Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Massachusetts

Most DI beneficiaries in Massachusetts are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Massachusetts. Disabled workers: 205,642. Children: 47,459. Spouses: 1,854.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Massachusetts (estimated): $13,956. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Massachusetts.

$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
Massachusetts 254,955 205,642 47,459 1,854 1,163 365 315 257.1
1 41,510 32,655 8,470 385 1,093 316 272 38.5
2 31,084 25,038 5,848 198 1,157 352 304 31.1
3 31,644 24,938 6,457 249 1,152 345 296 31.0
4 23,183 18,584 4,448 151 1,230 409 337 24.7
5 18,319 15,195 2,993 131 1,228 425 366 20.0
6 23,961 19,582 4,203 176 1,239 422 362 26.1
7 26,066 21,580 4,327 159 1,053 326 282 24.2
8 26,481 21,514 4,814 153 1,208 391 369 27.9
9 32,707 26,556 5,899 252 1,179 374 321 33.6
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.