Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

North Carolina

Most DI beneficiaries in North Carolina are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in North Carolina. Disabled workers: 332,173. Children: 63,821. Spouses: 4,527.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in North Carolina (estimated): $13,980. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of North Carolina.

$4.9 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
North Carolina 400,521 332,173 63,821 4,527 1,165 356 287 410.9
1 42,469 35,497 6,546 426 1,081 315 249 40.5
2 28,230 22,925 4,979 326 1,178 356 294 28.9
3 28,909 24,039 4,454 416 1,142 348 296 29.1
4 23,270 19,339 3,717 214 1,144 359 326 23.5
5 30,977 25,796 4,864 317 1,184 361 283 32.4
6 30,193 25,177 4,711 305 1,216 375 274 32.5
7 34,713 28,584 5,608 521 1,187 360 300 36.1
8 36,076 29,813 5,851 412 1,167 350 279 37.0
9 15,962 12,700 3,017 245 1,310 418 328 18.0
10 36,319 30,629 5,298 392 1,171 357 267 37.9
11 38,431 32,476 5,534 421 1,145 355 293 39.3
12 32,094 26,679 5,173 242 1,091 324 261 30.8
13 22,878 18,519 4,069 290 1,254 393 302 24.9
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.