Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Nevada

Most DI beneficiaries in Nevada are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Nevada. Disabled workers: 64,243. Children: 11,400. Spouses: 801.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Nevada (estimated): $14,736. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Nevada.

$1.0 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
Nevada 76,444 64,243 11,400 801 1,228 366 334 83.3
1 20,021 17,324 2,505 192 1,148 330 316 20.8
2 20,368 17,406 2,781 181 1,205 358 338 22.0
3 15,357 12,590 2,586 181 1,344 415 329 18.0
4 20,698 16,923 3,528 247 1,248 361 350 22.5
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.