Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Alabama

Most DI beneficiaries in Alabama are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Alabama. Disabled workers: 236,857. Children: 50,971. Spouses: 3,922.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Alabama (estimated): $13,752. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Alabama.

$3.5 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
Alabama 291,750 236,857 50,971 3,922 1,146 345 313 290.3
1 38,841 31,533 6,652 656 1,163 358 320 39.3
2 41,468 33,621 7,364 483 1,105 326 278 39.7
3 47,205 38,262 8,407 536 1,152 349 292 47.2
4 49,814 40,581 8,419 814 1,149 347 327 49.8
5 31,413 25,807 5,105 501 1,170 348 304 32.1
6 29,994 24,152 5,443 399 1,243 385 350 32.3
7 53,015 42,901 9,581 533 1,089 322 317 50.0
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.