County-level estimates detail the number of U.S. Veterans receiving VA Disability Compensation benefits at the end of fiscal year 2023. The dataset includes counts by service-connected disability rating, age group, and sex, with some data suppressed for privacy. It was prepared by the National Center for Veterans Analysis & Statistics using data from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Use Cases
- Analyze geographic disparities in benefit receipt by mapping `Total: Disability Compensation Recipients` against `County Name` and `FIPS code`.
- Model the distribution of `SCD rating` categories (e.g., `SCD rating: 100%`) across different `Age` groups and `State` regions.
- Assess demographic representation by comparing counts of `Female` and `Male` recipients within specific `Age` brackets like `Age: 65 or older`.
- Identify counties with high concentrations of veterans having specific disability ratings, such as `SCD rating: 50% to 60%`.
Strengths
- Data covers all U.S. counties with `FIPS code` identifiers for geographic analysis.
- Includes detailed breakdowns by `SCD rating` across six categories, `Age` across three groups, and `Sex`.
Limitations
- Contains suppressed data with blank values for small cell counts to protect privacy, limiting granular analysis.
- Missing sex data for 404 records and age data for 113 records.
- Excludes 138,646 veterans who received benefits during FY 2023 but were not recipients at the fiscal year-end.
Provenance
- Source
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Enterprise Integration and Veterans Benefits Administration.
- Collection Method
- Compiled from Veteran Object FY23 data and VETSNET FY 2023 compensation data.
- Time Range
- Fiscal Year 2023 (snapshot as of year-end).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- United States, county-level.