, “2013 Index of Dependence on Government,” Heritage Foundation Special Report, forthcoming; Miriam King, et al., Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Current Population Survey: Version 3.0 (machine-readable database), University of Minnesota, 2010; and Heritage Foundation calculations based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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