Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Kansas

Most DI beneficiaries in Kansas are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Kansas. Disabled workers: 75,123. Children: 15,673. Spouses: 931.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Kansas (estimated): $13,680. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Kansas.

$1.1 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
Kansas 91,727 75,123 15,673 931 1,140 329 305 91.1
1 21,053 17,183 3,612 258 1,097 303 302 20.0
2 28,649 23,496 4,901 252 1,117 323 302 27.9
3 17,115 14,006 2,979 130 1,223 374 325 18.3
4 24,910 20,438 4,181 291 1,145 327 302 24.9
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.