Oct. 15, 2007: Date the nation's first baby boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, filed for her Social Security retirement benefits – and she did it online. Casey-Kirschling was born one second after midnight on Jan. 1, 1946, and will be eligible for benefits beginning in Jan. 2008.
10,000 per day: Number of baby boomers who will become eligible for Social Security benefits over the next two decades. Approximately 80 million boomers will become eligible in that time.
96%: Percentage of workers covered under Social Security; 52% of the workforce has no private pension coverage; 31% of the workforce has no savings set aside specifically for retirement.
