#1
San Diego County, California
98,159 recipients—the largest published county total in the FY 2025 file.
National Data System · Veterans Intelligence
America's Veterans Compensation for Service
A county-by-county view of the Veterans receiving VA disability compensation—and the service-connected disability rating bands represented in every community.
This site measures recipients, not compensation dollars.
6.33MRecipients across rows with a published total
3,144Mapped counties and county equivalents
1.85MRecipients in published 100% rating cells
3,148Total VA geography records, including special aggregates
County spotlights
County intelligence explorer
See the service footprint
Change the measure, focus on a state, and select a county to reveal its full rating profile.
Drawing 2025 county boundaries…
Total recipients is classified using national county quantiles. Gray means the value was not published. Puerto Rico is published by VA as one territory-wide record and is available in search, profiles, and downloads.
What the data shows
Service is national. Its footprint is local.
The county view makes visible where compensation recipients live and how rating bands differ across communities.
#2
Bexar County, Texas
95,255 recipients, including 38,153 Veterans in the published 100% rating band.
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Protected geography totals
VA left these small geography totals blank. This site preserves each blank as “Not published.”
County rankings
Compare America's counties
Rank published county values by recipient count or rating concentration. Select any row to open it in the county spotlight.
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Percentage rankings require a published numerator and total and are screened to geographies with at least 100 recipients. “View rank” reflects the current filter.
Read the numbers correctly
A faithful picture, with the limits visible
What this measures
These are county-level estimates of Veterans receiving VA disability compensation as of September 30, 2025. VA groups total service-connected disability ratings into five published bands.
The figures count recipients. They do not report claims, medical diagnoses, payment amounts, total Veteran population, or the percentage of all Veterans who receive compensation.
How missing data is handled
- Blank VA cells remain “Not published.”
- No suppressed value is imputed or converted to zero.
- Age and sex categories may not sum to the total.
- Published rating bands reconcile to the total whenever all five are present.