Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Tennessee

Most DI beneficiaries in Tennessee are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Tennessee. Disabled workers: 252,231. Children: 50,138. Spouses: 4,255.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Tennessee (estimated): $13,644. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Tennessee.

$3.7 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
Tennessee 306,624 252,231 50,138 4,255 1,137 337 288 304.8
1 47,971 39,560 7,606 805 1,129 346 300 47.5
2 32,674 27,284 4,933 457 1,132 349 305 32.7
3 39,311 32,302 6,471 538 1,130 342 298 38.9
4 34,109 27,910 5,672 527 1,166 351 293 34.7
5 23,603 20,059 3,337 207 1,136 321 281 23.9
6 35,907 29,452 5,910 545 1,154 337 265 36.1
7 32,141 25,741 5,855 545 1,157 345 283 31.9
8 30,762 25,173 5,189 400 1,160 338 275 31.1
9 30,146 24,750 5,165 231 1,065 288 277 27.9
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.