Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

South Carolina

Most DI beneficiaries in South Carolina are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in South Carolina. Disabled workers: 179,872. Children: 35,070. Spouses: 2,653.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in South Carolina (estimated): $14,196. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of South Carolina.

$2.7 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
South Carolina 217,595 179,872 35,070 2,653 1,183 363 296 226.3
1 20,752 16,840 3,615 297 1,240 373 335 22.3
2 22,982 18,738 3,943 301 1,221 376 308 24.5
3 37,404 31,019 5,990 395 1,199 376 285 39.6
4 31,405 26,065 5,023 317 1,181 369 300 32.7
5 33,195 27,410 5,409 376 1,204 371 285 35.1
6 34,280 28,572 5,297 411 1,090 323 291 33.0
7 37,577 31,228 5,793 556 1,180 357 285 39.1
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.