Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Oregon

Most DI beneficiaries in Oregon are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Oregon. Disabled workers: 109,329. Children: 17,666. Spouses: 1,885.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Oregon (estimated): $13,968. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Oregon.

$1.6 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
Oregon 128,880 109,329 17,666 1,885 1,164 358 310 134.2
1 19,071 15,974 2,851 246 1,219 386 318 20.7
2 29,950 25,278 4,179 493 1,151 346 290 30.7
3 22,423 19,455 2,749 219 1,147 365 353 23.4
4 33,040 28,053 4,389 598 1,144 342 307 33.8
5 24,396 20,569 3,498 329 1,179 365 312 25.6
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.