Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Arkansas

Most DI beneficiaries in Arkansas are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Arkansas. Disabled workers: 140,453. Children: 32,078. Spouses: 2,276.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Arkansas (estimated): $13,320. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Arkansas.

$2.0 billion
(estimated)

While Social Security is best known for providing retirement benefits, the program also provides Disability Insurance (DI) protection to workers and their families (spouses, minor children, and disabled adult children).

Number of Disability Insurance beneficiaries in current-payment status, average monthly benefit, and total monthly benefits, December 2014
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Average monthly benefit (dollars) Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)
Total Disabled workers Children Spouses Disabled workers Children Spouses
Arkansas 174,807 140,453 32,078 2,276 1,110 321 274 166.8
1 49,384 39,831 8,795 758 1,086 308 261 46.1
2 39,419 31,523 7,516 380 1,130 327 286 38.2
3 36,513 29,332 6,805 376 1,120 332 278 35.2
4 49,491 39,767 8,962 762 1,112 322 280 47.3
All areas a 10,931,092 8,954,518 1,827,619 148,955 1,165 349 315 11,120.2
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 states, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.