Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2000

Geographic Distributions

Disabled Widow(er)s in Current Payment Status

Table 37. Percentage distribution by monthly benefit, December 2000
Geographic area Number of
disabled widow(er)s
in current
payment status
Percentage receiving (dollars) Monthly benefit (dollars)
Less than 200.00 200.00-299.90 300.00-399.90 400.00-499.90 500.00-599.90 600.00-699.90 700.00-799.90 800.00-899.90 900.00 or more Average Median
United States, territories,
and foreign countries
201,446 10.8 10.2 14.1 14.6 13.1 11.1 9.3 8.4 8.4 519.70 504.10
Alabama 6,011 12.5 11.7 15.0 15.7 14.3 11.0 8.8 5.8 5.3 483.30 468.00
Alaska 206 8.7 7.3 9.7 14.6 15.1 11.7 9.7 12.1 11.2 570.70 551.00
Arizona 2,821 8.8 10.3 13.5 13.3 13.4 11.0 10.4 9.3 10.0 542.40 528.00
Arkansas 3,584 13.8 12.1 15.3 16.0 13.6 10.5 8.5 5.4 4.8 469.40 455.00
California 12,970 8.5 8.8 13.2 14.2 12.4 11.2 10.0 10.0 11.7 558.10 540.00
Colorado 1,798 9.2 10.2 12.5 15.0 13.1 12.1 10.3 9.5 8.2 535.90 522.50
Connecticut 1,582 10.2 9.1 16.3 16.6 12.7 10.4 8.2 7.1 9.4 515.20 485.50
Delaware 485 14.0 11.1 11.8 12.8 12.4 11.1 9.7 9.5 7.6 511.00 502.00
District of Columbia 304 12.5 13.5 13.2 16.1 17.1 10.9 5.9 6.6 4.3 473.70 467.00
Florida 10,706 12.1 10.8 14.9 14.5 13.5 10.7 9.1 6.8 7.6 502.10 482.00
Georgia 7,004 16.1 12.0 16.0 15.3 13.2 9.8 7.4 5.0 5.3 458.00 438.00
Hawaii 441 8.2 8.8 13.4 14.1 13.8 12.7 10.2 9.1 9.8 548.70 532.00
Idaho 687 7.6 10.5 14.1 13.0 13.8 11.8 9.8 11.5 8.0 547.00 540.00
Illinois 7,631 8.4 8.7 13.6 13.8 13.0 11.3 10.1 10.6 10.6 553.90 540.00
Indiana 4,705 9.1 9.4 12.9 12.7 13.2 11.2 10.4 10.5 10.6 552.20 545.00
Iowa 1,752 9.2 10.5 12.1 16.0 14.0 11.6 9.3 9.4 8.0 530.80 518.50
Kansas 1,432 10.8 9.7 13.7 13.6 12.7 12.6 10.5 8.7 7.8 526.60 518.00
Kentucky 6,701 10.4 9.6 14.6 15.4 13.6 11.3 9.5 8.1 7.4 517.40 499.00
Louisiana 5,465 8.3 8.5 14.4 15.3 14.3 10.6 10.3 9.6 8.7 541.50 524.00
Maine 1,137 12.3 11.0 14.7 13.9 13.4 11.1 10.0 7.7 6.0 498.70 485.00
Maryland 2,369 9.8 8.9 12.1 13.4 13.6 12.1 9.9 10.1 10.1 549.30 542.00
Massachusetts 3,381 10.1 10.3 14.6 16.5 12.4 11.2 8.4 8.2 8.3 517.70 489.00
Michigan 7,974 7.6 7.6 11.4 13.7 12.4 11.1 10.5 11.3 14.5 585.20 578.00
Minnesota 1,803 10.0 10.9 13.9 14.5 13.3 10.3 9.4 8.2 9.7 526.10 508.00
Mississippi 4,309 14.0 11.9 17.0 16.0 13.7 10.1 6.7 5.7 4.9 464.30 443.00
