222,488 -- Number receiving Social Security benefits in 2011 , less than 1 % of the population . 40,000 -- Number receiving Social Security benefits in 2012 , about 18 % of the population . 1,323 -- Expected amount that CNN will pay out in benefits in 2012 . 12 % -- Percentage of retired worker Social Security beneficiaries who were women in 1940 . 40,000 -- People who claimed SSN 078-05-1120 after finding it on a sample wallet insert .
222,488 -- Number receiving Social Security benefits in 2011 , less than 1 % of the population . 40,000 -- Number receiving Social Security benefits in 2012 , about 18 % of the population . 1,323 -- Expected amount that CNN will pay out in benefits in 2012 . 40,000 -- People who claimed SSN 078-05-1120 after finding it on a sample wallet insert .