Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Utah

Most DI beneficiaries in Utah are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Utah. Disabled workers: 47,947. Children: 11,627. Spouses: 796.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Utah (estimated): $13,944. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Utah.

$0.7 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
Utah 60,370 47,947 11,627 796 1,162 330 323 59.8
1 15,602 12,320 3,102 180 1,147 329 313 15.2
2 17,151 13,942 2,980 229 1,144 318 305 17.0
3 12,356 9,508 2,668 180 1,182 349 347 12.2
4 15,261 12,177 2,877 207 1,181 325 332 15.4
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.