Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Wisconsin

Most DI beneficiaries in Wisconsin are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Wisconsin. Disabled workers: 161,894. Children: 34,172. Spouses: 2,095.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Wisconsin (estimated): $13,908. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Wisconsin.

$2.4 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
Wisconsin 198,161 161,894 34,172 2,095 1,159 330 280 199.5
1 25,689 20,773 4,694 222 1,229 358 325 27.3
2 20,520 16,874 3,525 121 1,141 326 285 20.4
3 25,960 21,321 4,318 321 1,110 311 244 25.1
4 30,794 25,086 5,473 235 1,064 288 298 28.3
5 19,731 16,428 3,117 186 1,245 385 335 21.7
6 24,192 19,693 4,223 276 1,183 333 277 24.8
7 27,032 22,238 4,410 384 1,156 323 252 27.2
8 24,243 19,481 4,412 350 1,186 338 277 24.7
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.