Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Indiana

Most DI beneficiaries in Indiana are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Indiana. Disabled workers: 208,645. Children: 44,234. Spouses: 3,211.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Indiana (estimated): $14,088. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Indiana.

$3.1 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
Indiana 256,090 208,645 44,234 3,211 1,174 341 318 261.0
1 27,697 22,378 4,802 517 1,265 353 371 30.2
2 26,585 21,642 4,581 362 1,171 333 279 27.0
3 27,406 22,335 4,801 270 1,175 336 276 27.9
4 25,004 20,222 4,456 326 1,191 351 323 25.8
5 20,841 16,870 3,783 188 1,208 383 328 21.9
6 33,096 27,044 5,621 431 1,158 344 342 33.4
7 32,998 26,944 5,806 248 1,116 309 302 31.9
8 31,819 26,334 5,013 472 1,144 334 307 31.9
9 30,644 24,876 5,371 397 1,166 345 300 31.0
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.