Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Oklahoma

Most DI beneficiaries in Oklahoma are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Oklahoma. Disabled workers: 127,712. Children: 26,198. Spouses: 2,264.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Oklahoma (estimated): $13,464. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Oklahoma.

$1.8 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
Oklahoma 156,174 127,712 26,198 2,264 1,122 318 301 152.3
1 27,223 22,400 4,558 265 1,139 330 326 27.1
2 42,880 34,871 7,247 762 1,103 313 286 41.0
3 28,446 23,262 4,783 401 1,119 313 323 27.7
4 29,542 23,865 5,182 495 1,153 331 311 29.4
5 28,083 23,314 4,428 341 1,103 304 274 27.2
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.