Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Louisiana

Most DI beneficiaries in Louisiana are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Louisiana. Disabled workers: 157,558. Children: 36,040. Spouses: 3,977.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Louisiana (estimated): $13,512. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Louisiana.

$2.3 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
Louisiana 197,575 157,558 36,040 3,977 1,126 325 338 190.4
1 28,227 22,728 4,926 573 1,195 360 360 29.1
2 37,227 30,345 6,369 513 1,047 286 336 33.8
3 33,680 26,350 6,464 866 1,142 328 331 32.5
4 34,550 27,476 6,367 707 1,127 320 326 33.2
5 37,516 29,876 6,899 741 1,086 318 331 34.9
6 26,375 20,783 5,015 577 1,202 353 349 26.9
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.