Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Pennsylvania

Most DI beneficiaries in Pennsylvania are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Pennsylvania. Disabled workers: 409,608. Children: 83,428. Spouses: 6,356.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Pennsylvania (estimated): $14,016. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Pennsylvania.

$6.1 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
Pennsylvania 499,392 409,608 83,428 6,356 1,168 349 316 509.7
1 31,022 25,399 5,331 292 1,086 315 316 29.3
2 30,000 25,682 4,129 189 1,058 336 299 28.6
3 33,890 27,653 5,711 526 1,115 317 317 32.8
4 25,500 20,969 4,308 223 1,185 345 325 26.4
5 30,194 24,617 5,068 509 1,132 317 302 29.6
6 17,981 14,633 3,169 179 1,287 410 317 20.2
7 16,666 13,577 2,905 184 1,345 428 375 19.6
8 21,394 17,382 3,810 202 1,340 444 365 25.1
9 33,950 27,823 5,374 753 1,129 322 325 33.4
10 30,455 24,539 5,449 467 1,184 348 289 31.1
11 30,512 25,001 5,139 372 1,166 339 301 31.0
12 26,668 22,143 4,084 441 1,188 359 313 27.9
13 24,781 20,161 4,390 230 1,213 380 334 26.2
14 32,810 28,095 4,400 315 1,090 328 314 32.2
15 26,893 21,380 5,226 287 1,195 341 295 27.4
16 27,301 21,772 5,192 337 1,141 321 302 26.6
17 35,398 28,874 6,079 445 1,180 353 329 36.4
18 23,977 19,908 3,664 405 1,227 369 318 25.9
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.