Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Minnesota

Most DI beneficiaries in Minnesota are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Minnesota. Disabled workers: 127,364. Children: 26,424. Spouses: 1,273.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Minnesota (estimated): $13,884. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Minnesota.

$1.9 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
Minnesota 155,061 127,364 26,424 1,273 1,157 333 293 156.5
1 18,947 15,517 3,298 132 1,103 317 282 18.2
2 15,311 12,412 2,795 104 1,231 377 335 16.4
3 13,788 11,367 2,312 109 1,242 373 308 15.0
4 19,678 15,983 3,551 144 1,155 318 310 19.6
5 20,035 16,858 3,086 91 1,097 295 310 19.4
6 18,207 14,651 3,392 164 1,232 367 278 19.3
7 21,610 17,707 3,719 184 1,077 304 268 20.3
8 27,485 22,869 4,271 345 1,169 333 289 28.3
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.