Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Florida

Most DI beneficiaries in Florida are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Florida. Disabled workers: 560,856. Children: 104,616. Spouses: 8,352.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Florida (estimated): $14,124. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Florida.

$8.4 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
Florida 673,824 560,856 104,616 8,352 1,177 354 312 699.9
1 31,019 25,692 4,831 496 1,144 334 304 31.2
2 27,038 22,553 4,172 313 1,113 326 296 26.6
3 27,429 22,725 4,303 401 1,170 352 300 28.2
4 22,294 18,784 3,293 217 1,221 393 330 24.3
5 35,459 29,487 5,650 322 1,057 287 285 32.9
6 29,784 25,294 4,095 395 1,223 388 314 32.6
7 21,579 17,408 3,814 357 1,226 371 319 22.9
8 30,925 25,939 4,573 413 1,238 381 310 34.0
9 31,857 24,358 6,914 585 1,150 333 299 30.5
10 25,827 21,225 4,267 335 1,201 357 328 27.1
11 38,243 32,014 5,614 615 1,220 359 308 41.2
12 31,471 26,101 5,004 366 1,233 382 302 34.2
13 28,391 25,056 3,142 193 1,189 375 320 31.0
14 32,192 26,957 4,937 298 1,068 308 297 30.4
15 26,660 21,805 4,583 272 1,183 355 322 27.5
16 23,862 20,335 3,254 273 1,256 393 347 26.9
17 30,750 25,759 4,619 372 1,211 349 301 32.9
18 22,970 19,072 3,630 268 1,283 403 332 26.0
19 21,233 17,817 3,117 299 1,289 386 337 24.3
20 24,072 19,809 4,044 219 1,091 302 284 22.9
21 15,582 12,733 2,637 212 1,327 437 325 18.1
22 16,213 14,256 1,821 136 1,274 409 338 19.0
23 14,268 12,091 1,981 196 1,210 415 337 15.5
24 21,834 17,998 3,621 215 1,018 284 293 19.4
25 13,569 11,302 2,061 206 1,087 363 316 13.1
26 14,987 12,250 2,545 192 1,113 347 327 14.6
27 14,316 12,036 2,094 186 989 310 302 12.6
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.