Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Georgia

Most DI beneficiaries in Georgia are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Georgia. Disabled workers: 285,394. Children: 60,189. Spouses: 4,397.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Georgia (estimated): $14,028. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Georgia.

$4.3 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
Georgia 349,980 285,394 60,189 4,397 1,169 346 286 355.6
1 26,538 21,780 4,386 372 1,141 337 288 26.4
2 34,821 28,742 5,582 497 1,093 315 270 33.3
3 28,820 23,220 5,175 425 1,204 347 273 29.9
4 23,412 18,730 4,497 185 1,204 343 270 24.1
5 23,193 19,947 3,125 121 1,074 301 293 22.4
6 7,908 6,439 1,395 74 1,319 456 381 9.2
7 12,696 9,916 2,650 130 1,296 410 297 14.0
8 31,223 25,755 4,987 481 1,122 335 294 30.7
9 28,342 23,442 4,541 359 1,184 355 276 29.5
10 27,769 22,392 4,978 399 1,199 364 282 28.8
11 15,769 12,851 2,773 145 1,264 391 329 17.4
12 30,826 25,212 5,141 473 1,123 323 284 30.1
13 25,217 19,757 5,186 274 1,220 339 288 25.9
14 33,446 27,211 5,773 462 1,168 349 289 33.9
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.