Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Missouri

Most DI beneficiaries in Missouri are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Missouri. Disabled workers: 222,218. Children: 44,424. Spouses: 3,060.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Missouri (estimated): $13,632. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Missouri.

$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)
Total Disabled workers Children Spouses Disabled workers Children Spouses
Missouri 269,702 222,218 44,424 3,060 1,136 334 293 268.2
1 35,941 30,459 5,276 206 1,086 308 308 34.8
2 17,307 14,438 2,696 173 1,337 438 368 20.5
3 33,297 26,787 6,116 394 1,225 359 312 35.1
4 34,858 28,554 5,925 379 1,111 320 313 33.7
5 32,232 27,395 4,592 245 1,146 333 295 33.0
6 27,584 22,678 4,636 270 1,154 339 275 27.8
7 37,794 30,834 6,411 549 1,097 322 263 36.0
8 50,689 41,073 8,772 844 1,076 315 282 47.2
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.