Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

New Hampshire

Most DI beneficiaries in New Hampshire are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in New Hampshire. Disabled workers: 48,091. Children: 12,842. Spouses: 426.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in New Hampshire (estimated): $14,304. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of New Hampshire.

$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
New Hampshire 61,359 48,091 12,842 426 1,192 351 302 62.0
1 30,604 23,993 6,383 228 1,200 357 309 31.1
2 30,755 24,098 6,459 198 1,183 346 295 30.8
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.