The 51'st state (the Disabled state) now ranks as the 8'th largest state
of the USA.

How's that recovery go'in eh?

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(CNSNews.com) - The total number of people in the United States now
receiving federal disability benefits hit a record 10,978,040 in May, up
from 10,962,532 million in April, according to newly released data from
the Social Security Administration.

The 10,978,040 disability beneficiaries in the United States now exceed
the population of all but seven states. For example, there are more
Americans collecting disability today than there are people living in
Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey or Virginia.

The record 10,978,040 total disability beneficiaries in May, included a
record 8,877,921 disabled workers (up from 8,865,586 in April), a record
1,939,687 children of disabled workers (up from 1,936,236 in April), and
160,432 spouses of disabled workers.

May was the 196th straight month that the number of American workers
collecting federal disability payments increased. The last time the
number of Americans collecting disability decreased was in January 1997.
That month the number of workers taking disability dropped by 249
people—from 4,385,623 in December 1996 to 4,385,374 in January 1997.

As the overall number of American workers collecting disability has
increased, the ratio of full-time workers to disability-collecting
workers has decreased.

In December 1968, 1,295,428 American workers collected disability and,
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 65,630,000 worked
full-time. Thus, there were about 51 full-time workers for each worker
collecting disability. In May 2013, with a record 8,877,921 American
workers collecting disability and 116,053,000 working full-time, there
were only 13 Americans working full-time for each worker on disability.

According to the latest Census Bureau population estimates, if
disability were a state in the union it would rank eighth in population,
coming in after Ohio but ahead of Georgia.