Missouri 5,159 11.7 11.2 14.5 14.9 12.6 10.7 8.6 8.4 7.4 506.50 482.00
Montana 607 9.4 10.2 14.5 17.8 12.9 12.0 9.4 6.9 6.9 511.00 479.00
Nebraska 820 11.7 11.3 13.2 14.5 11.1 14.0 9.6 7.3 7.2 510.00 495.50
Nevada 985 9.5 10.0 14.0 14.6 12.1 11.0 9.5 8.4 10.9 537.30 516.00
New Hampshire 685 13.7 12.6 12.4 11.8 13.6 12.3 9.8 7.7 6.1 497.10 492.00
New Jersey 4,114 12.2 9.3 14.6 13.3 12.7 10.5 7.2 8.7 11.5 527.60 506.00
New Mexico 1,137 9.0 10.5 14.9 14.3 14.5 11.4 8.9 8.5 8.1 525.00 509.00
New York 12,105 10.5 9.5 13.9 14.4 12.7 11.6 9.1 8.5 9.8 530.90 512.00
North Carolina 7,802 18.9 13.6 15.1 14.5 12.8 9.8 6.5 4.6 4.4 436.00 415.50
North Dakota 300 8.3 8.7 16.0 15.7 14.3 10.7 12.0 8.7 5.7 526.00 502.50
Ohio 9,819 8.0 7.8 12.4 12.4 12.2 11.3 12.0 12.4 11.5 575.10 574.00
Oklahoma 2,971 10.6 11.4 14.4 14.5 13.4 11.2 9.4 8.0 7.0 509.40 492.00
Oregon 1,847 8.9 8.3 13.4 12.0 13.2 12.5 10.3 11.5 9.9 555.90 553.00
Pennsylvania 9,343 8.8 8.9 11.8 13.9 13.0 12.1 11.5 10.9 9.3 554.90 550.00
Rhode Island 665 13.8 11.3 15.0 14.7 11.9 9.3 10.7 6.6 6.6 488.40 462.00
South Carolina 4,686 18.2 13.0 15.7 14.4 13.4 9.7 6.4 5.1 4.2 440.20 420.00
South Dakota 388 13.7 13.4 14.4 16.8 11.9 9.8 7.7 5.2 7.2 480.90 454.00
Tennessee 7,118 13.7 12.1 14.4 15.8 13.5 10.6 8.4 6.2 5.3 476.80 460.00
Texas 12,060 9.9 10.3 13.9 15.1 13.7 11.3 9.6 8.2 8.0 522.00 505.50
Utah 682 8.8 8.1 14.5 16.9 11.6 11.7 7.6 8.2 12.6 548.10 514.00
Vermont 451 7.5 12.4 15.3 15.7 16.6 11.1 10.2 6.7 4.4 503.40 495.00
Virginia 5,444 11.9 10.6 15.4 13.7 13.2 11.2 8.6 7.6 7.8 506.50 487.00
Washington 2,774 6.8 9.3 12.8 12.9 12.4 13.3 10.3 10.1 12.1 570.20 569.00
West Virginia 3,521 5.7 6.8 12.4 14.7 14.1 13.0 12.0 10.9 10.4 579.00 575.00
Wisconsin 2,605 9.4 10.0 12.6 14.0 13.3 12.1 9.5 9.6 9.5 539.50 529.00
Wyoming 261 7.7 9.6 13.4 16.5 10.0 8.1 11.1 13.4 10.3 561.30 526.00
Outlying areas
American Samoa 44 9.1 11.4 22.7 22.7 6.8 13.6 13.6 0 0 445.70 422.00
Guam 25 12.0 4.0 24.0 28.0 8.0 4.0 4.0 8.0 8.0 482.90 419.00
Northern Mariana Islands a a 25.0 62.5 a a a a a 12.5 396.90 334.50
Puerto Rico 4,888 12.8 16.7 21.3 18.0 12.6 8.3 5.3 3.1 2.1 419.50 396.00
Virgin Islands 47 2.1 10.6 14.9 27.7 19.2 17.0 2.1 4.3 2.1 500.60 485.00
Foreign countries 824 7.5 7.9 15.7 18.2 16.0 12.7 11.3 5.7 5.0 517.70 504.00
SOURCE: Social Security Disabled Beneficiaries 100 percent file.
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