Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Maryland

Most DI beneficiaries in Maryland are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Maryland. Disabled workers: 130,696. Children: 23,842. Spouses: 1,021.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Maryland (estimated): $14,460. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Maryland.

$2.0 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
Maryland 155,559 130,696 23,842 1,021 1,205 383 344 167.0
1 22,510 18,702 3,635 173 1,222 382 338 24.3
2 26,726 22,357 4,177 192 1,202 360 341 28.5
3 17,008 14,476 2,417 115 1,223 405 411 18.7
4 16,250 13,703 2,489 58 1,255 392 337 18.2
5 16,872 13,958 2,825 89 1,313 433 350 19.6
6 18,412 15,081 3,130 201 1,183 373 334 19.1
7 26,626 23,089 3,433 104 1,082 338 307 26.2
8 11,155 9,330 1,736 89 1,260 428 338 12.5
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.