Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

New York

Most DI beneficiaries in New York are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in New York. Disabled workers: 516,900. Children: 110,100. Spouses: 8,251.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in New York (estimated): $14,400. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of New York.

$8.0 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
New York 635,251 516,900 110,100 8,251 1,200 375 330 664.2
1 25,456 19,789 5,304 363 1,399 460 405 30.3
2 25,741 20,065 5,340 336 1,408 467 395 30.9
3 14,268 11,442 2,645 181 1,466 542 430 18.3
4 19,435 15,448 3,734 253 1,436 506 393 24.2
5 18,455 15,359 2,881 215 1,219 408 363 20.0
6 12,591 10,807 1,549 235 1,249 444 333 14.3
7 16,179 13,471 2,370 338 1,021 315 297 14.6
8 22,582 18,773 3,544 265 1,111 363 345 22.2
9 16,851 14,139 2,515 197 1,123 370 351 16.9
10 11,718 10,202 1,353 163 1,171 369 333 12.5
11 25,285 19,872 4,921 492 1,408 484 380 30.6
12 10,471 9,395 938 138 1,238 458 307 12.1
13 25,598 21,768 3,494 336 1,003 323 302 23.1
14 15,457 12,973 2,194 290 1,194 394 343 16.4
15 27,127 22,004 4,741 382 958 286 281 22.5
16 18,721 15,402 3,110 209 1,256 414 406 20.7
17 15,599 12,545 2,877 177 1,381 494 374 18.8
18 25,091 19,289 5,444 358 1,377 440 326 29.1
19 30,549 24,747 5,396 406 1,217 362 322 32.2
20 27,252 22,191 4,819 242 1,133 323 248 26.8
21 35,892 28,857 6,473 562 1,135 315 307 35.0
22 35,077 28,179 6,522 376 1,104 303 283 33.2
23 34,030 27,747 5,871 412 1,103 298 279 32.5
24 31,138 25,144 5,648 346 1,166 325 310 31.3
25 30,456 24,724 5,457 275 1,172 322 300 30.8
26 35,449 29,150 5,925 374 1,110 307 282 34.3
27 28,783 23,418 5,035 330 1,240 357 330 30.9
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.