Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Kentucky

Most DI beneficiaries in Kentucky are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Kentucky. Disabled workers: 208,016. Children: 44,292. Spouses: 4,880.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Kentucky (estimated): $13,656. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Kentucky.

$3.0 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
Kentucky 257,188 208,016 44,292 4,880 1,138 342 331 253.6
1 44,964 36,634 7,529 801 1,114 325 298 43.5
2 40,273 32,454 7,243 576 1,115 327 310 38.7
3 32,427 27,337 4,839 251 1,115 332 321 32.2
4 32,779 26,543 5,751 485 1,176 347 324 33.4
5 72,416 56,805 13,296 2,315 1,170 361 357 72.1
6 34,329 28,243 5,634 452 1,120 341 293 33.7
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.