Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Connecticut

Most DI beneficiaries in Connecticut are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Connecticut. Disabled workers: 81,799. Children: 16,300. Spouses: 793.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Connecticut (estimated): $14,544. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Connecticut.

$1.3 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
Connecticut 98,892 81,799 16,300 793 1,212 394 331 105.8
1 21,565 17,789 3,618 158 1,181 383 306 22.5
2 20,999 17,449 3,360 190 1,241 398 329 23.1
3 21,813 18,180 3,489 144 1,211 388 352 23.4
4 12,769 10,533 2,119 117 1,232 425 368 13.9
5 21,746 17,848 3,714 184 1,203 388 316 23.0
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.