Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Iowa

Most DI beneficiaries in Iowa are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Iowa. Disabled workers: 78,016. Children: 14,733. Spouses: 925.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Iowa (estimated): $13,308. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Iowa.

$1.1 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
Iowa 93,674 78,016 14,733 925 1,109 325 277 91.6
1 23,263 19,255 3,740 268 1,108 318 265 22.6
2 24,877 20,816 3,788 273 1,106 326 297 24.3
3 23,355 19,390 3,784 181 1,134 335 274 23.3
4 22,179 18,555 3,421 203 1,088 321 271 21.3
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.