Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Michigan

Most DI beneficiaries in Michigan are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Michigan. Disabled workers: 353,522. Children: 76,889. Spouses: 6,337.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Michigan (estimated): $14,580. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Michigan.

$5.5 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
Michigan 436,748 353,522 76,889 6,337 1,215 348 328 458.4
1 35,639 29,360 5,655 624 1,172 336 306 36.5
2 32,244 25,880 5,975 389 1,181 332 318 32.7
3 29,764 23,807 5,649 308 1,162 325 319 29.6
4 33,610 27,233 5,775 602 1,191 340 311 34.6
5 41,127 33,659 6,804 664 1,211 339 367 43.3
6 30,855 25,056 5,496 303 1,167 338 313 31.2
7 30,785 24,804 5,493 488 1,259 362 319 33.4
8 22,050 18,067 3,733 250 1,280 382 371 24.6
9 29,929 24,352 5,194 383 1,258 368 336 32.7
10 28,367 23,099 4,784 484 1,314 395 361 32.4
11 17,996 14,784 2,993 219 1,370 449 399 21.7
12 29,787 23,384 5,748 655 1,286 345 307 32.3
13 40,402 32,492 7,363 547 1,130 314 313 39.2
14 34,193 27,545 6,227 421 1,167 324 300 34.3
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.