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Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Virginia

Most DI beneficiaries in Virginia are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Virginia. Disabled workers: 212,945. Children: 42,994. Spouses: 3,297.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Virginia (estimated): $14,076. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Virginia.

$3.2 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)
Congressional district	Total	Disabled workers	Children	Spouses	Disabled workers	Children	Spouses	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)
Virginia	259,236	212,945	42,994	3,297	1,173	362	328	266.5
1	17,269	14,020	3,058	191	1,235	381	339	18.5
2	18,540	15,346	2,959	235	1,164	357	325	19.0
3	32,548	27,592	4,715	241	1,062	310	304	30.8
4	26,334	21,255	4,793	286	1,199	354	338	27.3
5	33,329	27,455	5,502	372	1,150	346	275	33.6
6	31,713	26,281	5,093	339	1,128	341	292	31.5
7	18,573	14,998	3,411	164	1,270	407	280	20.5
8	7,677	6,493	1,141	43	1,215	405	370	8.4
9	55,857	45,467	9,117	1,273	1,179	368	355	57.4
10	9,377	7,548	1,736	93	1,325	439	399	10.8
11	8,019	6,490	1,469	60	1,255	405	306	8.8
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.