U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2001
 
Awards to Disabled Beneficiaries
Table 27.
Distribution and average monthly benefit, by state or other area, 2001
State or area Workers Widow(er)s Adult children
Number Percent Average
monthly
benefit
(dollars)
Number Percent Average
monthly
benefit
(dollars)
Number Percent Average
monthly
benefit
(dollars)
All areas a 661,900 100.0 867.70 26,500 100.0 538.30 44,300 100.0 426.50
Alabama 19,300 2.9 857.10 b b b 1,300 2.9 335.30
Alaska 900 0.1 1,007.00 b b b b b b
Arizona 12,400 1.9 908.30 b b b 900 2.0 601.40
Arkansas 9,000 1.4 904.90 b b b 500 1.1 536.60
California 55,600 8.4 843.40 1,200 4.5 636.80 4,000 9.0 482.40
Colorado 6,700 1.0 861.50 b b b b b b
Connecticut 7,800 1.2 873.80 b b b b b b
Delaware 3,100 0.5 913.40 b b b b b b
District of Columbia 1,700 0.3 641.50 b b b b b b
Florida 39,100 5.9 831.70 1,200 4.5 677.80 1,500 3.4 505.60
Georgia 22,100 3.3 820.80 800 3.0 606.10 900 2.0 298.60
Hawaii 2,100 0.3 821.80 b b b b b b
Idaho 2,300 0.4 901.40 b b b b b b
Illinois 23,800 3.6 953.30 1,400 5.3 723.20 1,300 2.9 414.70
Indiana 14,100 2.1 939.40 b b b 1,000 2.3 508.40
Iowa 7,200 1.1 796.40 b b b b b b
Kansas 5,400 0.8 940.00 b b b 500 1.1 415.10
Kentucky 14,100 2.1 771.30 1,000 3.8 610.50 1,300 2.9 380.20
Louisiana 10,900 1.7 803.70 800 3.0 479.70 700 1.6 373.90
Maine 4,500 0.7 845.60 b b b b b b
Maryland 10,600 1.6 986.40 500 1.9 441.20 1,000 2.3 438.00
Massachusetts 13,600 2.1 894.40 b b b 1,200 2.7 424.70
Michigan 24,100 3.6 900.60 1,100 4.2 623.90 1,800 4.1 428.20
Minnesota 10,000 1.5 903.10 b b b 1,100 2.5 317.20
Mississippi 11,600 1.8 774.80 500 1.9 345.80 600 1.4 328.90
Missouri 16,400 2.5 834.00 700 2.6 594.60 1,100 2.5 385.00
Montana 1,400 0.2 1,021.80 b b b b b b
Nebraska 3,300 0.5 855.50 b b b b b b
Nevada 4,400 0.7 955.30 b b b b b b
New Hampshire 4,000 0.6 891.60 b b b b b b
New Jersey 19,600 3.0 962.80 b b b 1,500 3.4 462.60
New Mexico 3,800 0.6 815.60 600 2.3 521.90 300 0.7 454.40
New York 41,400 6.3 908.90 2,200 8.3 526.20 4,100 9.3 566.80
North Carolina 22,800 3.4 847.10 1,800 6.8 312.60 1,300 2.9 413.10
North Dakota 900 0.1 788.70 b b b b b b
Ohio 23,100 3.5 880.60 1,400 5.3 634.40 2,200 5.0 446.10
Oklahoma 9,800 1.5 835.00 b b b b b b
Oregon 7,200 1.1 952.20 b b b b b b
Pennsylvania 36,500 5.5 842.90 900 3.4 589.70 2,100 4.7 320.10
Rhode Island 2,000 0.3 1,004.20 b b b b b b
South Carolina 12,600 1.9 873.90 b b b 600 1.4 631.80
South Dakota 1,400 0.2 762.40 b b b b b b
Tennessee 15,200 2.3 876.00 600 2.3 258.70 700 1.6 346.20
Texas 38,400 5.8 848.20 2,200 8.3 552.40 1,600 3.6 518.90
Utah 3,100 0.5 898.70 b b b b b b
Vermont 1,200 0.2 894.60 b b b b b b
Virginia 16,000 2.4 898.30 500 1.9 373.30 1,000 2.3 362.30
Washington 13,800 2.1 894.10 b b b 600 1.4 424.50
West Virginia 5,700 0.9 814.80 800 3.0 723.80 b b b
Wisconsin 11,800 1.8 898.80 b b b 1,400 3.2 351.30
Wyoming 1,100 0.2 800.40 b b b b b b
Outlying areas
Puerto Rico 11,000 1.7 715.80 900 3.4 458.90 700 1.6 242.30
Other c 1,700 0.3 536.30 b b b b b b
SOURCE: Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, based on a 1 percent sample.
NOTE: Benefits awarded before December cost-of-living increase are converted to December rates before averages are computed.
a. Includes beneficiaries with unknown state code.
b. Fewer than 500 beneficiaries.
c. Includes American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.
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