Congressional Statistics: Disability Insurance for December 2014

Virginia

Most DI beneficiaries in Virginia are disabled workers

Pie chart showing total number of beneficiaries in Virginia. Disabled workers: 212,945. Children: 42,994. Spouses: 3,297.

Average annual benefits compared to the poverty threshold

Bar chart. Average annual benefit for a disabled worker in Virginia (estimated): $14,076. Federal poverty threshold for a working-age person living alone (U.S. Census Bureau): $12,316.

Total annual benefits

Outline map of Virginia.

$3.2 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
Virginia 259,236 212,945 42,994 3,297 1,173 362 328 266.5
1 17,269 14,020 3,058 191 1,235 381 339 18.5
2 18,540 15,346 2,959 235 1,164 357 325 19.0
3 32,548 27,592 4,715 241 1,062 310 304 30.8
4 26,334 21,255 4,793 286 1,199 354 338 27.3
5 33,329 27,455 5,502 372 1,150 346 275 33.6
6 31,713 26,281 5,093 339 1,128 341 292 31.5
7 18,573 14,998 3,411 164 1,270 407 280 20.5
8 7,677 6,493 1,141 43 1,215 405 370 8.4
9 55,857 45,467 9,117 1,273 1,179 368 355 57.4
10 9,377 7,548 1,736 93 1,325 439 399 10.8
11 8,019 6,490 1,469 60 1,255 405 306 8.8
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.