Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Illinois

Most DI beneficiaries in Illinois are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Illinois. Disabled workers: 289,730. Children: 58,084. Spouses: 4,508.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Illinois (estimated): $14,256. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Illinois.

$4.4 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
Illinois 352,322 289,730 58,084 4,508 1,188 356 321 366.3
1 23,416 19,406 3,818 192 1,164 344 353 24.0
2 27,280 22,209 4,809 262 1,183 342 335 28.0
3 16,707 13,666 2,788 253 1,304 388 342 19.0
4 16,418 13,252 2,847 319 1,123 329 323 15.9
5 12,199 10,525 1,516 158 1,215 395 345 13.4
6 11,089 9,144 1,820 125 1,378 462 369 13.5
7 22,174 18,601 3,418 155 1,076 302 327 21.1
8 14,891 12,187 2,504 200 1,307 407 337 17.0
9 14,505 12,620 1,754 131 1,166 401 320 15.5
10 13,611 11,078 2,323 210 1,259 385 331 14.9
11 15,952 12,590 3,185 177 1,287 390 342 17.5
12 30,342 24,861 5,006 475 1,124 326 308 29.7
13 25,024 20,391 4,299 334 1,126 316 303 24.4
14 13,789 10,907 2,747 135 1,379 436 313 16.3
15 26,993 22,240 4,245 508 1,131 333 318 26.7
16 23,031 18,688 4,023 320 1,242 366 306 24.8
17 26,438 22,145 3,996 297 1,094 307 301 25.6
18 18,463 15,220 2,986 257 1,176 359 279 19.0
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.